Location
Smithfield, RI
Start Date
30-3-1999 10:00 AM
End Date
30-3-1999 11:00 AM
Document Type
Event
Description
Photograph of Ludmila Petina, Director, Women's Educational and Consulting Center of Belarus. She led a workshop titled, "Against All Odds: The Pivotal Role Played by Women Leaders in the Newly lndependent States." She was a recognized leader in the pro-democracy movement in Belarus. She was a "mover and shaker" who played a pioneering role in promoting women's issues in the Newly Independent States. Head oft the Women's Christian Democratic movement of Belarus, she was elected to the Belarusian Parliament in November 1996. Although this election was invalidated by the anti- democratic president of Belarus, Petina has continued her courageous effort to empower women in a region of the world where women have been silenced for far too long.
Ludmila Petina
Smithfield, RI
Photograph of Ludmila Petina, Director, Women's Educational and Consulting Center of Belarus. She led a workshop titled, "Against All Odds: The Pivotal Role Played by Women Leaders in the Newly lndependent States." She was a recognized leader in the pro-democracy movement in Belarus. She was a "mover and shaker" who played a pioneering role in promoting women's issues in the Newly Independent States. Head oft the Women's Christian Democratic movement of Belarus, she was elected to the Belarusian Parliament in November 1996. Although this election was invalidated by the anti- democratic president of Belarus, Petina has continued her courageous effort to empower women in a region of the world where women have been silenced for far too long.
