Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini, senior policy advisor to the UK-based human rights organization, International Alert, will deliver a free public lecture on "Women Building Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table" at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2001 in the UCSB Corwin Pavilion.

Born in Iran, Naraghi-Anderlini moved to England at age eleven at the time of the Iranian Revolution. She worked as a marketing consultant and television news researcher before joining International Alert in 1996 as a speechwriter and researcher to the then Secretary-General. In 1998 she co-authored Civil Wars, Civil Peace, An Introduction to Conflict Resolution (Pluto Press 1998) before joining the Forum on Early Warning and Early Response as Managing Editor. In 1999 she researched and authored Women at the Peace Table: Making a Difference, for the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) see http://www.unifem.undp.org/peacebook.html. Throughout 2000 she was the Senior Policy Adviser on the global campaign: Women Building Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table, advocating for a UN Security Council resolution on women peace and security. Sanam has an M.Phil. in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University.

This event is part of the "Global Peace, Security, and Human Rights" lecture series being sponsored by the UC Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Global and International Studies Program, Global Peace and Security Program and Interdisciplinary Humanities Center. It is being put on in partnership with the UCSB Women's Center, Santa Barbara Committee on Foreign Relations, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, PAX 2100, International Studies Association at Santa Barbara City College, and the International Studies Program at Ventura College.