Throughout the world, more than 51 million girls below the age of 18 are currently married. This harmful traditional practice spans continents, language, religion and caste.
Master Class: Discussion on the World of Child Brides at Boston University
Published October 27, 2011
Event date:
November 4, 2011 - 9:30am to 12:00pm
Join Pulitzer Center grantees to discuss the work of Stephanie Sinclair, Cynthia Gorney, Anna Tomasulo, Hanna Ingber Win on the underground world of prearranged child marriage, where girls as young as five are forced to wed, moderated by Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer.
Friday, November 4, 2011
Boston University Medical Campus
670 Albany Street
Boston, MA 02112
Open to BU students
Co-presented with BU College of Communication, BU School of Public Health, and BU Center for Global Health and Development
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Gateways
Grantee
Stephanie Sinclair, b. 1973, is an American documentary photographer represented by VII photo agency. Based in Brooklyn, NY, she is known for gaining unique access to the most sensitive gender and...
Student Fellow
Anna received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Bryn Mawr College in French and Francophone Literature in 2007/2008. Through Bryn Mawr, she studied in France and Senegal, where she discovered...
Grantee
Hanna Ingber is GlobalPost's Editor of Breaking News and Social Media. She recently returned from India, where she covered Mumbai for GlobalPost.
Ingber was formerly the World Editor of the...
Pulitzer Center staff
Contact Jon: jsawyer[AT]pulitzercenter.org
Jon Sawyer is director of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, a non-profit organization that funds independent reporting with the intent of raising...
Gorney joined the faculty at the University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism in 1999, after a career at The Washington Post that included serving as an award-winning national...