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CHARLOTTE BUNCH 19 Bond Street # 5A, New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 475-1985; Fax: (212) 475-0984; Email: Cbunch@Igc.Org CHARLOTTE BUNCH 19 Bond Street # 5A, New York, NY 10012 Tel: (212) 475-1985; Fax: (212) 475-0984; Email: [email protected] PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2001-Present: Board of Governors Distinguished Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. 2009-Present Senior Scholar, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University. 1989-2009: Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Douglass College, Rutgers University. 1991-2001: Professor in Department of Urban Studies, Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. 1987-1989: Visiting Professor, Laurie New Jersey Chair in Women's Studies, Douglass College, Rutgers University. 1979-1987: Founding Director of Interfem Consultants, New York, which worked with many organizations including: International Women's Tribune Centre; UN Secretariat for the 1980 World Conference on Women for the United Nations Decade on Women; Centro de la Mujer Peruana: Flora Tristan, Peru; ISIS International, Chile; Women and Development Unit, University of the West Indies, Barbados; Pacific Asian Women's Forum, India; Asian and Pacific Centre for Women and Development, Thailand; National Film Board, Canada; and the National Women's Studies Association, USA 1977-1979: Founding Director of the Public Resource Center, Washington, DC 1978-1979: Adjunct Professor, Women's Studies, Univ. of Maryland College Park, MD 1969-1977: Visiting, Resident, and Tenured Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington, DC 1968-1969: Campus Ministry staff, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. 1967-1968: Student, Institute for Policy Studies; Consultant to "Depth Education Groups," on 50 campuses, sponsored by University Christian Movement. 1966-1967: National President, University Christian Movement; Organizer for Washington, D.C. Community Project page 2 EDUCATION Institute for Policy Studies, graduate research on education and social change, supervised by Dr. Arthur Waskow, 1967-68 Duke University, B.A. in History and Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, 1966; History Honors Thesis: "The Role of Women in the Chinese Revolution, 1929-1959" University of California, Berkeley, School of Social Work, Summer Session, 1965 Artesia High School, Artesia, New Mexico, Highest Honors, 1962 HONORS AND AWARDS (a selection of recent awards includes) City University of New York School of Law Dean’s Award for Social Justice, 2015 Human Dignity Award, Committee to Advance our Common Purposes, Rutgers University, 2015 Global Fund for Women, Women’s Human Rights Defenders Award named after Bunch, 2013 Womensphere Foundation Leadership Award, 2013 National Council for Research on Women “Spotlighting Feminist Icons,” 2011 Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 2008 Rutgers College Class of 1962 Presidential Public Service Award, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2008 Joyce Warshow Lifetime Achievement Award, SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), 2008 Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 2006 “1000 Women Peace Makers” nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, 2005 New Jersey Honorary UN Day Chair Appointed by the Governor of New Jersey, 2004 Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor Recipient, Rutgers, The State University of NJ, 2002 Women Who Make A Difference Award, International Women’s Forum, Mexico City, 2002 21 Leaders for the 21st Century Award, Women’s E-news, New York, 2002 Spirit of American Women Honoree, Girls Incorporated of Central New York, Syracuse, NY, 2001 page 3 Women Who Make A Difference Award, National Council for Research on Women, New York, 2000 President of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights, White House, Washington, DC, 1999 Human Rights Award, Church Women United, New York, 1999 Woman of Leadership Award, Center for The Education of Women, University of Michigan, 1997 Induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame, Seneca Falls, NY, l996 Fund for the Feminist Majority, Feminist of the Year Award to the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, 1993 Resourceful Women Award from the Resourceful Women Foundation, San Francisco, 1992 Southern California Women for Understanding Lesbian Rights Award, Los Angeles, 1991 Center for Women’s Policy Studies’ Jessie Bernard Wise Woman Award, Washington DC, l989. San Francisco Board of Supervisors Community Recognition Award, 1988. National Lesbian and Gay Health Foundation Community Service Award, March l986 BOARDS AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES (partial list) Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights, 2015-present Association for Women’s Rights in Development, 2013-present UN Women Global Civil Society Advisory Board, 2012-present Institute for Women’s Leadership, Board of Directors, Rutgers University, 1994-present Human Rights Watch-Women's Division, Advisory Committee, l992-present CHANGE: Center for Health and Gender Equity Board of Directors, 2012-2015 Women’s Human Rights Defenders International Coalition Steering Committee, 2004-2010 UN Secretary General’s International Advisory Committee for the General Assembly Report on Violence Against Women, 2004-06 Global Fund for Women Board of Directors, 2003-2013 Ethical Globalization Initiative, Human Rights Policy Advisory Group, 2002-2010 Board of the Open Society Institute Network Women’s Program, 2002-08 International Council for Human Rights Policy, Board of Directors, 2002-2007 State of the World Forum, Commission on Globalization, 2000-03 International Women’s Human Rights Electronic Network, Executive Committee, 1998-2003 Ms. Foundation for Women, Board of Directors, 1991-2001 Advisory Panel to the UNDP Human Development Report, 2000 Beijing + 5 NGO International Coordinating Committee, 1999-2000 National Council for Research on Women Board of Directors, 1991-1997 page 4 Center for Women's Policy Studies Board of Directors, 1992-1995 World Order Models Project, l993-1995 Organizing Committee for the Decade for Human Rights Education, 1990-94 New York City Commission on the Status of Women, 1982-89 ISIS International Advisory Committee, 1979-95 Continuing Committee for the National Women's Conference, 1978-81 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 1974-81 National Women's Agenda Coalition, 1975-79 President's National Advisory Committee for Women sub-group on Political and Human Rights, 1978 INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND ADVOCACY (select activities) Initiated and/or been involved in many international activities including: The Global Campaign for Women's Human Rights which brought women onto the agenda of the World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna, 1993); The Global Tribunal on Violations of Women's Human Rights at the World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna, 1993); International Hearings on Women's Rights at the International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo, Egypt, 1994), the UN World Summit on Social Development (Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995) and the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing, China, 1995). Through CWGL also organized the Global Campaign and Tribunal on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (New York, 1998), an International Symposium for the Beijing Plus Five Review (New York, 2000), and a Women’s Human Rights Hearing on the Intersection of Race and Gender at the UN World Conference Against Racism (Durban, South Africa, 2001). Convened and led the GEAR (Gender Equality Architecture Reform) civil society coalition that campaigned for the creation of UN Women. (2006-2010). As part of its work on policy and advocacy at the United Nations, the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, under my leadership, convened women’s human rights caucuses at many UN venues and co-sponsored an Expert Group Meeting on Violence against Women with the UN Division for the Advancement of Women (New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1993). Served as a member of the International Advisory Committee and a writer/consultant to the UN Secretary General’s In-Depth Study on Violence Against Women (NY, 2006), including participating in the Expert Group Meeting on Good Practices on VAW, (Vienna, 2005). Also was an independent expert at the Expert Group Meeting on the Development of Guidelines for the Integration of Gender Perspectives into United Nations Human Rights Activities and Programmes (Geneva, 1995); and the Symposium on Human Development and Human Rights co-sponsored by UNDP and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Oslo, 1998). TEACHING Courses taught in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department and at Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University: Women and Leadership; Gender and Human Rights; Human Rights, Health, and Violence: Global Feminist Perspectives; Gender and International Development Planning, 1990-present. Rutgers University Laurie Chair Seminars; "Feminist Perspectives on Leadership, Power, and Diversity," page 5 1989 and "Global Feminism and Human Rights," 1988. "Feminism in the 90s," course sponsored by CIPAF (Women's Research and Action Center) and Women's Studies Program, INTEC, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 1989. "Teaching Women's Studies from an International Perspective." Summer Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, 1989. Courses and workshops in five cities on feminism, development and strategies for the women's movement sponsored by PAWF (Pacific Asian Women's Forum), India and Sri Lanka, 1987. Women's Studies, Teachers Training Institute, Bowling Green
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