Who: Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Bureau Chief designate for Iran; Associated Press correspondent in Pakistan and Afghanistan (1986-2005); The Honorable Swanee Hunt, Director, Women and Public Policy Program, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and former US Ambassador to Austria
What: The San Francisco Chronicle Forum in partnership with the World Affairs Council presents " Women in Conflict Zones: Afghanistan, Bosnia and Iraq "
Event: These two women, one a professional journalist in Afghanistan and the other a diplomat and educator with extensive experience in Bosnia, will discuss their professional experiences in these regions ravaged by war, and their observations on women as a resource for peace-building not only in Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq, but also all over the world. Ms. Gannon is author of I Is For Infidel: From Holy War to Holy Terror: 18 Years Inside Afghanistan, and Ambassador Hunt is author of This Was Not Our War: Bosnian Women Reclaiming Peace.
When: Weds., Sept. 28; check-in: 5:30 PM, program: 6:00 PM
Where: World Affairs Council, 312 Sutter St., 2nd Floor Conference Room, San Francisco
Admission Costs: Members: FREE; Students w/ ID: $5; Non-members: $15; Co-sponsors: $7
Info: (415) 293-4600, http://www.itsyourworld.org