Rama S. Mehta Lecture with Farida Shaheed
Knafel Center
10 Garden St.
Cambridge
Mon., Oct. 26, 2026, 4 – 5 p.m. 
Harvard Radcliffe Institute welcomes Farida Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to education and executive director of Shirkat Gah—Women's Resource Centre, Pakistan, to deliver the 2026–2027 Rama S. Mehta Lecture. Shaheed is a sociologist and lifelong activist who has spent decades advancing the rights of women and girls in Pakistan and around the world. Drawing on her career in gender justice, Shaheed will discuss her advocacy for the right to education and her proposal to frame academic freedom as an autonomous human right.
Online Location: Please register for Zoom link
Gazette Classification: Education, Ethics, Lecture, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Radcliffe Institute
Speaker(s): Farida Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur Executive director of Shirkat Gah—Women's Resource Centre, Pakistan
Cost: Free
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Contact Info: [email protected]
Harvard Key Required: No
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