Three women who represented the University at the United Nations Conference on Women in Beijing China last month will talk about their experiences at the conference today in a panel discussion on the SIUC campus.

Back from Beijing:Perspectives from the Fourth World Conference on Woman, will feature speakers Naseem Ahmed, Beth Firestein and Elisabeth Reichert.

Ahmed, a research project specialist in international development, said she felt she had an obligation to come back home and share what she had experienced.

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The conference was an important chapter in the women’s global movement, she said. It is important that we share our experiences with as many people we possibly can.

Each speaker will talk for 10 to 15 minutes. They will show slides from their trip, then speakers will answer questions from the audience.

Later this evening the group, joined by Madlyn Stalls who also went to the conference, will speak at the Women’s Rights Reports from China. The program is sponsored by the ACLU, and the U.S. China People’s Friendship Association.

Firestein, coordinator of Women’s Services, said the conference was an exciting and important event to have attended.

It was nice to see women’s rights on the world stage, she said. But our real work is here, back at home.

Back from Beijing, will take place from 3p.m. to 4:30 p.m. today in the Student Center Ballroom A. The Women’s Rights Report from China will take place at 7:30 p.m. in the Lesar Law Building Auditorium.