NYU Program in International Relations, Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, the Center for Global Affairs at NYU's School for Professional Studies, the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, and the Office of International Programs at NYU Wagner present

"The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved a Country from Corporate Greed"

A Conversation with

Dr. Robin Broad

Professor of International Development at the School of International Service, American University

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Each Tuesday, the Conflict, Security, and Development Series will examine new research, discuss creative policy approaches and highlight recent innovations in responding to the challenges of security and development in conflict and post-conflict situations.

In The Water Defenders: How Ordinary People Saved A Country from Corporate Greed, Dr. Robin Broad and John Cavanagh tell the harrowing, inspiring saga of El Salvador’s fight – and historic victories both in El Salvador and at a tribunal in the World Bank Group – to save their water, and their communities from global mining corporations. Coauthor Prof. Broad will share this tale and the lessons about how those concerned with environmental justice, public health, and democracy can work to transform the political and economic structures that have impoverished and disenfranchised communities

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_{The Program in International Relations is a co-sponsor of the Conflict, Security & Development series at the NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service along with the Center for Human Rights and Global Justice at NYU Law School, the Center for Global Affairs at NYU's School for Professional Studies, the Robert L. Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, and the Office of International Programs at NYU Wagner.}

Dr. Robin Broad, Professor of International Development, established and heads SIS’s International Development Program’s unique curricular offerings on rethinking globalization and development and on environment and development with a focus on social, environmental, and economic accountability. She came to AU with a wide range of professional experiences – from international economist in the US Treasury Department and US Congress to work with civil-society organizations in the Philippines and El Salvador. She holds a PhD from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.