Visiting scholar discusses challenges for women in India

Dr. Harpreet Kaur, a Fulbright visiting scholar at Miami Dade College in Florida, will present a talk, “The Cultural and Professional Challenges for Women in India,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6 in the Hoff Conference Rooms, Blum Student Union rooms 218-219 at Missouri Western State University. The presentation is free and open to the public.

Dr. Kaur is a professor of law at the National Law University in Delhi, India. She has navigated life as a woman in India’s professional world, first as a business law attorney for three years and then as a law professor for the past 13 years.

This presentation is conducted through the Fulbright Scholar Program’s Outreach Lecturing Fund. Co-sponsors include the Department of English and Modern Languages, Peace and Conflict Studies, Gender and Power Studies, and the St. Joseph YWCA.

Missouri Western State University is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. Missouri Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit www.missouriwestern.edu.