Tibet Women’s Association President B. Tsering will address the topic, "Is There Freedom in Tibet?" as part of the Perspectives of the Nott series, Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m. in the Nott Memorial.

Tsering works to bring international attention to human rights abuses that continue against women in Tibet, including rape, physical violence and denial of reproductive, religious and political freedoms. She has spoken at the U.N. Commission on Human Rights and the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women.

Headquartered in the Tibetan exile community in Dharamsala, India, the Tibet Women’s Association has more than 13,000 members and 47 branches worldwide. It is one of the most prominent Tibetan non-governmental organizations committed to the Tibetan struggle for freedom. Tsering is serving her second elected term as president since 2002. Her talk, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the departments of Philosophy and Political Science as well as East Asian Studies and Religious Studies.