26-03-2025
Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for Women and Girls at Rotary
VESTAL, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) – A Binghamton University institute dedicated to empowering women and girls around the world says its influence is growing with each passing year.
Lorena Aguilar, Executive Director of the Kaschak Institute for Social Justice for women and girls was the guest speaker at the Binghamton Noon Rotary Club yesterday.
Members of the Kaschak Institute recently spent two weeks advocating for women's rights at the United Nations.
Aguilar says the institute also supports student engagement initiatives such as the I'm Ready campaign bringing attention to climate change.
'We do a lot of research at the Kaschak Institute in which we prove how half the population of the world, 4 billion people we are, can make a difference when it comes to working on development, when it comes to combating poverty, when it comes to finding solutions to the most difficult questions in the world, women have an incredible capacity,' said Aguilar.
Aguilar wouldn't comment on the Trump Administration's move to ban DEI initiatives on college campuses because she is a former diplomat for Costa Rica.
The Kaschak Institute was endowed with a gift from Ellyn Kaschak, a pioneer in feminist theory and a 1965 alumna of the college.
Kaschak passed away last month.
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