Speaker Meda Chesney-Lind, professor of women’s studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, is nationally recognized for her work on women and crime.

From 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 20, the community is invited to a free lecture entitled “Looking Back, Looking Forward: 40 Years of the Women’s Movement in Hawaii” at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. The lecture will be in the UHH Science & Technology Building room 108. This is being held in conjunction with celebrating Women’s History Month.

The Hilo Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) is a co-sponsor of this event, along with the UHH Women’s Center & UHH SAC.

The speaker will be Meda Chesney-Lind, professor of women’s studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Nationally recognized for her work on women and crime, she is the author of “Girls, Delinquency & Juvenile Justice”; “The Female Offender: Girls, Women & Crime”; “Female Gangs in America”; “Invisible Punishment”; “Girls, Women and Crime,” and “Beyond Bad Girls: Gender Violence and Hype.” She has just finished an edited collection on trends in girls’ violence entitled “Fighting for Girls: Critical Perspectives on Gender & Violence,” published by SUNY Press.

AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy and research; visit hilo-hi.aauw.net. For more information, contact Rosemarie Muller, rcmuller27@hotmail.com.