FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Tatyana Valentina Mamonova

President of Woman and Earth Global Eco Network  

And Renowned Poet, Journalist and Artist

Presents Seminar, “The Rationality of New Ethics”

to Commemorate International Human Rights Day

and the 30^th Anniversary of her Exile to the West

Friday, December 10, 2010, 3PM

Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, St. Petersburg, Russia

Tatyana Valentina Mamonova, world renowned women’s activist, writer, artist and exiled Russian journalist, will keynote, “The Rationality of New Ethics,” the latest installment of Woman and Earth Seminar Series Survivors of the Age, on Friday December 10, 2010 at the Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, a Luxury 5 star Corinthia Premier Collection located in the St. Petersburg, Russia City Centre at 57 Nevsky Prospect.  

The December 10^th program, will convene at 3:00pm in the Admiralty Room of the Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel, 57 Nevsky Prospect with registration taking place from 2:30pm.

An exhibition of Ms. Mamonova’s award winning paintings, which includes receiving a prize at Italy’s famous Biennale d’Arte Internazionale di Roma, and have been exhibited and sold in more than 40 countries, will also be on display and available for purchase, as well as copies of Woman and Earth’s recent publications.

A press conference and reception for all attendees will follow the seminar. A special birthday celebration will be held during the reception as December 10 marks not only the day in which Tatyana Valentina Mamonova was born, but is also the day in which her organization celebrates its 30^th Anniversary! Quite fittingly, December 10 is also International Human Rights Day.   

Admission is free with donations greatly appreciated. This seminar series has been highly successful with each seminar being filled to capacity and since seating is limited, advanced reservation is highly recommended.

Woman and Earth is pleased and proud to return to Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel for the next installment of its Seminar Series Survivors of the Age, featuring two time Woman of the Year, Tatyana Valentina Mamonova. The last time Woman and Earth held its seminar at this spectacular venue, Tatyana Mamonova was honored with the 2008 Woman of the Year Award given by The Vishnevskaya Association St. Petersburg, Russia. Her prior honor was presented in 1980 by Femme Magazine Paris. It was 30 years ago this year that Ms. Mamonova was exiled from her beloved Russia for preserving the freedom of speech for women and promoting the democratic principles of human rights by editing, founding her grassroots organization Woman and Russia, now called Woman and Earth Global EcoNetwork, and publishing her now famous samizdat Woman and Russia, translated into 11 languages and published as book anthologies in more than 20 countries and continuously published in magazine format since 1979 and now called Woman Earth Almanac. Two additional publications have been added to this collection: Succes d’estime and Fotoalbum: Around the World.

Exiled from the Soviet Union in 1980 for publishing the samizdat Woman and Russia Almanac containing the first independent collection of Soviet feminist writings, and founding the non-governmental organization with the same name, now called Woman and Earth, Ms. Mamonova has gone on to win world acclaim for her ongoing efforts on behalf of humanity.

At the recommendation of Simone de Beauvoir and Ms. Magazine, she received a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University’s Bunting Institute. She has authored hundreds of articles and several books, including four in the U.S. and lectured before universities, colleges, parliaments, foundations, conferences, and organizations throughout the world. 

Ms. Mamonova’s contributions to human rights, peace, and non-conformist art have earned her a number of international awards, including the Living Legacy Award, whose prior honorees include U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. 

A drama based on the story of her and her collective has been produced in Denmark and Poland and her story has been covered by all major forms of international media and film. 

Ms. Mamonova has also been acclaimed as “the first woman organizer and exhibitor in the non-conformist artist movement” in Russia, which lends special significance to the exhibition of her work.

Woman and Earth Global EcoNetwork, an international non-governmental organization, which has been continuously headed by Ms. Mamonova, provides a number of innovative networking and discussion forums in such projects as Woman and Earth Publications which publishes Woman and Earth Almanac, Succes d’estime and Fotoalbum: Around the World; Woman and Earth Productions which produces educational videos/DVD and a weekly television series; and Sister To Sister Project which organizes international conferences, seminars and film festivals. Recognizing the importance of its grassroots origins, Woman and Earth Global EcoNetwork also has local chapters in a number of countries throughout the world. More information can be found on its website www.womanandearth.com.

Corinthia Nevskij Palace Hotel is a proud sponsor of Woman and Earth’s Seminar Series, having hosted a number of prior seminars in the last five years and also played host and served a major sponsor to Woman and Earth’s 2003 International Conference.

To register or obtain further details, e-mail: womearth@yahoo.com