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Fmr. Irish President Mary Robinson Joins Women Leaders at International Women's Conference in Liberia
Monday, March 9, 2009 :As we mark International Women's Day we speak with world-renowned human rights lawyer and advocate, Mary Robinson. She is the former president of Ireland, the first woman ever to hold the office. She is also the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Robinson speaks about the international women's conference hosted in Liberia by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first female president; being chosen as one of Nelson Mandela's 'elders'; and the ongoing struggle for women's rights from Afghanistan to Iraq to Iran.
As we continue to mark International Women’s Day, we turn now to world-renowned human rights lawyer and advocate, Mary Robinson. She is the former president of Ireland, the first woman ever to hold the office. She is also the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. She has been the honorary president of Oxfam International since 2002 and founded an NGO called Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative. In 2004, she received Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award, and in 2005 was awarded the first Outspoken Award from the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission for her role in helping to decriminalize homosexuality in Ireland. She is currently the president of the International Commission of Jurists. I spoke with her a few days ago and asked her about her upcoming trip to Africa.
Mary Robinson, world-renowned human rights lawyer and advocate. She is the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the former president of Ireland, the first woman to hold the office. She is currently the president of the International Commission of Jurists and the president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative.
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