Dr. Koonce Presents at UN Human Rights Council Panel and Oxford Conference on FGM
Thursday, 02 July 2015 14:58
Dr. Lorraine Koonce Farahmand participated in United Nations Human Rights Council Panel on FGM policies and resolutions that took place on June 19th at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The panel focused on local and global successes and challenges regarding female genital mutilation issues. Opening Remarks were delived by H.E. Ms. Evelyne Marie Augustine Ilboudo, Ambassador of Burkina Faso to the UN, senior officers from the World Health Organization and several UN agencies as well as lawyers and activists working on the issue of women's rights.
Dr. Lorraine Koonce Farahmand, Esq., is a Solicitor of England and Wales, New York Attorney and AGS faculty member specializing in women's rights advocacy and FGM issues. In March, she attended a one-day conference at the University of Oxford (Lady Margaret Hall) on the theme: "Contestations around FGM: Activism and the Academy", where she gave a presentation on the legal aspects of female genital mutilation: "Concerning prosecution, what are the benefits, the hurdles and the effects on prevention of committed implementation of the law".
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From current issues in the Middle East taught together by an Iranian historian and an Israelli journalist, to NGO management taught by the director of Human Rights Watch in France, every class was fascinating and taught by some of the most impressive people I could ever have imagined. I immediately felt at home in this small but active AGS community because, although students and professors are all from different parts of the world, everyone takes the time to understand each other's perspective. Overall, I would recommend AGS to anyone with a thirst for intellectual stimulation and a drive to not only understand the world of international relations, but engage in it..