Front Line Defenders: Annual Lecture – 27 March, Dublin
Date: Mon 27 March 2017
Time: 18:30 – 20:30
Venue: The Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin
Front Line Defenders, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin are delighted to be co-hosting Hauwa Ibrahim at this year’s Front Line Defenders Annual Lecture.
A well-respected lawyer and author, Hauwa is best known for her work using Sharia Law to defend women convicted unjustly under the Sharia legal system. In 2005, she was honoured with the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Ten years later, on 9 May 2015, she again addressed the European Parliament on the pursuit of a lifetime education. In May 2014, Hauwa was appointed a member of the fact-finding commission regarding the 219 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram from Chibok. She has served as a consultant to the United Nations Development Program, the European Union’s Commission and Ambassadors in Nigeria, and the NGO Lawyers without Borders. In 2000, Hauwa became, through election, the first female National Publicity Secretary of the Nigerian Bar Association and in 2002 she authored the first draft of the constitution for the Pan African Lawyers Union.
Hauwa Ibrahim has been a visiting professor in several countries and is currently teaching and conducting research at Harvard University. We are delighted to have this chance to hear her speak at the Royal Irish Academy on 27 March at 6:30 PM.
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