Alumni News at the Institute

Monday, March 16, 2020

Amir Ashour, a Master in Human Rights graduate from Columbia University, is the Founder and Executive Director of IraQueer, Iraq’s first national LGBT+ organization. Founded in 2015, IraQueer has reached one million people offline and online through working on advocacy, education, and providing direct services like safe housing and medical services.

Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Madison Bailey recently completed her M.A. in Human Rights Studies. In September 2019, while in her last semester, Madison started her career at UN Women as an Intern for the Resource Mobilization for Private Sector Engagement within the Strategic Partnerships Division, where she worked on the portfolios of Foundations and High Networth Individuals. In December, she transitioned to the Partner Intelligence, Visibility & Analysis (PIVA) team where she assisted in the production of Regular Resources Report- Data and Case Studies from 2018.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates Human Rights graduate Shireen Jalali-Yazdi on winning the Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on Gender and Human Rights for her paper “Colonized Masculinities and Feminicide in the United States: How Conditions of Coloniality Socialize Feminicidal Men”. The Audre Ra
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Tanya L. Domi, 2007 Human Rights M.A. graduate, will be a speaker at the "She Opened the Door" event on February 9th, 2020. To find out more about the event and register click here.
Marina Gonzalez Flores
Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Marina Gonzalez Flores serves as Program Associate for the Global Philanthropy Project, a network of funders expanding global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of LGBTI people in the Global South and East.