2016 Advocate Aehshatou Manu and her colleagues from the African Indigenous Women Organization Central African Network (AIWO-CAN) continue to promote education for indigenous girls from the Mbororo Pastoralist and hunter-gatherer Baka Indigenous communities in the East and Adamawa regions of Cameroon as part of their mission to eradicate gender-based violence in these communities.
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Monday, September 11, 2023
2019 Advocate Mariano Ruiz of Argentina has founded Derechos Humanos y Diversidad Asociación Civil, an NGO that will offer communication skills training to LGBTIQ grassroots advocates in Latin America and the Caribbean. The NGO will also house the first center for the integration of displaced LGBTIQ people in Argentina. Earlier this year, Mariano attended the Equitas International Human Rights Training Program in Canada.
Wednesday, August 30, 2023
2010 Advocate Gisèle Ngungua Sangua has been named the Provincial Minister of Gender, Women and Children of Haut-Katanga in the Democratic Republic of Congo. She is the founder of Action Large des Femmes Avocates, which provides legal assistance to women in prison and victims of violence. She also worked with the Court of Appeals in Lubumbashi and the International Criminal Court.
Jade Jacobs-Wort
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
2022-23 Advocate Jade Jacobs-Wort sat down with HRAP work-study student Victor Jandres Rivera to talk about their work as a human rights advocate. The video can be found on the HRAP YouTube Channel here.
Monday, July 17, 2023
The Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) is now open for applications to the Fall 2024 program.