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Advocate Highlight
Marijana Savic
Thursday, February 27, 2020

Marijana Savic is the founder and director of ATINA-Citizens Association for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and All Forms of Gender-based Violence. She founded Atina to aid survivors of violence, exploitation, and human trafficking in Serbia. She established the first safe house for victims of trafficking in the country. Atina expanded its focus to also provide psychosocial, legal, and medical assistance to women and children feeling war and persecution at home. She attended the 2018 HRAP. 

Fellow Highlight
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

The Archive of Memory, a project by AHDA 2015 alumna Hasini Haputhanthri, launched this past February.  The project was reviewed by The Sunday Times in Sri Lanka.

IRC Leaders in Training Delegation visit ISHR
Monday, February 24, 2020

A delegation of students taking part in the Leaders in Training program of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) visited the Institute for the Study of Human Rights on February 21st. 

Advocate Highlight
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Michael Miiro is the Technical Advisor on HIV/AIDS, disability and sexual and gender-based violence for the Masaka Association of Persons with Disabilities Living with HIV&AIDS (MADIPHA).
He has trained village health teams, health workers, and police in sign language and held workshops about PWDs who are Living with HIV & AIDS as well as SGBV against PWDs.
AHDA 2019 Fellows Participate in Oral History Project at Columbia University
Milena Durán
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Milena Durán, 2019 AHDA Fellow, was interviewed as part of an oral history project organized by students at the Oral History Master of Arts. 

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