Alice Kandalft Cosma
Alice Kandalft Cosma was a Syrian educator, women's rights activist and diplomat in the mid-20th century.
Life
Alice Kandalft Cosma graduated from the renowned Teachers College at Columbia University in New York . She became director of the Doha National School of Damascus . From 1939 she worked in the Syrian Ministry of Education. She was one of the organizers of the Arab Women's National League in Syria .
In 1947 she was one of the 15 founding members of the UN Women's Rights Commission , which contributed significantly to the formulation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights . She succeeded Angela Jurdak as rapporteur on this body.
Web links
- Background information based on The United Nations and the Advancement of Women, 1945–1996 from the United Nations Blue Book Series and the United Nations CD-Rom Women Go Global , 2000
- UN website on the historical role of women on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 2018
- Picture by Alice Kandalft Cosma and fellow campaigners at UNCSW
- Picture with Begum Hamid Ali
- Collection of historical recordings
References
- ↑ a b https://books.google.de/books?id=dnd0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT137&lpg=PT137&dq=Alice+Kandalft+Cosma&source=bl&ots=JsFUZo6DZm&sig=41ZMFbl_qg5crdISYnzNg_NaqIc&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjfvb-EmdDfAhUKZVAKHbdKD54Q6AEwAXoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=Alice%20Kandalft % 20 Cosma & f = false Rebecca Adami: Women and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights , Routledge. 2018, ISBN 978-0-429-79552-7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cosma, Alice Kandalft |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian women's rights activist and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 20th century or 21st century |