Hannah Forster (human rights activist)

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Hannah J. Forster (born in the late 1950s ) is a Gambian human rights activist.

Life

Forster attended St. Joseph's Preparatory School and St. Joseph's High School .

After working in an office job for a short time, she worked for the Gambian National Library . She then graduated from the University of Ghana with a qualification in library studies and then graduated from Loughborough University in Great Britain with a bachelor's degree in library and information science. At the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna , she obtained a master's degree in Human Rights and Conflict Management .

From around 1990 she worked at the African Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS). After the sudden death of Zoe Tembo , she was appointed director of the institute on March 12, 2001. She was the longest serving employee at the time of appointment. Until she took on this post, she was President of the Gambia Library and Information Service , which is responsible for the Gambia National Library .

In addition to her work at ACDHRS, she is involved in several other organizations. She was chair of the African Democracy Forum from 2006 and is a member of the Steering Committee of the World Movement for Democracy and a member of the Council for a Community of Democracies and Solidarity for African Women's Rights (SOAWR). From 1992 to 2009 she was a consultant for Human Rights Information and Documentation Systems (HURIDOCS). From 2004 to 2010 she also gave courses at the Center for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria .

In 2007 she received the International Women of Courage Award from the US State Department, presented to her by the American Ambassador to Gambia, Joseph D. Stafford .

Forster is married and has children.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Hannah Forster. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ allAfrica.com: ACDHRS 'Zoe Tembo This, Hannah Forster Appointed Successor. April 12, 2001. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Hannah Forster | HURIDOCS. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
  4. ^ Gambia: Hannah Forster Gets 'Women of Courage' Award. Retrieved January 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Forster, Hannah
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Forster, Hannah J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH between 1956 and 1959