Mary Robinson
President, Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice
Mary Robinson served as President of Ireland from 1990-1997 and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997-2002. She is a member of the Elders and the recipient of numerous honours and awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom from the President of the United States Barack Obama. She serves as Honorary President of Oxfam International and Chair or the Global Leaders Council on Reproductive Health.
Resilience is the new watchword for women
Posted 7 March 2012
As we approach International Women's Day, it is appropriate to reflect on how well we are doing in assuring the human rights of women worldwide. In these complicated economic and political times, it is clear that women are bearing a disproportionate burden of poverty, ill heath, gender based violence, and hunger. Yet despite these facts, [...]
