Rashida Manjoo

Rashida Manjoo was the United Nations' Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women from June 2009 to July 2015.[1][2] She was succeeded by Dr. Dubravka Šimonović.[3]

Manjoo's reporting included, in July 2014, examining the "environment of impunity" regarding violence against women and girls in Honduras.[4] In April that year she criticized the UK for its "boys' club sexist culture" and "negative and over-sexualised portrayals of women".[5][6]

A South African national, Manjoo is a professor in the Department of Public Law at the University of Cape Town.[7] She previously served as the Parliamentary commissioner on South Africa's Commission on Gender Equality, the Des Lee Distinguished Visiting Professor at Webster University, and the Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow with Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Champion of women's rights Rashida Manjoo and pioneering criminologist Ronald V. Clarke to receive honorary degrees from Jay College of Criminal Justice", CUNY, 18 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Rashida Manjoo, Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its causes and consequences", United Nations Human Rights. Office of the High Commissioner.
  3. ↑ "29th regular session of the Human Rights Council (15 June to 3 July 2015)". United Nations Human Rights Council.
  4. ↑ Manjoo, Rashida (7 July 2014). "Special Rapporteur on violence against women finalizes country mission to Honduras ...", United Nations Human Rights. Office of the High Commissioner. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ↑ "UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo says UK has 'sexist culture'", BBC News, 15 April 2014.
  6. ↑ Manjoo, Rashida (15 April 2014). "Special Rapporteur on violence against women finalizes country mission to the United Kingdom ..." United Nations Human Rights. Office of the High Commissioner. Archived from the original on 30 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "Violence against women and girls a human rights violation, says UCT academic" Archived 5 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine., University of Cape Town, 12 August 2014.

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