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Escaping the Taliban: In conversation with a female Afghan judge
- Date
- March 14, 2024
- Time
- 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT
- Location
- POD-457
| Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, female judges throughout the country have lost their jobs, had their lives threatened, and have been forced to evacuate or go into hiding. Please join us for a conversation with a female Afghan judge who arrived in Canada as a government-sponsored refugee in February 2023. She was one of 37 judges who fled Afghanistan with assistance from the International Association of Women Judges. She will share about life in Afghanistan before 2021, how and why she became a judge, the security risks of being a female Afghan judge, her escape from the Taliban, and her future plans in Canada. This event will be moderated by Justice Catrina Braid, Judge in Residence at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. |