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Hassan is the founder of the Health Justice Initiative (HJI), [2] [3] and was part of the team that founded the 2008 Western Cape Civil Society Task Team against Xenophobia. [4] In her human rights work, she has litigated against private employers, the South African government, and pharmaceutical companies. [4]
The foundation was established by George Soros in 1993, just prior to the dismantling of apartheid and South Africa's transition to democracy. [2]From 2013 to 2019, its Executive Director was Fatima Hassan a human rights lawyer and social justice activist.
Justice40 is a social equity and environmental justice initiative by the Biden administration in the United States. [1] It seeks to identify disadvantage communities and prioritize federal investments to benefit these communities.
The attorney for Mrs Fatima Hassan was Igshaan Higgins of DKVG Attorneys and he was assisted by Attorneys Lynn Swartz and Faizel Bardien. Adv Tammy Carter was Counsel in the Western Cape High Court whilst Adv Wim Trengove SC assisted by Adv Kerisha Naicker in the Constitutional Court.
The Kingdom of Bahrain has been addressed by the European Union regarding its human rights records several times in the past. After the last dialogue between EU and Bahrain held on 7 November 2019, the EU Special Representative for Human Rights conducted an early 2021 dialogue with Bahrain raising the issue of prison torture, repression of freedom of expression and association, and arbitrary ...
Many of these health issues stem from the fact that African American women are less likely than a white woman to receive many of the needed health services, including routine preventative care. [9] In the past five decades, African American women have experienced a risk that is 4-times greater regarding death from pregnancy complications than a ...
Fatima Ali – chef and restaurateur. Mohammad S. Hamdani – Muslim Pakistani American medical student who was killed in the September 11, 2001 attacks while rescuing victims at the World Trade Center [120] [121] [122] Riffat Hassan – theologian and Islamic feminist scholar of the Qur'an [123]
human rights activist, Islamic scholar, theologian, proponent of Islamic gender equality and LGBTIQ, interfaith activist, one of founders and leaders of ICRP - Indonesian Conference on Religion and Peace [citation needed] Manal al-Sharif: Saudi Arabia 1979 women's rights activist [113] Samar Badawi: Saudi Arabia 1981 women's rights activist [114]