Marilou McPhedran
Is the Chief Executive of UK for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency’s national partner in the United Kingdom. She has extensive experience in humanitarian work, fundraising, and advocacy for refugee rights. Under her leadership.
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More than 100 Taliban decrees have systematically obliterated Afghan women's status, effectively erasing women and girls from public life.
Contributions to Afghan Women & Afghanistan:
Marilou McPhedran has held numerous leadership roles, including:
She has also been involved in international human rights advocacy and systemic reform in law, medicine, education, and governance.
- Recognition of Gender Apartheid: McPhedran has called for recognizing the systemic attack on Afghan women's rights as gender apartheid. SenCanada
- Support for Afghan Women Leaders: She has saluted the Afghan Women Parliamentarians and Leaders network for their initiatives, especially during the UN 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. LinkedIn
- Founding Women's Rights Organizations: McPhedran founded the International Women's Rights Project in 1998 and the Institute for International Women's Rights at Global College in 2009, focusing on empowering women globally. SenCanada+1IWRP+1
Marilou McPhedran has held numerous leadership roles, including:
- Co-founder of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF), Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC), and the Gerstein Crisis Centre.
- Legal counsel for the Ad Hoc Committee of Canadian Women on the Constitution (1980-1982), securing constitutional protections for women.
- Corporate Director of Health Partnerships at Women’s College Hospital (1994-1996), facilitating its designation as a WHO Collaborating Centre.
- Chief Commissioner of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission and Ariel Sallows Chair in International Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan (2007).
- Part-time member of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal and consultant on legal and strategic counsel.
- Co-Director of the National Study of Rural, Remote, and Northern Women (2001-2003).
- Chair of the Special Task Force on Sexual Abuse of Patients by Health Professionals (2000).
- Chair of the Forum on Women’s Activism in Constitutional Democratic Reform (2006).
- Executive Coordinator of the Summit of Women Leaders of the Americas for Mental Health (1996).
She has also been involved in international human rights advocacy and systemic reform in law, medicine, education, and governance.
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