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Yoslyn Sigrah

Lawyer and women’s rights activist from the Federated States of Micronesia

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Yoslyn Sigrah was a lawyer and women's rights activist.

Yoslyn G. Sigrah is a lawyer and women's rights activist in the Federated States of Micronesia.

Sigrah is from Kosrae State. She has a law degree from the William S. Richardson School of Law at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2007 and has worked at a law firm in Honolulu. In 2012 she attended a fellowship program in the United States, organized by ABA Rule of Law Initiative, to develop skills to advocate for women, particularly those who have experienced violence.

Sigrah has campaigned for representation of women in politics, in government and parliament, and supported the creation of a Ministry of Women the Federated States of Micronesia. She is active in campaigning for the end of violence against women and girls, including being instrumental in the passing of the 2014 Family Protection Act in Kosrae, a law that criminalizes domestic violence. As an Attorney Advisor she has also represented the Kosrae Women Association.

She spoke at the 66th session of the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva, 2017, on the state of Micronesian women.

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Important facts

Born
Kosrae
Nationality
Federated States of Micronesia
Education
University of Hawaiʻi System

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Who was Yoslyn Sigrah?

lawyer and women’s rights activist from the Federated States of Micronesia

When was Yoslyn Sigrah born?

Yoslyn Sigrah was born in Kosrae.

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Yoslyn Sigrah was a lawyer and women's rights activist.

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Yoslyn Sigrah's recorded nationality: Federated States of Micronesia.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yoslyn Sigrah

· Wikidata: Q42756457

· DBpedia: Yoslyn Sigrah

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