About: Yoslyn Sigrah

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Yoslyn G. Sigrah is a lawyer and women’s rights activist from the Federated States of Micronesia. Sigrah is from Kosrae State. She has a law degree from the University of Hawaii and has practiced as a lawyer 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. 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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  • Yoslyn Sigrahés una advocada i activista pels drets de les dones dels Estats Federats de Micronèsia. (ca)
  • Yoslyn G. Sigrah ist eine Anwältin und Frauenrechtsaktivistin aus den Föderierten Staaten von Mikronesien. (de)
  • Yoslyn G. Sigrah is a lawyer and women’s rights activist from the Federated States of Micronesia. Sigrah is from Kosrae State. She has a law degree from the University of Hawaii and has practiced as a lawyer 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. In 2014 she was awarded a Presidential Outstanding Citizens Award by President Emanuel Mori. Sigrah was elected as a delegate to the 2019 Micronesian Constitutional Convention from Kosrae. (en)
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  • Sigrah in 2020 (en)
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  • Yoslyn Sigrahés una advocada i activista pels drets de les dones dels Estats Federats de Micronèsia. (ca)
  • Yoslyn G. Sigrah ist eine Anwältin und Frauenrechtsaktivistin aus den Föderierten Staaten von Mikronesien. (de)
  • Yoslyn G. Sigrah is a lawyer and women’s rights activist from the Federated States of Micronesia. Sigrah is from Kosrae State. She has a law degree from the University of Hawaii and has practiced as a lawyer 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. 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. (en)
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