Alumni News at the Institute

Keep a Child Alive Features Advocate Carol Dyantyi
Monday, April 23, 2018

2014 Human Rights Advocate Program alumna Carol Dyantyi, the founder and CEO of Ikageng in South Africa, has been featured in a new video produced by Keep a Child Alive. Dyantyi founded Ikageng in 2001 to support children affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in South Africa.

Monday, March 26, 2018

Human Rights Advocates Program (HRAP) alumnae Elina Horo of India, Marayah Fyneah of Liberia, Edna Kaptoyo of Kenya, and Huda Shafig of Sudan participated in the

Eliana Kanefield
Thursday, March 22, 2018

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates undergraduate alumnus Eliana Kanefield on receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to teach English at a university in Argentina. She will also be working at a local NGO focused on women’s rights.

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

The Institute for the Study of Human Rights congratulates Turkish human rights defender Murat Çelikkan being named Civil Rights Defender of the Year.

Shayna Halliwell
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

ISHR congratulates alumnus Shayna Halliwell on recently publishing a chapter in the book "Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Unreported Struggles: Conflict and Peace," which is a contribution of the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Program to the Tenth Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.