Gofran Abdulrahman Alabsi
Country: Ethiopia
Advocacy areas: Anti-fgm, promoting non-discriminatory family laws and practices, Women’s and children’s rights
Languages: Amharic, Arabic, English
I am an LLM graduate and researcher interested in Human Rights, especially children’s and women’s rights & International Humanitarian Law. I consider myself a Universal citizen dedicated in preventing and ending human rights violation in all regions of the world. I consider myself a positive, dedicated, honest, creative, and energetic person who loves learning along the way, which is why I take every experience as a learning and growing opportunity.
Background:
I am an LLM(Hons) graduate who has been working as a legal researcher in the past two years with Musawah and currently working as a programme assistant in Musawah. I am also trained on Humanitarian operations programme by Save the children and Oxford Brookes university. I mainly focus on women and children’s rights and aspire to bring about positive change.
Areas of expertise:
Legal research, International Human Rights Law, Women’s and children’s rights, International Humanitarian Law
Current Projects:
Awareness raising against fgm from the religious perspective as well as from a medical point of view.
Am also involved in women storytelling and multimedia project and mapping of actors who are working in women’s rights in the region led by our senior regional officer of Musawah Ms Rehema Namukose.
Affiliations:
Musawah
Ethiopian women Lawyers Association