Yoslyn G. Sigrah is a lawyer and women's rights activist in the Federated States of Micronesia.
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 Sigrah in 2020 | |
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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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] As an Attorney Advisor she has also represented the Kosrae Women Association.[4]
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.[3]
In 2014 she was awarded a Presidential Outstanding Citizens Award by President Emanuel Mori.[1]
Sigrah was elected as a delegate to the 2019 Micronesian Constitutional Convention from Kosrae.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "President of the Federated States of Micronesia Presents Outstanding Citizen Awards in Honolulu". www.fsmpio.fm. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "A Micronesian Advocate Helps to Create Safer Environments for Women, Rule of Law Initiative". www.americanbar.org. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Yoslyn Sigrah". Pacific Community. 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "SPC launches latest collection of Pacific human rights cases". Pacific Community Regional Rights Resource Team. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
- ^ "Delegates". 4th Constitutional Convention of the Federated States of Micronesia. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
