Transforming the world through institutional imagination
Nurjehan Mawani was the recipient of the 2007 UNIFEM Canada Award. Formerly the Chairperson of the Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board, she is now the AKDN Resident Representative to the Kygyz Republic. Photo: Courtesy of Nurjehan Mawani
“Institutional imagination” was the theme of Nurjehan Mawani’s remarks as she accepted the UNIFEM Canada Award for 2007.
UNIFEM — the United Nations Development Fund for Women — works to end violence against women and reduce poverty and exclusion through economic empowerment and education. The award honours Mawani’s work in advancing equality for women and girls.
In her role as the Chairperson of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Mawani led its pioneering work on gender-related persecution and issued the groundbreaking Guidelines on Women Refugee Claimants Fearing Gender-Related Persecution. They have since been adopted by many other countries, impacting the lives of thousands of refugee women and girls.
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