
ISHR’s 2021 Human Rights Career Panel: Pursuing a Human Rights Career During and After a Pandemic
By Anna Miller, RightsViews co-editor and graduate student in the human rights M.A. program.
On March 24, 2021 Gergana Halpern and Monica Olveira hosted the Institute for the Study of Human Rights Annual Career Panel. Since the global community has been living through the COVID-19 pandemic for more than one year now, some wonder if there are still job opportunities for students interested in human rights careers. Human rights professionals say yes - perhaps now more than ever before.
Meet the Panelists
Rebecca Brown is the Senior Director of Global Advocacy at the Center for Reproductive Rights. Before joining the Center, Rebecca was Deputy Director of the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net), where she oversaw the organization’s program work and coordinated the Women and ESCR Working Group. Rebecca has published numerous pieces on reproductive rights, equality rights, economic, social, and cultural rights, and disability.
Ryan Heman is Senior Manager of Forced Labor & Human Trafficking at Humanity United, and supports...