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DESCRIPTION:The Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society & Public Policy
  and the Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism welcome Mariam Wallet A
 boubakrine\, Chair of the UN's Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.\n\nAb
 out the speaker\n\nMariam Wallet Aboubakrine has been Chair of the UN's Pe
 rmanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since 2013. She is a medical doctor fro
 m Tombouctou in Mali. She holds a degree from University of Tizi-Ouzou (Al
 geria) with research in ophthalmology\, obstetrics and gynaecology\, paedi
 atrics and general medicine. She also holds a Masters in Humanitarian Acti
 on from the University of Geneva\, focusing on crisis intervention (armed 
 conflict\, marginalization/exclusion and natural disasters). The latter pa
 rt of her studies focused on the role of traditional medicine in Tuareg Ma
 li.\n\nShe is a member of Tin Hinan\, a women's association working for th
 e defence\, promotion and development of indigenous peoples in Africa\, in
  particular the Tuareg. Mariam has been a very active member of this organ
 ization since she was young and has worked on many issues related to healt
 h such as nutrition\, malaria prevention\, and education on sexual and rep
 roductive health among the Tuareg.\n\nMariam Wallet Aboubakrine has partic
 ipated in training on ILO Convention 169 and several times in the Expert M
 echanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She also volunteered with Af
 rican NGOs for advocacy on human rights at the regular sessions of the Hum
 an Rights Council of the United Nations\, and the Universal Periodic Revie
 w in Africa. She is also an independent consultant on gender issues\, heal
 th\, and conflict resolution / peace agreement in indigenous communities.
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LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q
 C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Recent Developments in the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
URL:/law/channels/event/recent-developments-un-permane
 nt-forum-indigenous-issues-276794
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