WTC - Book Presentation 'Stand Up, Speak Out' by Monica McWilliams

Professor Monica McWilliams was a founding member of the Women’s Coalition, a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland and Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (2005-2011), Oversight Commissioner for prison reform in Northern Ireland (2011–2015) and is on the Independent Reporting Commission for the disbandment of paramilitary organisations. Monica has been the author of numerous publications, including groundbreaking research on domestic and intimate partner violence in Northern Ireland. She is a specialist in conflict resolution, chaired Interpeace, an international peacebuilding NGO, and served on the Board of Trocaire, the Irish development agency. She has worked with women’s groups in conflict zones world-wide, most recently with Syrian women involved in the negotiations in Geneva.

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