{"id":16,"date":"2022-05-20T06:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T06:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humphreyfellowship.org\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-06-13T09:00:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:00:56","slug":"rights-freedoms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.humphreyfellowship.org\/impact-areas\/rights-freedoms\/","title":{"rendered":"Rights &#038; Freedoms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-19893e7 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"19893e7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Impact:<\/strong> Humphrey Fellows promote, advance, and protect human rights and freedoms.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60e15b01 mb-0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"60e15b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Notable Alumni:<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40aa3c8f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-eac-addon-modal-box\" data-id=\"40aa3c8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eac-addon-modal-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='eac-modal-box'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-modalbox__wrapper\" id=\"40aa3c8f\" 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'automatique, texte, template, formulaire' -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modalbox-hidden-40aa3c8f\" class=\"mb-modalbox__hidden-content-wrapper elementor-16\" role='dialog' aria-labelledby=\"modal-40aa3c8f\" aria-modal='true'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40aa3c8f\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='mb-modalbox__hidden-content-body-bg'><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div fancybox-title class='mb-modalbox__hidden-content-title'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"modal-40aa3c8f\">Pulitzer Prize Winner, Maggie Michael, Egypt<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div fancybox-body class='mb-modalbox__hidden-content-body'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div class=\"alumni_spotlight\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 g-0\">\u00a0<\/div><\/div><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-4 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 g-0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2854 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.humphreyfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Maggie-Michael-min.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Profile picture of Maggie Michael\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" hspace=\"10px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 g-0 px-lg-4\"><div class=\"alumni_spotlight_desc\">Humphrey alumna Maggie Michael and two other journalists on her team at the Associated Press received the <strong><a style=\"color: #066c92;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pulitzer.org\/winners\/maggie-michael-maad-al-zikry-and-nariman-el-mofty-associated-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019 Pulitzer Prize in international reporting for their coverage of the civil war in Yemen<\/a><\/strong>. Her team has documented images and stories of the atrocities and sufferings of the Yemeni people due to the ongoing conflict in the country. This series of reports chronicled the war and have helped bring worldwide attention to a largely ignored conflict. 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South Punjab, Dr. Ehtasham Anwar, Pakistan<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<!-- Affichage en ligne pour les contenus 'automatique, texte, template, formulaire' -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"modalbox-hidden-7ae488ae\" class=\"mb-modalbox__hidden-content-wrapper elementor-16\" role='dialog' aria-labelledby=\"modal-7ae488ae\" aria-modal='true'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae488ae\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='mb-modalbox__hidden-content-body-bg'><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div fancybox-title class='mb-modalbox__hidden-content-title'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"modal-7ae488ae\">Secretary Education of South Punjab, Dr. Ehtasham Anwar, Pakistan<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div fancybox-body class='mb-modalbox__hidden-content-body'>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div class=\"alumni_spotlight\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-4 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 g-0\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2854 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.humphreyfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Dr.-Ehtasham-Anwar-min.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Profile picture of Dr. Ehtasham Anwar\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" hspace=\"10px\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-lg-8 col-sm-12 col-xs-12 g-0 px-lg-4\">\n<div class=\"alumni_spotlight_desc\">As Secretary Education in South Punjab, Pakistan, Humphrey alumnus Ehtasham\u202fAnwar opened the <a style=\"color: #066c92;text-decoration: none\" href=\"https:\/\/schooleducation.southpunjab.gov.pk\/transeducation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u202f<strong>first public school\u202ffor transgender students<\/strong><\/a> in\u202fMultan, Pakistan.\u202f Students are currently participating\u202fin\u202fan accelerated learning program,\u202fincluding vocational\/technical skills (tailoring, beautician skills, cooking), so students can earn a living.\u202fIn 2020, Dr. Anwar became the first-ever Secretary of Education of the newly constituted administrative unit of South Punjab. \u202fDr. Anwar was Humphrey Fellow at American University from 2013-2014.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3bcbb3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3bcbb3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Former Minister of Culture in Colombia, Paula Moreno, Colombia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section 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