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Women & Girls
She's A Lawyer ... A Thespian ... And Now A State Department 'Woman Of Courage'
March 8, 2019
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Her dedication to helping women and child victims of crime has made her one of the 10 recipients of the 2019 International Women of Courage award, a prize presented by the U.S. Department of State to women who have risked their lives fighting for peace.
At the award ceremony on Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called De Livera "a crusader against child exploitation." De Livera has served as the chairperson of Sri Lanka's child welfare agency, the National Child Protection Authority, and now runs Sisters at Law, an advocacy group for impoverished women and children.
She spoke with NPR about her creative approach to addressing human rights in her country, and why she's focusing on using her theater training to better the situation of children in Sri Lanka's orphanages. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
Read more at: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/
It's NPR but where else might we have heard about this?
