Courage to Lead: Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights

Kyung-wha Kang, Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, message from the Courage to Lead Conference on Human Rights Day.

The Courage to Lead Summit brought together experienced and emerging human rights leaders from over thirty countries to share and build on their experiences and to promote mentoring and collaboration among women who play a key role in promoting human rights worldwide.

The conference is organized by The Eleanor Roosevelt Project of the George Washington University and Vital Voices Global Partnership with support from the U.S. Department of State, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the International Labour Organization. The Conference of NGOs in Consultative Relationship with the United Nations (CoNGO) coordinated logistics for the event which was held at ILO headquarters in Geneva. The views expressed in this video are those of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the position or policies of the U.S. government. Video by Dominque Nicolas

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