{"id":2598,"date":"2021-01-15T12:22:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T17:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=2598"},"modified":"2022-10-13T13:05:04","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T17:05:04","slug":"international-conversations-jill-morrison","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/event\/international-conversations-jill-morrison\/","title":{"rendered":"International Conversations: Jill Morrison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"International Conversations \u2014 Jill Morrison: legal, policy training for women in Africa and the USA\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lmNzWxEK-NU\" width=\"864\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This virtual program featured a conversation with Professor Jill Morrison (L&#8217;18), Executive Director of the Women&#8217;s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/wlppfp\/wlppfp-us-fellowships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">WLPPFP<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>) and the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/wlppfp\/lawa-fellowship-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"cx_external_link\"><span class=\"cx_external_hyperlink\">LAWA<\/span><span class=\"visually_hide\">(This link opens in a new tab)<\/span><span class=\"cx_external_icon\"><\/span><\/a>) fellowship program. A Visiting Professor and alumna of the WLPPFP program, Professor Morrison has led WLPPFP and LAWA since 2012.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2596\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2596\" class=\"wp-image-2596 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/Jill-Morrison-Square-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Professor Jill Morrison Headshot Photograph\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/Jill-Morrison-Square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/Jill-Morrison-Square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/Jill-Morrison-Square-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/Jill-Morrison-Square-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/Jill-Morrison-Square-740x740.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2021\/01\/Jill-Morrison-Square.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Professor Jill Morrison<\/p><\/div>\n<p>LAWA trains women\u2019s human rights lawyers from Africa who are committed to returning to their home countries in order to advance the status of women and girls throughout their careers. Under Morrison&#8217;s tenure, LAWA has welcomed students from an ever-increasing number of African countries, including Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>LAWA fellow Heather Chidarara (L&#8217;21) led the conversation with Professor Morrison. The program also included LAWA alumni and fellows. Opportunities for engagement and support of WLPPFP and LAWA were also covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff\ufeff\ufeff &nbsp; This virtual program featured a conversation with Professor Jill Morrison (L&#8217;18), Executive Director of the Women&#8217;s Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP(This link opens in a new [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4058,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-2598","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","event_locations-online"],"acf":[],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4058"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3450,"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/2598\/revisions\/3450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.law.georgetown.edu\/150\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}