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Mary Robinson, lawyer, human rights activist and feminist, redefined the scope of two important positions. Robinson was elected the first woman president of Ireland in 1990, serving until 1997. She took up the post of United Nations High Commissioner of Human Rights from 1997 to 2002.
Mrs. Mary Robinson became the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on 12 September 1997, following her nomination to the post by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the endorsement of the General Assembly.
Presidency of Mary Robinson. Mary Robinson served as President of Ireland between 1990 and 1997. Ireland's first female president, Robinson was exceptionally popular in her role, becoming the most popular president in Irish history. Prior to her election, Robinson served seven terms as a senator, and concurrent with her time in Seanad Éireann ...
Mary Robinson - Global Leader & Catalyst for Change. The first woman elected as President of Ireland (1990-1997), Mary Robinson has been credited with transforming the role with a presidency of inclusiveness, equality and peace building, and with creating an important dialogue at home and overseas about Ireland and the Irish Diaspora. As a ...
Mary Robinson served as president of Ireland from 1990 to 1997 and as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002. She was awarded the US Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama in 2009 and served as the UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region of Africa. Since 2018, Robinson has been Chair of The ...
Mary Robinson. 1758–1800. “A woman of undoubted Genius,” according to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary Robinson was an English actress, author, celebrity, and ardent supporter of the rights of women who gained considerable fame during her lifetime. Known by the nickname “Perdita,” after her role in Shakespeare ’s The Winter’s Tale in ...
Mary Darby Robinson (Minister House, College Green, Bristol, 27 de noviembre de 1758 - 26 de diciembre de 1800) fue una actriz, poeta y novelista inglesa del siglo XVIII. Fue hija de Nicholas Derby (c.1720-1785), un capitán de barco y mercader de Bristol y de Hester Vanacott ( c. 1725-1793), de North Petherton en Somerset. 1 2 .
