Nobel Peace Prize nominee visits Georgia Southwestern State University
Nobel Peace Prize nominee Jaha Dukureh visited Georgia Southwestern State University on Wednesday to tell her story, an ongoing human rights effort to end female genital mutilation and arranged marriages of girls.
Dukureh, a native of Gambia who graduated from the university’s School of Business Administration, was on campus for the Griffin Bell Convocation & Distinguished Lecture Series.
Dukureh was forced into an arranged marriage when she was 15. She’s been a global activist through Safe Hands for Girls, an organization she founded in 2013.
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Eric Stirgus joined The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in 2001. He is the newsroom's education editor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eric is active in the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists and the Education Writers Association and enjoys mentoring aspiring journalists.
