Kensi Gounden - The Making of Lawyer Dr. Athaliah Molokomme
Dr. Athaliah Molokomme is the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Botswana to Switzerland and a former Lawyer in Botswana. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Botswana and Swaziland,Not only is she a lawyer she has a LLM from Yale Law School, and a PhD in Law from Leiden University. She taught law at the University of Botswana from 1981-1996 and has researched and published extensively in the elds of family law, women and law, customary law and employment law. For the past three decades, she has been a regular speaker at national, regional, and international conferences, workshops and seminars in her areas of expertise as a practicing lawyer. She has served on several boards, commissions, and professional organisations at a national, regional and international level. Awards include the Women’s Human Rights Award from Women, Law and Development International in 1993, the Presidential Order of Meritorious Service for Exceptional Service to Botswana in 1999