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Kensi Gounden - The Making of Lawyer Dr. Athaliah Molokomme

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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

Kensi Gounden – The True Story Behind “Hélène Keke Aholou”

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Hélène Keke Aholou,  a lawyer and politician in Benin. She was called to the bar for the first time in Paris, France and has expertise as a family lawyer. She called to the bar of Cotonou in 2008. More than 20 years he worked as a lawyer for the government. Keke was a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Benin in 2007-11 fifth and sixth convocations 2011-2015. She was the Chairperson of the Commission Assemblies laws and human rights in December 2012, when it was abolished the death penalty. Keke resigned from the governing forces treasure for an emerging Benin party in 2015. She picked up the violations during the elections from the press and the government in February 2016, ahead of the 2016 presidential election Benin, including check-in more than 51 polling stations than allowed by law. In may 2016, she was appointed as one of 30 members of the National Commission on political and institutional reforms new independent President Patrice Talon. Citations:   https: