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Ellen Dorsey is chair of the Amnesty International USA Board of Directors. Amnesty International is the largest USA human rights group by membership. She is also the Executive Director of the Wallace Global Fund which is an internationally recognized philanthropic organization dedicated to human rights, the environment and an engaged citizenry. She is deeply engaged in the link between human rights and environmental issues. She conducted research on women and human rights in a post-apartheid South Africa. She has published numerous articles and monographs on rights-based approaches to development, women's environmental health, human rights and Africa. With Paul Nelson she has a new book out, The New Rights Advocacy: Changing Strategies of Development and Human Rights NGOs. She kicked off the Amnesty USA national tour of a life-size Guantanamo prison cell replica at which many participants dress in Guantanamo-style orange jumpsuits. Signatures and petitions to shut Guantanamo down were taken. She has also done great work on children's health and the environment for the Heinz Endowments and was the former Executive Director of the Rachel Carson Institute and developed new curricula for environmental studies at the undergraduate and graduate levels. For making great improvements in environmental and human rights fields, Ellen Dorsey has been named Futuresaver of the Week. Click the links below for more information.
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Ellen
(AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA)
Ellen
(Amnesty Guantanamo)
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(WIKIPEDIA)
Ellen
(Children's Health and the Environment)