Ivete Mafundza
Human & Civil Rights Attorney
Human Rights Champion, United Nations; University Lecturer; Mother
Award-winning Female Hip-Hop Artist. “Mozambique's hip-hop singer and human rights activist Iveth believes music has the power to fight injustice and bring change- UNITED NATIONS production – Leave No one behind.
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UN Human Rights Officer Human Rights (OHCHR), Mozambique Project, 2019- current.
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Attorney, Founding Partner and Administrator of Mafundza & Espada.
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Sociedade de Advogados Limitada, 2017-current.
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Member of the Council of the Faculty of Law of UEM. 2019- current.
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Member of the Board of Human Rights Organizations, Executive Director of AMMCJ, 2009-2013.
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President of the OAM Commission on Human Rights, 2015-2018).
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Vice-President of the HOPEM-Men for Change Network, 2018-2024.
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Vice-President of the Mozambican Association of Indian Ocean Jurists, 2008.
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Member of the bureau of the International Federation of Women in Legal Career, 2011.
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Member of the Pedagogical Council of the Faculty of Law of UEM, 2016-2021.
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Member of the Academic Council of UEM, since 2021.
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President of the Human Rights Commission of the Mozambican Bar Association.
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President of CODD-Center for Studies and Promotion of Citizenship, Human Rights and Environment, 2012-2017.
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Executive Director of the Association for Litigation in Human Rights, 2016.
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Local representative of Lawyers Without Borders Canada, 2018-2019.
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Executive Director of AMMCJ-Mozambican Association of Career Women.
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Education
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PHD IN LAW from UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE, 2019- current. Business and Human Rights.
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MASTER'S DEGREE IN LAW from EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF GHENT. Master's Dissertation in the area of Human Rights, Union Power 2016.
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PROFESSIONAL MASTER'S DEGREE IN HIGHER EDUCATION PEDAGOGY AND TEACHING QUALITY – ISCTEM, 2015.
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DEGREE IN LAW from UNIVERSIDADE EDUARDO MONDLANE. Right to development of African peoples as a human right.