ESCAPING THE TALIBAN: JUSTICE CATRINA BRAID IN CONVERSATION WITH A FEMALE AFGHAN JUDGE

When: Thursday, February 29, 2024  (5:30 pm -7:30 pm)

Where: View this webcast program from your home or office computer.

This program qualifies for 40 min Substantive, 25 min Professionalism, and 55 min EDI content

Since the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, women judges throughout the country have lost their jobs, had their lives threatened and have been forced to evacuate or go into hiding. Members of the International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) assisted these women to flee the country in dangerous circumstances. Thirty-seven of the Afghan women judges came to Canada as government-sponsored refugees. Judge Nazira Safi arrived in Kitchener in February 2023. 

Please join Justice Catrina Braid as she discusses with Judge Safi about life in Afghanistan before 2021; how and why she became a judge; the security risks of being a woman judge in Afghanistan; her escape from Afghanistan and her future plans in Canada.

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This program contains 55 min of EDI, 25 Professionalism, and 40 min Substantive Content

Registration Fee: This is a free session for WRLA members. The cost for non-members is $50.00