Shada Nasser

Shada Nasser (born 1 May 1964 in Aden) is a Yemeni human rights and defense lawyer, and a feminist. She is the "first female lawyer to stand before the Yemen's courts unveiled". She holds a law degree from Charles University in Prague in (1989).[1] She represented Nujood Ali, the youngest divorcee in the world,[2] and in 2008, Glamour magazine designated the two of them as its Women of the Year.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Al-Awsat, Asharq (28 March 2009). "Sanaa’s First Woman Lawyer". Asharq Al Awsat. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Joshua Hersh (4 March 2010). "A Ten-Year-Old’s Divorce Lawyer". The New Yorker. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Walt, Vivienne (3 February 2009), A 10-Year-Old Divorcée Takes Paris, Time/CNN, retrieved 16 February 2010


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