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REITERATING THE OBVIOUS - EDUCATION
IS AHUMAN SECURITY ISSUE
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WILMA MORAA ISABOKE"
FOREWORD
As an ex-student of professor Karoly Bard, I am immensely pleased to be part of
this well-deserved tribute to him. Professor Bard is a remarkable human being
who is a wonderful combination of a superb teacher mentor and outstanding
intellectual.
Words cannot express the gratitude that I feel other than to say Thank you.
Thank you, professor Bard, for the fantastic lectures and discussions on human
rights. For your passion for the subjects and creative way of teaching, clarifying
things in multiple ways in a straightforward fashion helping us grasp concepts
and theories. For your patience and creation of an inclusive learning environment
where we could engage, deliberate, question, succeed and fail without judgement.
Thank you for teaching me the interconnectedness of things and impacts in our
lives through human rights and criminal justice lens, consistently exemplifying
integrity and championing good work, skills that I have come to adapt in my life
and in seminal lectures with my students.
Thank you for taking me under your supervision and being the chairperson of
my doctorate dissertation’s defense committee. You played a key role in shaping and
finalizing my doctoral research promptly. I am grateful for your timely feedback
and encouraging words when it was challenging to study while dealing with the
responsibilities of being a new mother. I owe it to a wonderful scholar like you.
Above all, I write this essay on education as a human security issue because of
caring individuals and passionate educators like you who impact and transform the
lives of many using education. As an African woman, I comprehend the challenges
girls and women in the African continent face due to lack of education access. I
seek to advocate for girls’ education so that they can enjoy many benefits in life
that stem from education, just as I am.
Asante Sana, Professor Karoly Bard!
! Senior Learning Development Associate at the UNHCR Global Learning Development
Center and Seminal Lecturer at Eötvös Loränd University in Hungary
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