![]() ![]() She is Adjunct Faculty at the University of British Columbia and has also taught graduate students in the School of Humanitarian Studies at Royal Roads University since 2014. ![]() Her doctoral research focused on northern Uganda where she worked with teachers there to create local language educational materials for their classrooms through digital technology. ![]() Lauryn earned a BA in international development (McGill University), an MA in human Security (Royal Roads University), and a PhD in language and literacy education (UBC). Lauryn is the Executive Director with Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan, a charity that has helped make the human right to education real for Afghan women and girls through teacher training, village libraries, literacy classes, schools and more. She developed a petition demanding that the world respond to their misogynist policies, and has continued this work ever since, working in close partnership with a variety of Afghan women’s organizations and international charities. At age 14, Lauryn read about the Taliban, and their treatment of women and girls. Lauryn Oates is a women’s human rights advocate for education in conflict zones. ![]()
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