Please note that the titles and descriptions that accompany each Trailblazers photograph are dated to the launch of the exhibit, March 2006, and will not be updated.
"Being in the field with refugee women and children and seeing their resilience and what they can achieve in the most difficult circumstances with absolutely nothing - that has been incredibly inspiring."
Diane Goodman '83
Senior Legal Adviser, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Department of International Protection
Early one morning, as the sun begins to break through the trees of the forest near her home in France, Diane Goodman is reminded of the 1994 Rwandan genocide of nearly one million people. Protecting the rights of displaced women and children has been a lifelong calling for Diane, who in her work for the United Nations has been witness to brutal human rights violations. Her career has taken her to countries around the world, including Rwanda, Cambodia and Haiti, to reunite families separated by war, help establish refugee camps and secure the release of the wrongfully imprisoned. At times it has required putting her personal safety at risk. Yet Diane is filled with hope for a peaceful future, a shared humanity, and the promise that one day women and girls will live free of violence. Along with her husband Marc, her daughter Ella and son Myles are constant reminders of all that is beautiful in the world, and that peace and respect for human rights might yet be achieved.
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