Alumni

When Myanmar’s fragile democratic opening collapsed in 2021, GC Asia Pacific alumna Hnin Wut Yee was forced to flee the country she had spent years trying to support. Today, from Thailand, she leads efforts to protect the rights of migrant workers—many of them Myanmar nationals—drawing on the human rights education and experience she gained through the Global Campus.

Seventeen talented young professionals from across Southeast Europe and beyond have successfully completed the 24th edition of the European Regional Master’s Programme in Democracy and Human Rights in South East Europe (GCSEE/ERMA). A new generation of human rights practitioners — equipped with critical thinking, empathy, and the determination to address today’s most pressing global challenges.

Venice, September 2025 — Twenty-five years after completing their studies, members of the 2000 “Millennium” Alumni Cohort of the European Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA) returned to Venice to meet the current class of 2025 of around 90 students.

The Master’s Programme in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa (HRDA) has a long tradition of training women human rights legal experts who are having an impact across the continent. A recent conference in Nairobi brought together over 100 women for an intergenerational dialogue, in which two alumnae shared their experiences after graduation.

Two recent graduates, Rosita Sekandari (GC Europe – EMA) and Rokhsar Sadat (GC Caucasus – CES), have launched an online educational program for Afghan girls who were either school graduates or university students. Both alumnae, originally from Afghanistan, are deeply aware of the severe restrictions on education and the impact these have had on the lives of young women after the Taliban takeover.