Dorothy Quincy Thomas (born 1960) is an American

human rights activist A human rights defender or human rights activist is a person who, individually or with others, acts to promote or protect human rights. They can be journalists, environmentalists, whistleblowers, trade unionists, lawyers, teachers, housing cam ...

. She was a 1998

MacArthur Fellow The MacArthur Fellows Program, also known as the MacArthur Fellowship and commonly but unofficially known as the "Genius Grant", is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 30 indi ...

, and a 1995 Fellow of the

Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University—also known as the Harvard Radcliffe Institute—is a part of Harvard University that fosters interdisciplinary research across the humanities, sciences, social sciences, arts, a ...

Life

She graduated from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

with an M.A. in 1984. She is senior program advisor to the US Human Rights Fund. She was founding director of the

Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human r ...

, Women's Rights Division, from 1990 to 1998. She was a visiting fellow at the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

, from 2007 to 2008. She is a research associate at the

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at the

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

. She is a director of the Ms. Foundation for Women.

Works

*"Rape as a War Crime", ''

SAIS Review ''The SAIS Review of International Affairs'' is an academic journal based at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), part of Johns Hopkins University. The journal's mission is to advance the debate on leading contemporar ...

'', Johns Hopkins University Press
"Domestic Violence as a Human Rights Issue"
'' Human Rights Quarterly'', Vol. 15, No. 1 (Feb. 1993) * * * *

References

External links

Speaker Explores Human Rights as Issue for the U.S.Dorothy Q. Thomas delivers the 18th Raymond & Beverly Sackler LectureDorothy Q. Thomas – 'Daughters of the American Revolution: Progressivism, Feminism and Human Rights in the U.S.'
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