Find Clarity of Purpose in the World's Injustices | Mara Tissera Luna | TEDxCEU
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Mara Tissera Luna |
TEDxCEU
• March 2018
Mara Tissera Luna is a socio-cultural anthropologist and a Master's in Public Administration graduate from Central European University, with 8 years of experience specializing in children's rights. She has conducted both academic and policy-oriented research on the protection of vulnerable children's rights in several countries (Argentina, British Guyana, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and the US). Mara Tissera Luna is a socio-cultural anthropologist and a Master in Public Administration graduate from Central European University, with 8 years' experience specializing in children's rights. She has conducted both academic and policy-oriented research on the protection of vulnerable children's rights in several countries (Argentina, British Guyana, Kazakhstan, Mexico, and the US) both as part of the staff of RELAF (the Latin American network for the right of children to live in family) and in affiliation with the University of Buenos Aires. She has also represented RELAF in advocacy initiatives within global children’s rights advocacy coalitions.
Here she talks about the stories that made her pursue the purpose of protecting the rights and well-being of children, and also provides us with some food for thought about how we can contribute to worthwhile causes in our own lives.
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