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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Lawyer Mary DaSilva has been honored by the Embassy of the United States(US) for her role in advocating for human rights in the country.<\/b><\/p>\n

DaSilva and other women were honoured as part of the International Women Day,this comes a few weeks after the human rights defender received an award from the African Human Rights Defenders.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday we honor Mary Pais Da-Silva,a member of the Lawyers for Human Rights and part of the network of Human Rights Defenders in Southern Africa,the Communications Person of the MultiStakeholder Forum(MSF)and member and Deputy Secretary of Liphimbo LaboMake,to name but a few in her long list of the positions she holds as she works for the realization of the promotion and protection of people\u2019s rights through litigation,education and advocacy,\u201dreads an online statement in part published by the US Embassy as part of the International Women\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Eswatini. Lawyer Mary DaSilva has been honored by the Embassy of the United States(US) for her role in advocating for human rights in the country. DaSilva and other women were honoured as part of the International Women Day,this comes a few weeks after the human rights defender received an award from the African […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,12],"tags":[234,248,249],"class_list":["post-23704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-eswatini","tag-eswatini"],"yoast_head":"\nUS Embassy Eswatini honors human rights defender Mary DaSilva - Eswatini<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lawyer Mary DaSilva has been honored by the Embassy of the United States(US) for her role in advocating for human rig ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Embassy Eswatini honors human rights defender Mary DaSilva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lawyer Mary DaSilva has been honored by the Embassy of the United States(US) for her role in advocating for human rig ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Eswatini\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-15T07:15:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-15T07:55:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678850890.15.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"US Embassy Eswatini honors human rights defender Mary DaSilva\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-15T07:15:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-15T07:55:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/sites\/33\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678850890.15.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Eswatini\",\"Eswatini\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eswatini\/all-news\/us-embassy-eswatini-honors-human-rights-defender-mary-dasilva\",\"name\":\"US Embassy Eswatini honors human rights defender Mary DaSilva - 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