Djouna Vodoz comes from Switzerland, where she completed her studies in September 2013 : a Master of international law at the University of Neuchƒtel (CH) following a Bachelor in international relations at the University of Geneva (CH).
She worked as an assistant in the Migration Center of the University for one year in the meantime, reviewing and editing academic articles about international and swiss migration laws. With a strong passion for travelling and getting in touch with different cultures, she visited several countries in Africa and elsewhere. As a volunteer, she taught French in a school in Togo and participated in HIV workshops there and in Uganda. Convinced of the benefits of associative work, she also taught English to prisoners on a weekly basis while in Switzerland, as a member of GESEPI (Groupement ‚tudiant suisse d’enseignement aux personnes incarc‚r‚es). Taking advantage of her availability at the end of her studies, she did a one-year travel around the world, finishing it in Buea in August 2014 for a seven weeks internship in the prisoners’ right project of Human Is Right.
Being really concerned about human rights, she hopes this experience will lead to others in the same field.