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Congratulations to Dr. Hyun-Joo Lim on the publication of her latest book North Korean Women and Defection: Human Rights Violations and Activism which was published last week by Bristol University Press.  The book covers the recent North Korean diaspora which has created female refugee groups fighting for the protection of women’s rights.  Presenting in-depth accounts of North Korean women defectors living in the UK, this book examines how their harrowing experiences have become an impetus for their activism. Dr Hyun-Joo Lim, who is Principal Academic in Sociology in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, reveals how North Korean women defectors’ have an Utopian dream of a better future for fellow North Korean women.  This dream is vital in their activism.  Unique in its focus on the intersections between gender, politics, activism and mobility, the book will inform debates on activism and human rights internationally.

Well done!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Centre for Midwifery & Women’s Health