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Everybody Matters
- Narrated by: Mary Robinson
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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Publisher's Summary
One of the most inspiring women of our age, Mary Robinson has spent her life in pursuit of a fairer world. Now, for the first time, she reveals what lies behind the vision, strength, and determination that has helped her to achieve so much for human rights around the globe. She describes the upbringing which gave her strong sense of values and how, as her personal convictions grew, she came into painful conflict with her parents - marrying against their wishes, and later, helping to legalise contraception in a deeply Catholic Ireland.
As a barrister she followed her conscience to win landmark cases advancing the causes of women and the marginalised against the prejudices of the day. And when - to the surprise of many - she became the first woman President of Ireland in 1990, she reinvented the role and put Ireland firmly on the international stage. Accepting the position of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in 1997 was to prove her biggest challenge and here she does not shrink from describing the huge political difficulties she encountered among the many triumphs.
Now heading her own Climate Justice foundation, she has succeeded in finding the independence she needs to work effectively on behalf of the millions of poor around the world most affected by climate change. Told with the same calm conviction and modest pride that has guided her life, Everybody Matters will inspire everyone who listens to it with the belief that each of us can, in our own way, help to change the world for the better.
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- Helen Diack
- 05-12-2022
Inspiring and informative
Thank you Mary Robinson for your courageous and intelligent voice, your thoughtfully loving commitment to, and tireless work for all people.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-04-2022
Brilliant, Inspiring and Educational
Mary Robinson is a truly amazing person.
Her practical and brave influence on the world has been remarkable.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-12-2023
WOW
Mary Robinson is a remarkable woman, this book is fantastic.
Makes me proud to be Irish
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