Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice and Aurum Award recipient, Mona Lynch (LLB’85), has made it her mission to help women judges fleeing Afghanistan.
In 2001, following the American invasion of Afghanistan, the country saw great change including the appointment of more than 250 women judges. Over twenty years later — when U.S. forces withdrew from the country — the Taliban returned to power, threatening the lives of the women judges.
“It’s always been important for me to make a difference,” Justice Lynch says. “As Gandhi once said, be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Inspired by the altruism and kindness she always saw in her own mother, it’s an outlook Justice Lynch has applied to much of her life, including raising her daughter as a single parent and a lawyer, and her 20-year career as a judge. Now, she is applying her legal expertise — and passion for justice — to help the 250 Afghan women judges find safety, and freedom.