Kimya Forouzan ’19 is a Law & Public Policy Scholar at Temple University Beasley School of Law where she is pursuing a dual JD/MPH. During her time in Washington, she is developing several judge-led programs aimed at improving courts’ responses to gender-based violence cases in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and MENA region countries through the International Association of Women Judges. Ms. Forouzan graduated cum laude from The George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, where she was a student in the University Honors Program and majored in Global Public Health, with minors in Spanish and Women’s Studies. During her time as a student at GW, Ms. Forouzan paved a career as an experienced non-profit professional. Most notably, she coordinated communications efforts at Cancer Support Community and served as a Development Associate at Polaris, an NGO focused on human trafficking. She was also a student Title IX advocate and successfully petitioned the university to include mandatory sessions on sexual violence during their freshmen orientation. At Temple, Ms. Forouzan is Co-President of the National Lawyers Guild and Vice President of Law Students for Reproductive Justice. She also works as a policy intern at Temple’s Institute on Disabilities. Her current policy focus is the intersection of gender-based violence and public health.
