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Donna M. Hughes (born 1954) is a University of Rhode Island professor of women's studies and a leading international researcher on human trafficking,〔(Donna Hughes ) (faculty page), University of Rhode Island.〕 She is frequently consulted by governments and non-governmental organizations on policy related to women's human rights, particularly on trafficking of women and girls for sexual exploitation. She has testified before the U.S. House International Relations Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Moscow Duma, and the Czech Parliament. Hughes has written extensively on the prevalence of these issues of exploitation of women within Islamic Fundamentalism 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.uri.edu/artsci/wms/hughes/pubfund.htm )〕 ==Biography== Hughes was raised on a farm in central Pennsylvania. She later attended Pennsylvania State University, earning degrees in animal science before earning a PhD in genetics in 1990.〔 (Archived at Donna M. Hughes faculty website, URI.edu.)〕 While a student, she started volunteering at a rape crisis center and battered women’s shelter. For several years, she staffed the abuse hotline and co-facilitated support groups for adult survivors of child sexual abuse. During this time, she started to read feminist analyses of violence against women, particularly sexual violence and exploitation. Hughes writes that she began to feel emotional and cognitive dissonance between her scientific studies and the feminist activist work she was doing. Initially an instructor in both genetics and women's studies, an increasingly critical view of what she felt was the disconnected nature of science led her to focus on women's studies.〔 Hughes later served as a lecturer on women's studies at University of Bradford, UK, between 1994 and 1996, before moving on to a full professorship at University of Rhode Island, where she holds the Eleanor M. and Oscar M. Carlson Endowed Chair in Women's Studies. She has also served as Education and Research Coordinator for the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women.〔 p 422.〕 Hughes is a co-founder with Melanie Shapiro of Citizens Against Trafficking. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donna M. Hughes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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