Linda MacDonald, MEd, BN
I was born in Charlottetown, P.E., Canada into a violent family and have worked very hard to free my-Self from the effects of such victimization and trauma. I am married and have three adult children, one son, two daughters and three grandgirls. I have worked as a hospital based nurse, community health nurse and home care coordinator. I love to travel, cook and try different foods, watch movies and documentaries and have a good laugh. I believe very strongly that the United Nations is integral to our evolution as a species. . People ask me how I maintain the energy to do the human rights work of exposing sexualized violence, including non-State torture (NST). My answer is I have known since I was a little girl of three how wrong violence in families is and that no child should be trapped in such suffering. I do this work because I am incensed with the reality of global misogyny and sexualized violence, and because I care about my adult children, grandchildren and the children of the world wanting a better life for them all. Till my last days I plan to continue to stand for the human rights and liberation of women and children to be treated as persons with respect and dignity and to have NST recognized as a crime and human rights violation in the 21st Century.