Mary Robinson was the first ever female President of Ireland. Following that she moved to another high profile job as United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights.
Nowadays she pursues her work defending human rights but has also become a dedicated climate change campaigner.
euronews caught up with Mary Robinson in France when she received an Entrepreneur for the World Award from one of the country’s leading business schools, EM Lyon.
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tags: Climate, Human Rights
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