ABOUT THIS EPISODE
ANTJE KUNST is an International Lawyer, Childs’ Rights Advocate, and a Barrister (Lincoln’s Inn).
She was born in Friesland near the Nordsee in Germany but her working life as a lawyer has nearly always been abroad. It began in India from where her love of the country flourished. She subsequently worked in the Gaza Strip from 1999 for over 5 years and then came to Kosovo with the United Nations. Her experience brought her to London and as well as working on issues relating to international staff disputes, Antje’s interests diversified into anti-corruption awareness, and also Childs’ Rights – an interest sparked by a legal case involving her niece’s rights as a blind child, attending a main stream school in London. This raised Antje’s interests in disabled children in institutions and children’s homes - a global problem where parents hand over their children to institutions in the belief that they will better care for their child, as they feel unable to adequately carry out this role at home due to the lack of community support but it is very often the case that, sadly, the children do not receive the depth of love they need and would get from their parents.
Antje talks of meeting Janis McDavid who was born with no arms or legs and how his involvement as a motivational speaker in Sri Lanka, raised the awareness of being disabled and has become a huge motivator for parents’ of disabled children. His belief being, as Antje put is, “if I can do it, you can do it clearly, as you are not disabled without arms and legs.”
Antje met with a former Travelling Through customer Veronica Yates of CRINS (Childs’ Rights International Network) who has subsequently moved to Berlin and talks of the magic of coincidences.
Antje has travelled throughout India, Syria, Damascus, Jordan, and Lebanon.
These are Antje’s thoughts on London, the world and life.
TO GET IN CONTACT WITH ANTJE:
Email: antjekunst@pavocatchambers.com
Facebook: @antje.kunst
Website: https://pavocatchambers.com
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