Sophia Woodman

Sophia Woodman "is Research Director of the organization Human Rights in China (HRIC), where she has worked for the past 10 years, the last five of them based in Hong Kong. Prior to HRIC, Sophia worked as a freelance journalist and translator in Beijing and the US. She has a B.A. in Chinese studies and an M.Sc. in politics, both from the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University." [1]

She is currently working on a PhD at Columbia University titled: The Impact of The Lack of Systematic Human Rights Monitoring in China on Internationally Funded Legal Reform Programs. [2][3]

Publications

• Sophia Woodman, "Biography of Wei Jingsheng" China Rights Forum.
• Sophia Woodman & Carole Samdup, "Canada's Bilateral Human Rights Dialogue with China: Considerations for a Policy Review", Briefing Paper for Rights and Democracy, July 26, 2005.