14 Facts About Corinne Dufka

Corinne Dufka was born on 1958 and is an American photojournalist, human rights researcher, criminal investigator, and social worker.

Corinne Dufka is the recipient of a MacArthur "genius grant" Fellowship.

Corinne Dufka volunteered with Nicaraguan refugees during the country's revolution, and with victims of the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.

Corinne Dufka then moved to El Salvador as a social worker with the Lutheran church.

Corinne Dufka remained in the region until 1993, when the vehicle in which she was traveling encountered an anti-tank mine.

Corinne Dufka was seriously injured, suffering facial lacerations, internal injuries, and ligament damage.

Corinne Dufka remained stationed in East Africa, covering much of the continent for the agency, including the Rwandan genocide.

Corinne Dufka covered famine in Sudan, conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Liberian civil war, among others.

In 1998 Corinne Dufka went to Nairobi, Kenya to cover the bombing of the American Embassy.

Corinne Dufka arrived hours after the blast, and was deeply frustrated by 'missing the scoop.

In 1999 Corinne Dufka left Nairobi to open a field office for Human Rights Watch in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where she documented human rights abuses associated with the country's ongoing civil war.

Corinne Dufka returned to West Africa in 2005 to lead the Human Rights Watch field office in Dakar, Senegal until 2011.

Corinne Dufka worked as a senior researcher for the Africa division of Human Rights Watch, overseeing the organization's work on West Africa until 2022.

In 2012, Corinne Dufka testified before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the armed conflict in northern Mali.