about testing, antiretroviral drugs, and solutions for Botswana's status as the country with the third highest HIV rate in the world. Though Helen Epstein, a molecular biologist and journalist who writes about HIV/AIDS, lamented that most of Essex's solutions required high technology, she found Dow's stories compelling and showed a willingness of Batswana society to frankly and compassionately tackle its problem with the disease. Fetson Kalua, a professor of English Studies at the University of South Africa, called Dow "the most influential writer of fiction in Botswana today". Honours and awards Dow has been the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including honorary doctorates of law from Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio, 2001), Saint Michael's College (Colchester, Vermont, 2007), and the University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, Scotland, 2009). She has been recognised for her human rights work with the William Brennan Human Rights Award (2003) of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey; the Phyllis N. Stern Distinguished Lectureship Award (2008) of the International Council on Women's Health Issues; and the Prominent Women in International Law Award (2009) of the American Society of International Law's Women in International Law Interest Group. She was also a nominee for the Harvard Law School's Women Inspiring Change exhibit (2014). On 14 July 2010, she was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French Ambassador to Botswana, Geneviève Iancu. She was honoured with the Global Achievement Award of the Middle East Excellence Award Institute of Dubai for her work in peace and human development initiatives on 11 November 2012. Selected works Academic Dow, J. U. (2001). How the global informs the local: The Botswana citizenship case. Health Care for Women International, 22(4), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.1080/07399330120965 Literary See also First women lawyers around the world Notes References Citations Bibliography External links 1959 births Living people Botswana judges Botswana women's rights activists Botswana women writers Botswana women judges Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Recipients of the Legion of Honour Botswana expatriates in the United Kingdom University of Botswana alumni Botswana non-fiction writers Botswana novelists 21st-century women writers 21st-century Botswana women politicians 21st-century Botswana politicians Female foreign ministers Women government ministers of Botswana Foreign Ministers of Botswana