Huguette is the lawyer for Francophone Africa. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Law from the University of Benin in Lomé, Togo. In 1997 she opened a law firm and in 1999 joined the Female Lawyers Association of Benin and began to actively participate in social activism. She has attended many post-academic trainings on human rights and gender issues. In total she has more than 25 years in practice at national, regional and international levels as a lawyer, legal counsel and legal expert. Huguette also holds a prime level certificate from Junior Chamber International (JCI) and is skilled in the areas of as of leadership, strategic thinking, writing, analysis and rapporteuring in both French and English.