by sabrinamahtani | Dec 1, 2011 | Advocacy, Blogs, Education, Events, News
To mark World AIDS Day 2011, we are sharing a case study about how we assisted a female detainee who was affected with HIV. AdvocAid aims to provide medical and welfare assistance to girls, women and their children in detention. We also conduct legal and reproductive...
by sabrinamahtani | Nov 24, 2011 | Blogs, Education, Events, News, Press Releases
As part of our reintegration programme, we are offering skills based training to female ex prisoners. Our first course focused on jewellery design. The women were offered a six week course to introduce them to the basics of jewellery design. The course was lead by...
by sabrinamahtani | Nov 15, 2011 | Blogs, Legal Aid, News, Radio Interview, Welfare
AdvocAid’s Executive Director, Legal Officer and Volunteer Lawyer spent several days in Bo and Kenema to monitor and support the work of our paralegal in the Easter region. The visit included prison monitoring, distributing key welfare items to women and their...
by sabrinamahtani | Oct 13, 2011 | Blogs, Capacity Building
Our Finance and Admin Officer, Juliana Wilson, is spending the week at a MANGO finance training course thanks to the support of Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). Helping us to have even better financial systems and accountability to our lovely donors!
by sabrinamahtani | Sep 30, 2011 | Advocacy, Blogs, Events, Press Releases
Today the Committee on the Rights of the Child is exploring the rights of ‘children of incarcerated parents’ during its annual Day of Discussion held in Geneva, Switzerland. These children have committed no crime but are deeply affected by their parents’...
