by Executive Director | Dec 22, 2017 | Blogs, Death penalty, News
Winter Newsletter 2017 Executive Director’s Message The last three months have, as always, been busy and full of achievements at AdvocAid. We hosted a regional conference on petty offences, launched a documentary about sex workers and appealed a death sentence to the...
by Fundraising and Communications Manager | Dec 7, 2017 | Events, News, Press Releases
Title: New Documentary Shows Harassment and Violence Faced by Sex Workers Year: 2017 Today, AdvocAid and its partners launch “Kolonko,” a documentary in which sex workers talk about their lives. ‘Kolonko’ is the Krio-language term for a sex worker and its derogatory...
by Maeve O'Gorman | Oct 3, 2017 | News, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid welcomes new Executive Director and Legal Officer Year: 2017 AdvocAid is proud to welcome two new staff members to its team in Sierra Leone. Daniel Eyre joins the organisation today as Interim Executive Director and Cheryl Sembie started in August as...
by Maeve O'Gorman | Mar 16, 2017 | Press Releases
Title: Justice for Women Who Kill Year: 2017 Summary: Opinion Piece written by our board member Sabrina Mahtani about a woman who has not received her appeal judgement for the murder of her partner. This comes 7 years after AdvocAid placed the appeal. Aminata has been...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Feb 23, 2017 | News, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Following the celebration of our 10 year anniversary last year and winning the Clifford Chance Access to Justice Award, which includes 500 hours of pro bono support from legal and organisational experts, AdvocAid would like to share news of developments for the...
