by Executive Director | Jan 12, 2022 | Press Releases
AdvocAid and Purposeful are dismayed that only five women out of 160 incarcerated people were pardoned during the New Year’s Day Presidential pardons. Further, that no women imprisoned in Correctional Centers in the provinces were pardoned or two girls incarcerated at...
by Executive Director | Jul 23, 2021 | Death penalty, Press Releases
23 July 2021 AdvocAid congratulates the Government and Parliament of Sierra Leone on abolishing the death penalty. Since its founding 15 years ago, AdvocAid has campaigned to end this cruel practice. Since 2006, AdvocAid has actively campaigned for the abolition...
by Executive Director | Jul 2, 2021 | Blogs
Radical Rest AdvocAid will be taking a well-deserved collective break with a week of Radical Rest from the 5-11 July. During this break, our team will be taking leave from all work activities. Radical Rest is a time for our staff to focus on themselves. It is a time...
by Executive Director | May 24, 2021 | Blogs
PRESS RELEASE: Sierra Leone commits to legislate to abolish the death penalty AdvocAid congratulates the Government of Sierra Leone on its commitment to bring forward legislation to Parliament to abolish the death penalty. The organisation has campaigned to end this...
by Executive Director | Feb 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
In March 2020, through a consultative and collaborative process that engaged staff, volunteers, women with lived experience, and board members, we developed a strategy with passion, ambition, feminism, and human rights at its heart. The strategic period will run from...
