Our Values
Empathy
We act with empathy, arriving at each conversation without judgement and the ability to listen so as to understand other perspectives and use them in designing solutions.
Trust
We earn the trust of women and girls and our partners by acting with integrity and with confidentiality.
Inclusion
We ensure that we provide our services and support without prejudice or discrimination on any grounds.
Respect
We respect our partners, our staff and volunteers, and the women and girls we work with.
Feminism
We are passionate feminist advocates for women’s rights and access to justice.
Standards
We are committed to the highest standards and excellence to ensure we achieve the maximum positive change for the women and girls we work with.
Our Approach
Women and girls who come into contact with the law are at the heart of everything we do.
We seek to use innovation and creativity in all we do.
We take a human rights based approach to access to justice.
We use a systems change approach to our work, knowing that our advocacy and law reform work at a national level is crucial to achieve a truly gender responsive justice system.
We follow a legal empowerment approach to enable women and girls to know, understand, use and shape the law to advance their rights.
We believe in a collaborative approach, knowing that we are more efficient, effective, and stronger together with our partners and networks nationally and internationally.
We bring a holistic approach to justice supporting women with legal, social, physiological and educational and economic empowerment services.
We work with an unwavering commitment to legal and policy reform in Sierra Leone and supporting an international movement to end the over-incarceration of women and girls worldwide.