by Joanna Howarth | Apr 20, 2023 | Legal Aid, Press Releases
Press Release: 20 April 2023 AdvocAid, L.A.W.Y.E.R.S., I.LR.A.J., A Girl At A Time, Amnesty International, and Girlz Empowered are concerned about the recent arrest of Zainab Sheriff who was arrested and detained for a video she posted online expressing her...
by Joanna Howarth | Apr 6, 2023 | Advocacy, Blogs
An interview with AdvocAid’s first Frances Claudia Wright scholar – Ms. Umu Kulthum Sesay. Photo: Umu Kulthum Sesay at the launch event of the Frances Claudia Wright Scholarsip Hey Umu, how are you? I already know you but our readers do not so please...
by Joanna Howarth | Jan 31, 2023 | News
Dear Friend, This January will be the month that AdvocAid starts a new chapter with a new Chair of the Board of Directors. I have served on AdvocAid’s Board for eight years now, which is our maximum term limit, and so comes the time when I need to stand down and wave...
by Joanna Howarth | Jan 1, 2023 | Blogs
A reflective blog post from AdvocAid’s Advocacy Specialist, Rebecca Mweru Kabejja As 2022 came to an end, we as staff from different office locations – Freetown, Makeni and Kenema – gathered in one place to reflect on what we have done throughout the...
by Joanna Howarth | May 4, 2022 | Press Releases
4 May 2022 Download press release AdvocAid has filed a case at the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice in Abuja, Nigeria, against the Government of Sierra Leone, seeking to overturn the country’s discriminatory loitering laws....
