by Joanna Howarth | Apr 26, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Events, Press Releases, Welfare
26 April 2016: AdvocAid is celebrating Sierra Leone’s 55th Independence Day with girls, women and staff in the country’s Correctional Centres and Remand Homes, highlighting the continued need since Independence to improve detention conditions for women and girls....
by Joanna Howarth | Apr 14, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs, Legal Aid
Patrick Steven is our Freetown Office Assistant, and he’s our second staff member to write a blog as part of our 10-year anniversary celebrations. He has been part of the AdvocAid fambul (family) since 2010, and is one of our longest serving members of the...
by Joanna Howarth | Mar 30, 2016 | Advocacy, Legal Aid, News, Press Releases
30 March 2016: AdvocAid are today calling for reform to Sierra Leone’s Larceny Act – an act that leads to many Sierra Leonean women being illegally imprisoned for debt. Women owing as little as Le 250,000 (around $60) have been imprisoned for up to three years....
by Joanna Howarth | Mar 15, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Blogs, Legal Aid
As part of our 10 year anniversary celebrations, we’re featuring blogs from our staff, volunteers, and board members over the next 10 months. Each one will tell the personal story of their involvement with AdvocAid. Victoria’s Story I am Victoria Koroma, a...
by Joanna Howarth | Feb 12, 2016 | Blogs, News, Press Releases, Publications, Resources
12 February 2016: AdvocAid have today released a briefing paper urging the President of Sierra Leone to sign the Safe Abortion Act 2015 and thereby enhance the human rights of women and prevent needless deaths. The paper comes just one week after they released an open...
