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Salone Style Jewellery Sale – 15 December 2011
Buy a unique Christmas gift….and feel good about your purchase too! WHAT: Salone Style Jewellery Sale WHERE: O Bar (Lumley Beach) WHEN: Thursday, December 15 TIME: 5:00-8:00pm Salone Style is a design cooperative that supports a group of women in Sierra Leone, West...
AdvocAid presents at National Conference on Advancing Legal Aid for Women’s Rights
AdvocAid was honoured to be invited to speak at the National Conference on Advancing Legal Aid for Women's Rights organised by the Human Rights Commission on 8 to 9 December 2010 as part of their events listed to mark International Human Rights Day on 10 December...
AdvocAid and GIZ produce Handbook on UN Standards for the Treatment of Female Prisoners
AdvocAid, with the support of GIZ, has developed a Handbook on the United Nations Standards for the Treatment of Female Prisoners. The handbook can be found in the "resources" section of our website or by clicking here. This handbook aims to provide a clear, portable...
Marking World AIDS Day 2011
To mark World AIDS Day 2011, we are sharing a case study about how we assisted a female detainee who was affected with HIV. AdvocAid aims to provide medical and welfare assistance to girls, women and their children in detention. We also conduct legal and reproductive...
Skills Based Training for Ex Prisoners: Jewellery Design
As part of our reintegration programme, we are offering skills based training to female ex prisoners. Our first course focused on jewellery design. The women were offered a six week course to introduce them to the basics of jewellery design. The course was lead by...
Monitoring and Welfare Visit to Bo and Kenema
AdvocAid's Executive Director, Legal Officer and Volunteer Lawyer spent several days in Bo and Kenema to monitor and support the work of our paralegal in the Easter region. The visit included prison monitoring, distributing key welfare items to women and their...
AdvocAid Finance Officer Undergoes Financial Training with MANGO
Our Finance and Admin Officer, Juliana Wilson, is spending the week at a MANGO finance training course thanks to the support of Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). Helping us to have even better financial systems and accountability to our lovely donors!
AdvocAid participates in Committee on the Rights of the Child Discussion on Rights of Children of Incarcerated Parents
Today the Committee on the Rights of the Child is exploring the rights of ‘children of incarcerated parents’ during its annual Day of Discussion held in Geneva, Switzerland. These children have committed no crime but are deeply affected by their parents' involvement...
Welcoming our new Legal Volunteer
We are pleased to welcome our new volunteer, Cat Seldon. Cat is a lawyer from London and will be volunteering with us for a few months. You can follow her adventures and experiences on her blog.
AdvocAid meets with Marta, famous footballer and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
Marta Vieira da Silva, a famous female footballer and UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, recently visited Sierra Leone to promote women's empowerment. AdvocAid members were invited to attend a forum for women's groups to meet Marta and share their challenges. We were inspired...