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 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 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 Erin McEveney | Apr 1, 2021 | Blogs
In 2017, the Commission identified the criminalisation of petty offences, defined as “minor offences for which the punishment is…a warning, community service, a low-value fine or short term of imprisonment, often for failure to pay the fine…”[1] Through the OSIWA...
by Executive Director | Dec 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty
AdvocAid board member and former Executive Director Simitie Lavaly spoke recently at the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. During her time at AdvocAid, Simitie represented eight women and men on death row, advocated for better conditions for...
