by Executive Director | Oct 29, 2018 | Blogs, News
Reporting to Executive Director Locations Freetown, Sierra Leone (time can also be spent in our offices in Makeni and Kenema in the provinces) Stipend Unfortunately AdvocAid is a small organization and cannot cover funds for international interns/ fellows. This...
by Executive Director | Oct 29, 2018 | News, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid welcomes new Executive Director and Legal Officer Year: 2018 AdvocAid is pleased to announce the arrival of our new Executive Director, Rebecca Wood, who took up the role September 2018. In addition, we are also proud to welcome Josephine Feimata Hinga...
by Fundraising and Communications Manager | Mar 8, 2018 | Blogs, Capacity Building, News, Radio Interview, Welfare
Title: Celebrate International Women’s Day with us! Year: 2018 It has been a very busy start to the year for AdvocAid and one that has been full of success in our mission to empower women and girls in Sierra Leone. On a daily basis, women and girls across the...
by Fundraising and Communications Manager | Feb 5, 2018 | Blogs, News, Press Releases, Welfare
Title: AdvocAid reaches mental health milestone for female detainees in Kenema Year: 2018 Asiata* suffers from epilepsy. In September 2017, she was detained at the Female Correctional Centre in Kenema town for allegedly killing her son as a result of a seizure. She is...
by Executive Director | Dec 22, 2017 | Blogs, Death penalty, News
Winter Newsletter 2017 Executive Director’s Message The last three months have, as always, been busy and full of achievements at AdvocAid. We hosted a regional conference on petty offences, launched a documentary about sex workers and appealed a death sentence to the...
by Fundraising and Communications Manager | Dec 7, 2017 | Events, News, Press Releases
Title: New Documentary Shows Harassment and Violence Faced by Sex Workers Year: 2017 Today, AdvocAid and its partners launch “Kolonko,” a documentary in which sex workers talk about their lives. ‘Kolonko’ is the Krio-language term for a sex worker and its derogatory...
