by Executive Director | Dec 13, 2018 | Blogs, News, Press Releases
Title: Online Launch of documentary ‘Kolonko’ showing harrasment and violence faced by sex workers Year: 2018 On December 17th 2018, to coincide with International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, AdvocAid will be launching the documentary...
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 | 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 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...
by Maeve O'Gorman | Oct 3, 2017 | News, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid welcomes new Executive Director and Legal Officer Year: 2017 AdvocAid is proud to welcome two new staff members to its team in Sierra Leone. Daniel Eyre joins the organisation today as Interim Executive Director and Cheryl Sembie started in August as...
by Maeve O'Gorman | Mar 16, 2017 | Press Releases
Title: Justice for Women Who Kill Year: 2017 Summary: Opinion Piece written by our board member Sabrina Mahtani about a woman who has not received her appeal judgement for the murder of her partner. This comes 7 years after AdvocAid placed the appeal. Aminata has been...
