by Signe Roelsgaard | Feb 23, 2017 | News, Press Releases, Uncategorized
Following the celebration of our 10 year anniversary last year and winning the Clifford Chance Access to Justice Award, which includes 500 hours of pro bono support from legal and organisational experts, AdvocAid would like to share news of developments for the...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Sep 19, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Education, Events, Press Releases
On 8th and 15th September 2016, AdvocAid coordinated and celebrated the graduation of newly empowered female inmates in Makeni, Kono, Kenema and Freetown Female Correctional Centres. A total of 42 inmates were graduating from an intensive education...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Jun 16, 2016 | 10 Year Anniversary, Advocacy, Events, Press Releases, Welfare
In partnership with: CHILDREN AND JUVENILES BEHIND BARS – In Sierra Leone’s justice system, children and youth are usually not treated any differently than adults. They often spend excessive time behind bars without charge – considered guilty...
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 | 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 | 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...
