by Executive Director | Nov 26, 2020 | Press Releases, Publications
We are excited to announce the launch of our new five year strategy with passion, ambition, feminism, and human rights at its heart. Our strategy was created through a consultative and collaborative process that engaged women with lived experience, staff, volunteers,...
by Executive Director | Jan 29, 2019 | Blogs, News, Publications
Following the launch of “Kolonko”, a documentary to mark the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, the harassment and abuse faced by these women as well as the work of AdvocAid has been featured in an article by The Guardian newspaper. ...
by Signe Roelsgaard | Oct 19, 2016 | Death penalty, Publications, Reports, Uncategorized
In August 2016, Rebecca Agliolo – a Law Student at the University of Cambridge – volunteered remotely for AdvocAid. One of the outcomes was an interesting analysis of “the Prerogative of Mercy”, which offers offenders the opportunity of...
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...
by sabrinamahtani | Nov 21, 2012 | Advocacy, Blogs, Press Releases, Publications
AdvocAid’s work, particularly our recent research report on Women, Debt and Detention, was featured in an IRIN news report (below). SIERRA LEONE: Women, debt and detention Photo: Otto Bakano/IRIN Juveniles in a police cell in a Sierra Leone, where women are...
by sabrinamahtani | Dec 9, 2011 | Advocacy, Blogs, News, Publications
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...
