Our Stories
The stories of the women we work with best demonstrate the holistic support we provide to girls and women in Sierra Leone, ensuring they have access to justice, are provided with rehabilitative support whilst in detention and understand the rights they are entitled to.
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Voices from Inside
During the 2018 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence, AdvocAid recorded and produced a series of short films entitled Voices from Inside, featuring the voices and stories of some of the women detained in the Freetown Female Correctional Centre. We had the unique opportunity to record both audio and video, bringing to life in their own words the stories of women who are often unseen and unheard. These are their stories.
Our Client’s stories
Get a peek into AdvocAid’s work by reading some of our client’s stories! Learn about how MK‘s case was resolved, the Kamara family‘s difficulties during Ebola or Favour‘s fate.
Discover the stories here.
Kolonko Commercial Sex Worker Documentary
AdvocAid and its partners present “Kolonko,” a documentary in which sex workers talk about their lives. ‘Kolonko’ is the Krio-language term for a sex worker and its derogatory nature reflects the social and economic marginalisation sex workers face. In the documentary, women discuss the sexual, physical, and verbal abuse they endure on a daily basis at the hands of their clients and the police.
Discover the stories here.
Sierra Leone's Women Behind Bars
In 2014, a film crew from IRIN followed the work of two of AdvocAid’s paralegals, Marvel and Victoria, in Freetown and Makeni. This short film showcases the challenges they face and the importance of their free legal aid services with a growing female prison population and shortage of lawyers.