Building feminist lawyers in Sierra Leone Inmates at the Freetown Correctional Centre Supporting 350 Female Detainees in Sierra Leone Post-prison Support for 300 Women in Sierra Leone

AdvocAid

Org #15052
Vetted since 2013 Staff Favorite Project of the Month Site Visit Verified
2006
year founded
$258,037
raised on GlobalGiving
12
years fundraising
7
projects funded
* Amounts in US Dollars

Mission

Goal AdvocAid's goal is to strengthen access to justice for girls, women and their children in conflict with the law, foster an increased ability for women to understand and claim rights and to empower them as active citizens. Objectives 1. Strengthen access to legal education; legal advice and legal representation for girls and women in conflict with the law 2. Provide targeted preventative legal education messages and training to groups of vulnerable girls and women in conflict with the law 3. Ensure that girls, women and children who are detained are able to reintegrate successfully into their communities after release through provision of skills training education and welfare supp... read more

Project Leaders
Info AdvocAid
Info AdvocAid
Juliet Mamawa Mamawa
Juliet Mamawa Mamawa
Team
Willietta Hughes, Fatmata Bundeh, Mercy Bangura, Fatmata Bah, Jalahan Jakema, Katumu Kamara, Ayo Max-Dixon, Patrick Steven, Hannah Mattia, Nenny Kargbo, Yasmine B Ibrahim, Amidu Fornah, Mahammud M Sheriff, Umah Conteh, Rolanda M Kondeh
Organization Information
1 Bright Street, 1st Floor
Brookfields
Freetown, Western Region None
Sierra Leone
+23278244112
Organization Information
1 Bright Street, 1st Floor
Brookfields
Freetown, Western Region None
Sierra Leone
+23278244112

Project Reports

Each of GlobalGiving’s nonprofit partners is required to send quarterly donor reports detailing the impact of their work. Here are some of their recent updates:

FEMINIST LAWYERS ARE THE TOOL TO DISMANTLING THE M

By Willietta Hughes | Legal Manager

In January 2025, AdvocAid welcomed a new Fellow through - Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), -Clooney Foundation for Justice is a human rights institution that advocates for justice through... Read the full report ›

FAMILY TRACING FOR WOMEN IN DETENTION

By Katumu Kamara | South East Paralegal

‘’Bintu’’ (not her real name), a 19-year-old single mother and the primary breadwinner for her family was arrested and detained on charges of Assault Occasioning Actual Bodily... Read the full report ›

ENSURING ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR VULNERABLE WOMEN

By Ayo Max- Dixon | Paralegal Western Rural

In Sierra Leone the presumption of innocence is a constitutional right- yet for many vulnerable women, this principle often exists only on paper.  Without legal representation, countless women... Read the full report ›
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