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#Handwashing and COVID-19: Women and Access to Water
Hand washing has been identified as a key measure for reducing the spread of COVID-19. However, compliance will be limited in settings where
African Women in Law
Apr 8, 20203 min read
Women in the Frontlines at Home
Amidst the coronavirus conundrum of staying at home and self-isolation, women in Pakistan are facing intersectional struggles that define
African Women in Law
Apr 6, 20203 min read
Gender, Police Brutality, and Public Health in Uganda During the COVID-19 Pandemic
In Uganda, images circulated on different social media of female street vendors being beaten by police after they disregarded bans on
African Women in Law
Apr 5, 20203 min read
Women, Access to Justice and the COVID-19 Response in Nigeria
Media representation and discussions on the current pandemic is also telling. When one switches on the television, you find mostly men as
African Women in Law
Apr 5, 20203 min read
Locked Down with Abusers: COVID-19 and Access to Justice for Domestic Violence Victims in Ghana
The anti-coronavirus lockdown and social distancing directives in most countries around the world have confined people to their homes for pr
African Women in Law
Apr 5, 20204 min read
Women, Access to Justice and the Role of Judiciaries Across Africa: The Feminine Face of COVID-19
The first in our series on Women, Justice and Law Series: The Feminine Face of COVID-19.
African Women in Law
Apr 4, 20205 min read
Women Judges from the MENA Region Visit The Netherlands
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Omnia Gadalla, a member of the Global Advisory Council of the Institute for African Women...
African Women in Law
Apr 3, 20205 min read
Women, Justice, and Law Series: The Feminine Face of COVID-19
The Women, Justice and Law COVID-19 Series discusses the intersectional implications of the pandemic on women.
African Women in Law
Apr 3, 20201 min read
Engaging Judiciaries: IAWL Participates in UNODC Judicial Integrity Network Conference in Doha.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Judicial Integrity Network held a High-Level International conference in Doha, Qatar...
African Women in Law
Mar 19, 20203 min read
From Accra to Salem: Judicial Vacation Experience in Oregon, USA
By Margaret Welbourne, Justice of the Court of Appeal, Ghana. Between 14th to 23rd August, 2019, I spent time visiting the Oregon Courts,...
African Women in Law
Feb 15, 20206 min read
On the Steady Path to Gender Balance: The Recent Appointment of Women in Ghana’s Supreme Court
By Atchere Asuah-Kwasi The persistence of gender disparity and imbalance in public offices in Ghana is not because there are no qualified...
African Women in Law
Feb 15, 20205 min read
Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From Obscurity to Parity?
Bauer, Gretchen & Dawuni, Josephine (eds). 2016. Gender and the Judiciary in Africa: From obscurity to parity? New York: Routledge...
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20202 min read
"As straight as an arrow!" Justice Amina Augie’s Journey to the Supreme Court of Nigeria
On 7 November 2016, Justice Amina Augie was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria (SCN), the highest court in the land....
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20206 min read
African Women Judges and Gender Parity on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
At the recently ended 28th African Union Summit, held January 22-31 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the African Union has finally made...
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20205 min read
Does Female Representation at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Matter?
By Osai Ojigho This is not a discussion about quotas although I know that the title speaks of representation and often the debate on...
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20203 min read
A First for Women under the Maputo Protocol
By Osai Ojigho When the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol)...
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20205 min read
IAWL Participates in UNODC Expert Meeting on Gender-Related Judicial Integrity Issues
Executive Director of the Institute for African Women in Law, Dr. J. Jarpa Dawuni participated in the UNODC Expert Meeting on...
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20201 min read
Why More Women on the Supreme Court of Ghana Matters: Open Letter to H.E Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Women have made trailblazing contributions to the history of Ghana. Whether it is in the works of Yaa Asantewaa, the unrelenting militant...
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20208 min read
Beyond the Numbers: Gender Parity on the African Court — A Lesson for African Judiciaries
ON August 27 2018, the newly elected judges on the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights were sworn in at the seat of the Court in...
African Women in Law
Feb 8, 20208 min read
The Egyptian Woman Judge: Setting the Bar for Gender Equality
“A right is never lost, as long as someone strives to claim it” (author unknown) It doesn’t sound rationale to envisage having Egyptian...
African Women in Law
Jan 8, 20208 min read
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