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One fine afternoon a few years back, I received a distress call from a friend. Let’s call her Ama. Ama called on behalf of another young...

THE HANDBOOK ON CIVIL PROCEDURE & PRACTICE IN GHANA: Rules, Cases, Commentary & Precedents. By: Francisca Serwaa Boateng The book, The...

IAWL Celebrates International Day of Peace 2023 What does peace mean to you? Amid the crisis some parts of the African continent are...

PRESS STATEMENT 30th August 2023 WASHINGTON, DC: On Monday, 14 August 2023, female students of the Faculty of Law at the University of...

by Linda Kasonde My book, ‘Women, Resilience, and the Will to Lead’, tells the story of my journey into leadership, from my upbringing as...

The Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) has launched the IAWL ACHIEVERS Series, a platform designed to highlight the success and...

Mabaeng Lenyai is a pioneer woman in law. In March 2022, she made history by becoming the first elected female President of the Law...

The Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) is a Washington, D.C. based Pan-African non-profit, non-governmental organization. IAWL is...

Existing Experience, Best Practice and Identification of Barriers to the Advancement of Women Judges By : Hon. Justice Zainab Jawara....

Women in law in Nigeria have had a unique journey of development as they did not encounter as much systemic resistance during their...

South Africa’s legal profession today is female-strong, having allowed women’s entry 100 years ago in 1923. With masses of women entering...

Women’s leadership in law in Kenya cannot be complete if it is limited to the judiciary. The women in law and leadership reports by the...

6th June 2023 WASHINGTON, DC: The Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL), a Pan-African organization dedicated to supporting women in...

Women Judges from about 30 African countries gathered in Libreville, Gabon, for the 1st Meeting of African Women Judges. The meeting,...

A Digest of IAWL’s Professional Development for Law Students in Collaboration with UCT Women in Law The Institute for African Women in...

Congratulations to the incredible women legal practitioners of South Africa on their momentous celebration of the 100th anniversary of...

The recent announcement of the nomination of Her Ladyship Justice Gertrude Torkornoo as Chief Justice in Ghana has been a cause for both...

As an answer to the globally devastating environmental crisis, The Kenyan Judiciary hosted the 3rd Regional Symposium on Greening...

A Digest of IAWL’s International Women’s Day Symposium On March 8, 2023, the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) joined in the...

Data-driven research is crucial to supporting advocacy and policy interventions to accelerate systems change and promote transformational...