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Judge Ann Claire Williams’ judicial career can be succinctly characterized by one word: advancement. This rings true to the remarkable...

The Institute for African Women in Law is compiling a Global Database of Women in law across Africa and the African Diaspora. Through this n

IAWL Launches Women's Excellence in Law & Leadership Academy.

PRESS RELEASE Washington, DC March 10, 2022 March 10 has been adopted by the United Nations General Assembly as the International Day of...

March 8, 2022 March 8, 2022 is International Women’s Day!!! A day dedicated to celebrating women’s achievements around the world, raising...

This year’s theme, “Break The Bias” calls for action to dismantle the biases that limit women globally from making further advances in...

By: Stephen Muthoka Mutie, Ph.D. (Kenyatta University) Growing up, my mother was, and still is, a powerful, caring woman and a provider....

Through Matri-legal feminism, I am advocating and theorizing for the beginning of a new field of study of the lives and experiences of women

On December 8, 2021, 72 legal professionals were sworn in as Senior Advocates of Nigeria. Out of this number, only two were women—from...

By: J. Jarpa Dawuni, Esq., Ph.D. In 1994, I had an encounter with a woman who would influence my life and thinking in the journey I...

The Institute for African Women in Law is launching a book project-- African Women Judges: A Collection of Essays. The book project uses leg

The Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) invites you to join us for exciting and impactful opportunities and programming for 2022.

In this interview with Dr. Pedi Obani, Professor Bamgbose, SAN shares highlights of the origins, vision and mission achievements, and future

We and our partners at the Institute for African Women in Law (IAWL) join UN Women and all gender advocacy organizations and individuals, in

The Law Society of England and Wales in collaboration with the Institute for African Women in Law is organizing a panel discussion,...

The Institute for African Women in Law congratulates Professor Phoebe Okowa for her recent historic election to the International Law Commi

Congratulations to Prof. Oluyemisi Bamgbose SAN on her appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation, and Strategic Partnershi

When it comes to Human Rights Bodies, women are still underrepresented, except for the two bodies-CEDAW and CRC. When compared to other regi

IAWL announces the publication of a new scholarly peer-reviewed article by our Executive Director, J. Jarpa Dawuni, Ph.D., on the legal prof

It is time for Member states of the AU and the UN to walk the talk of gender parity being ‘an urgent need, moral duty and operational necess