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...

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

Yorm Ama Abledu has been named as the 2022 International Bar Association’s (IBA) Outstanding Young Lawyer Award recipient at the recently...

Introducing the African Women in Law Scholars & Researchers Database, our innovative digital directory of African women scholars and...

The recently concluded 31st Christof Heyns African Human Rights Moot Court Competition, held between 25 and 30 July 2022, at the British...

The WOZA - Women in Law South Africa Awards first came on scene in 2019. Founded by Rehana Khan Parker and Asha Ramdin Singhania who were...

Becoming a partner in law practice is an aspirational target for many lawyers. The journey to partnership has proven to be laborious,...

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

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

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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

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The Institute for African Women in Law has launched a new Speaker Series featuring leaders in the industry on various topics essential to th

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On August 1, 2021, Prof. Ntombizozuko Dyani-Mhango became the first black woman Professor and head of a department in the Faculty of Law at

My goal is to sit on the Supreme Court of Ghana, become the Chief Justice, and branch out into the international judicial system. Before the