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Pioneer African Women in Law

This is a dynamic digital archive. The information contained in these bibliographic entries has been reviewed for accuracy with available data and information. The entries will be updated if new information or additional historical facts become available to the authors and editors. To keep the archive robust and accurate, we welcome additional sources of information which can be emailed to us at info@africanwil.org

Shamila Batohi

Director Of Public Prosecutions, National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa

South Africa

Therese Dejean

First Woman Magistrate

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Mathilda Twomey

First Woman Chief Justice

SEYCHELLES

Yvonne Mokgoro

Judge (Rtd), Constitutional Court, South Africa.

SOUTH AFRICA

Chief Justice Sie-A-Nyene Gyapay Youh

Third woman Chief Justice of the Republic of Liberia

Liberia

Elisabeth Dior Fall Sow

First Woman Prosecutor

SENEGAL

Mariam Jack-Denton

First Woman Lawyer (The Gambia)

THE GAMBIA

Grace Mumbi Ngugi

Disability Rights Lawyer (Kenya)

KENYA

Vera Chirwa

First Woman Lawyer (Malawi)

MALAWI

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