Good morning all, hope this meets you well. African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA) is inviting you to the following events; 1. We are launching a social media campaign to push the #UniteAgainstRape on Wednesday 19th August, 2020. Venue: all social…
In a country of over 206 Million people ranking 7th largest in the world, (1) coupled with its poverty status in the midst of affluence evidenced in a survey by The World Poverty Clock, an organisation that tracks world poverty in…
African Women Lawyers Association (AWLA), has implored government at all levels, to be more deliberate and intentional towards ensuring that women and children have unhindered access to justice, anywhere in Nigeria. In order to achieve this and protect the rights…
The demand for an end to the series of killings recorded in Port Harcourt, Rivers State was further pushed by members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers and the African Women Lawyers Association local branches on Wednesday. The protest,…
Banjul, 27 June 2019: The “Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa” (IHRDA) and the African Women Lawyers Association, Nigeria Branch (AWLA-Nigeria) on 26 June 2019 filed an action against the Federal Republic of Nigeria before the ECOWAS Court…
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice and Office of the Public Defender, OPD, in conjunction with the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, held a 3-day intensive training workshop on Child Justice Administration in Lagos State which premised on…
Wife of Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode has urged lawyers to evolve new ways of making more progress on gender equality, women development and child welfare, saying that no society can achieve rapid development when children and women are…
