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...