by Nancy J. Newman, Founder and President, IANGEL On November 9, 2016, we awoke to a new reality. The world was rocked. The IANGEL community and countless women and men who care deeply about women’s rights and
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Pro Bono Legal Services for Human Rights
IANGEL celebrates Pro Bono Week 2016 by releasing the second edition of its Pro Bono Paper, Pro Bono Legal Services for Human Rights, by IANGEL President Nancy Newman, Advisory Board Member Shruti Rana, and IANGEL Network Attorney Mary Maloney Roberts.
3rd Anniversary Gala Dinner, honoring Karima Bennoune, April 12, 2016
On April 12, 2016, a sold-out crowd of over 130 lawyers, law professors, law students, international women’s rights activists, and their supporters gathered at the City Club in San Francisco for a gala dinner to celebrate IANGEL’s third anniversary.
“The Law Is Hereby Struck Down”: An Update on the Fight Against Child Marriage in Africa
(San Francisco, USA) by Catherine Born On March 9, 2016, IANGEL welcomed Lisa Block, Program Officer for Sub-Saharan Africa with the Global Fund for Women, and Rebecca Hooley, a Director with IANGEL and former president of Queen’s Bench, for a
2016 IANGEL Panel at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
(New York, USA) by Anam Haque In March 2016, IANGEL attended the 60th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in New York City. IANGEL delegates included IANGEL Director, Mary Wolverton, Executive Director Cecilia Lipp, and 2016 Legal Program Intern Anam Haque. Held