Evelyn A. Ankumah
Executive Director,
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA)
Africa Legal Aid (AFLA) is woman initiated and women led, and has a commitment to gender equality.
I support the IGC Panel Parity Pledge.
I support the IGC gender-based violence pledge.
Personal Commitments
Strengthen judicial capacity in international courts and tribunals, particularly the permanent ICC, to deliver gender-informed and gender-sensitive rulings (to be carried forward in subsequent years). This will be done through four yearly symposiums/trainings, for 100 senior court officials and will address gender biases, stereotypes, and social constructs that generate intrinsic prejudices in the mechanisms of justice, leading to a 50% trainee knowledge and 25% increase in gender-sensitive rulings by 2030.
Facilitate the attendance of 15 survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and 5 partner CSOs at a 2-day face-to-face gender-sensitive symposium/training for 10 senior court officials, 10 judges, 5 experts and resource persons, and 5 national stakeholders from the host country, by December 2026, with 90% of survivors reporting increased confidence in the justice system in post training focus group discussions, and a 90% reporting rate of enhanced networks for support and advocacy.