Major Achievements 

AFELL’s advocacy, with the collaboration and support of  our partners, has resulted in the establishment of;

• The first Juvenile court on June 16, 1997, Montserrado County
• The passage of the inheritance law under customary marriage, December 2003
• The passage of the Amended section 14.7 of the New Penal Law of Liberia, which gives a broader definition to rape and a stricter punishment in 2006.
• Establishment of criminal court E for sexual offenses and the setting up of SGBV crimes unit of the Ministry of Justice.

 

Challenges

• Compromising of cases by family members and communities especially rape and related domestic violence cases
• Decentralization of AFELL Legal Aid Clinic (in other counties)
• The lack of safe homes for survivors of domestic violence.
• Intense patriarchal systems