Janet Sallah-Njie

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Janet Ramatoulie Sallah-Njie is a Gambian lawyer and human rights activist.

Life

Sallah-Njie was admitted to the bar in 1989. Between 1998 and 2000 she was Solicitor General of the Gambia under President Yahya Jammeh . She worked for the Ministry of Justice until 2002 before opening her own law firm in 2003.

She was the first President of the Female Lawyers Association of The Gambia (FLAG) from its inception in early 2007 to October 2011. She was also Vice President of the Gambia Bar Association .

She chaired the Gambian section of the non-governmental organization ActionAid from at least November 2010 to July 2013. In July 2013 she was elected to the organization's international board.

From March 2012 to around October 2017 she headed the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), where she succeeded Amie Bensouda (2005 to 2012). She has been the board of the Gambia Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (GCCPC) since around 2014 .

Since 2018 she has been one of the eleven members of the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC), which is supposed to draft changes to the Gambian constitution . Her swearing-in ceremony took place on June 4, 2018.

In addition to these activities, Sallah-Njie advised the Gambia Girl Guides Association , the Gambian chapter of Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWEGAM) and the Francis DeGaulle Njie Foundation . She runs her law firm Torodo Chambers , based in Kotu .

She is married and has four children.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gambia: Six Legal Practitioners, Registrar General Testify At Tax Commission. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Gambia: US Embassy, ​​Women Groups Ink Over D2.5 Million Funding Agreement. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  3. ^ Gambia: Female Lawyers Call On the Speaker. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  4. ^ Political parties asked to increase women's political representation. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Gambia: Flag elects New Executive. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  6. ^ Gambia: Action-Aid Launches Human Rights Resource Book. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Gambia: Actionaid the Gambia Is Actionaid Intenational's Newest Affiliate! Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Gambia: Actionaid the Gambia Is Now an Affiliate to Actionaid International Federation. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  9. ↑ IHRDA Welcomes New Board Chair, Members. In: IHRDA. Retrieved December 28, 2018 (American English).
  10. ↑ Board Members | YOU THERE. October 4, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Board Members | YOU THERE. October 15, 2017. Retrieved July 23, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Gambia: 'Competition Commission to Continue Tracking Abuses of Dominance'. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  13. ↑ GCCPC validates 2019-2021 Strategy Plan. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Gambia: Constitutional Review Commissioners Sworn-in. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Ms. Janet Sallah-Njie | Gambian Lawyer. Retrieved June 5, 2019 .
  16. ^ Board. In: IHRDA. Retrieved June 5, 2019 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Sallah-Njie, Janet
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sallah-Njie, Janet Ramatoulie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian lawyer and human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century