List of first women lawyers and judges in Africa

This is a list of the first women lawyer(s) and judge(s) in Africa. It includes the year in which the women were admitted to practice law (in parentheses). Also included are the first women in their country to achieve a certain distinction such as obtaining a law degree or becoming a political figure.

Algeria

  • Blanche Azouley (1908):[1] First female lawyer in Algeria
  • Belmihoub Aziz:[2] First female judge in Algeria (c. 1962)
  • Nadia Hammadi:[3][4][5] First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of Algeria (c. 1963-1964)
  • Zigha Djamila:[6][7] First female appointed as an Attorney General in Algeria (upon her appointment to the Boumerdes Court in 2014)

Angola

  • Maria do Carmo Medina (1948):[8][9][10][11] First female lawyer in Angola. She was also the first Vice President of the Supreme Court of Angola (1990).
  • Guilhermina Contreiras da Costa Prata:[12] First female (a lawyer) appointed as the Minister of Justice in Angola (2008-2012)

Firsts in a particular region in Angola

  • Tânia Gonçalves:[13][14] First female appointed as the Presiding Judge of the Provincial Court of Huíla (2018) [Huíla Province, Angola]

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Firsts in a particular region in Burundi

Cameroon

  • Alice Nkom (1969):[34][35] First female lawyer in Cameroon
  • Florence Rita Arrey:[36][37] First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal in Cameroon (1990). She was also the first female appointed as the Prosecutor of the Court of First Instance (1974).
  • Aimée Ngounou Tchokontheiu:[38][39] First female appointed as the Attorney General of the Special Criminal Court in Cameroon (2015)

Firsts in a particular region in Cameroon

  • Juliana Djenga:[40] First female judge in Kumba (2006) [Southwest Region, Cameroon]

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Firsts in a particular region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Ntumba Kaja:[60] First female lawyer to become a Bâtonnier for the Lubumbashi Bar (2014) [Haut-Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo]
  • Viviane Bikuba Cibalonza:[61][62] First female lawyer in the South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Otshumba Kandolo:[63] First female lawyer in Kisangani [Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo]

Djibouti

  • Korane Ahmed Aouled:[64] First Djiboutian woman to start a legal practice in the private sector in Djibouti
  • Hawa Ahmed Youssouf:[65] First female (a lawyer) cabinet member in Djibouti (1999)
  • Khadija Abeba:[66][67][68] First female justice appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of Djibouti (c. 2004)

Egypt

  • Naima Ilyas al-Ayyubi (1933):[69] First female lawyer in Egypt
  • Mufidah Abdul Rahman (1939):[70] First female lawyer to take cases to the Court of Cassation. She was also the first woman to practice law in Cairo, Egypt.[71]
  • Aisha Rateb (1955):[17][72] First female (a lawyer) ambassador in Egypt (1979). She was also the first female law professor in Egypt.
  • Tahani al-Gebali:[73] First female judge in Egypt (upon her appointment to the Supreme Constitutional Court in 2003)
  • Sally al-Saidi:[74] First female appointed as a Judge of the Criminal Court (2009) and the Head of the Court of Cassation in Egypt (2013)
  • Dalia al-Namaky:[75] First female appointed as the Chief Judge of the Family Courts in Egypt (2010)

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

  • Fozia Hashim:[80][81][82][83] First female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Eritrea (1993). She served as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Eritrea prior to her appointment.

Ethiopia

Gabon

  • Marylise Issembé:[90][91][92] First female lawyer in Gabon (after having registered in Gabon's Libreville Bar)
  • Rose Francine Rogombé:[93] First female judge in Gabon (1967). She later became the first female Acting President of Gabon (2009).
  • Sophie Diouly (née Ngwamassana):[94] First female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Gabon (1987-1989)

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

  • Fatoumata Binta Diallo (1998):[107] First woman who registered to practice law in the Bar of the Republic of Guinea Conakry (Barreau de la République de Guinée)
  • Paulette Kourouma: First female (who served as a judge) to become the Minister of Justice in Guinea (2007-2008)

Guinea-Bissau

Ivory Coast

Kenya

  • Effie Owuor (c. 1960s):[114][115][116][117][118] First female judge of Kenya (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in 1982). She was also the first female to be appointed as a state counsel (c. 1960s), magistrate (1971), and Judge of the Court of Appeal (2003) in Kenya.
  • Kalpana Rawal (1975):[119][120][121][122] First female lawyer in Kenya (upon her establishment of a law practice in 1978). She later became the first female judge of Asian descent in Kenya (2000).
  • Martha Karua (1981):[123] First female (a lawyer) elected by the people to serve as a Member of the Kenyan Parliament (1992). She was also the first female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Kenya (2006-2009).
  • Amina Mohamed (c. 1985):[124] First female (a lawyer) to serve as the Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Kenya (2013)

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

  • Berthe Raharijaona:[141] First female lawyer in Madagascar
  • Alice Rajaonah: First female (who served as a magistrate) to serve as the Minister of Justice in Madagascar (2002-2004)
  • Christine Razanamahasoa:[142] First female (a lawyer) to become President of the Malagasy National Assembly in Madagascar (2014)
  • Fanirisoa Ernaivo:[143] First female elected as the President of the Union of Magistrates of Madagascar (2016)
  • Arlette Ramaroson:[144][145] First female (a lawyer and former judge) to run as a presidential candidate in Madagascar (2018)

Malawi

Mali

  • Fatoumata Sylla (1982):[152][153][154][155][156][157] First female lawyer in Mali. She later became the first female Bâtonnière of the Bar Association in Mali (1998-2004), and the first female appointed as the Minister of Justice in Mali (2004-2007).
  • Kaïta Kayentao Diallo:[155][158][159][160] First female Justice of the Peace in Mali (1985). She is also the first female appointed as the President of the Supreme Court of Mali (2006).
  • Diakité Manassa Danioko:[16][155][161] First female appointed as the President of the Constitutional Court of Mali (2015). She was also the first female appointed as the Attorney General of Mali (1995).

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mayotte (FRA)

Morocco

  • Hélène Cazès-Benatar (c. 1929):[172] First female lawyer in Morocco
  • Zaynab Abd al-Razzaq:[173] First female judge in Morocco (1960)
  • Yasmina Baddou:[174] First female (a lawyer) to serve as the Secretary of State for Family Affairs (2002) and Minister of Health (2007) in Morocco
  • Rahmona Ziani:[175][176] First female appointed as a Crown Prosecutor (or Attorney General) in Morocco (2018)

Firsts in a particular region in Morocco

  • Najat Chraibi Berrada (1966):[177] First female registered in the Bar Association of Rabat [Eṛṛbaṭ-Sla-Qniṭra Region, Morocco]
  • Salima Faraji (1983):[178][179][180] First female to register with the Lawyers Association in Oujda [Oriental Region, Morocco]

Mozambique

  • Noémia Neves Anacleto (c. 1953):[181] First female lawyer in Mozambique
  • Gita Honwana Welch:[182][183][184][185] First female academic lawyer in Mozambique. She was also one of Mozambique's first female judges (sometime between 1978-1989).
  • Luísa Chadraca (c. 1990):[186] First woman to enroll with the Bar Association of Mozambique (Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambique)
  • Esperanza Machavela:[187] First female (a lawyer) appointed as the Minister of Justice in Mozambique (2007-2008)
  • Beatriz Buchili:[188][189] First female appointed as the Attorney General of Mozambique (2014)

Namibia

  • Karen Goldblatt Marshall (1966):[190] First female lawyer (non-native) in Namibia (upon being called to the Bar of Windhoek). She later became the first female judge in Namibia.
  • Maria Catharina Greeff (c. 1977):[191] First native-born Caucasian female lawyer in Namibia. She was also the first female conveyance to be admitted in Namibia.
  • Bience Gawanas (c. 1993):[192][193] First native-born Namibian female lawyer in Namibia. She was also the first female appointed as the Head of the Office of the Namibian Ombudsman (1996-2003).

Niger

  • Adji Fati Kountche:[15] First female lawyer in Niger
  • Fatimata Bazeye Salifou (1979):[16][200][201] First female magistrate in Niger. She later became the first female appointed as the President of the Constitutional Court of Niger (2007).

Nigeria

  • Stella Thomas (1935):[202] First female lawyer in Nigeria. She later became the first female magistrate in Nigeria (1943).
  • Modupe Omo-Eboh (1952):[203][204][205][206] First female judge in Nigeria (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in Nigeria in 1969)
  • Folake Solanke (1962): First female lawyer in Nigeria to become Senior Advocate of Nigeria and Senior Counsel (1981)
  • Victoria Ayodele Uzoamaka Onejeme (1965):[207] First female to become an Attorney General in the history of Nigeria (1978)
  • Aloma Mariam Mukhtar (1967):[208][209] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and its Chief Justice (2009-2014).[16][210] She was also the first female lawyer in Northern Nigeria, as well as the first female Judge of the Kano High Court, Nigeria. [211][212][213]
  • Roseline Ukeje (1971):[214][215][216] First female justice appointed as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court in Nigeria (2001)
  • Dora Wilson-Ekwo:[217] First female lawyer (who is a Lieutenant Colonel) in the Nigerian Armed Forces (c. 1993)

Firsts in a particular region in Nigeria

  • Mary Slessor:[218][219] First female (non-attorney of Scottish descent) magistrate in what was then Southern Nigeria (c. 1890s). She was also known as being the first female magistrate in the British Empire.
  • Hauwa Ibrahim (c. 1999):[220][221] First Muslim female lawyer in the Yamaltu District in the Gombe State, Nigeria
  • Rahila Hadea Cudjoe (1972):[222] First female appointed as a Judge of the High Court, as well as the Chief Judge of Kaduna State, Nigeria
  • Dulcie Ethel Adunola Oguntoye:[223] First female judge in Lagos State, Nigeria (1976)
  • Aisha Jumai Alhassan:[224] First female lawyer to become Taraba State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, as well as the first woman to become Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory Judicial Council in Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Réunion (FRA)

Firsts in a particular region in Réunion


  • Gracieuse Lacoste-Etcheverry:[226][227] First female appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Denis (2015) [Cantons of Saint-Denis, Réunion]
  • Valérie Lebreton:[228] First female appointed as the President of the Court of Appeal of Saint-Pierre (2017) [Cantons of Saint-Pierre-1, 2 and 3, Réunion]

Rwanda

  • Agnes Mukabaranga (1994):[229] First woman that registered to practice law in the Rwanda Bar Association
  • Edda Mukabagwiza: First female lawyer to serve as the Minister of Justice in Rwanda (2003-2006). Agnès Ntamabyaliro Rutagwera (non-attorney) was the first female Minister of Justice in Rwanda's history (1993-1994).
  • Immaculée Nyirinkwaya:[230][231] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda (1997)
  • Aloysia Cyanzayire:[232][233][16][234] First female justice elected as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Rwanda (2003)

Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (GBR)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

  • Danielle Rasool (c. 1970s):[247][248] Reputed to be the first female lawyer in Seychelles
  • Mathilda Twomey (1987):[249] First female judge in Seychelles. She is also the first female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of the Seychelles Supreme Court (2015).
  • Fiona Robinson:[250] First female appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Seychelles (2013)
  • Alexia Amesbury (c. 1988):[251] First female (a lawyer) presidential candidate in Seychelles (2015)

Sierra Leone

Somalia

  • Caasha-Kin Duale (1979):[258][259] One of the few female lawyers in Somalia during the 1970s and 1980s

Somaliland (SOM)

South Africa

  • Irene Antoinette Geffen (1923):[264][265] First female barrister in South Africa
  • Leonora van den Heever (1952):[266][267][268] First female judge in South Africa (1969)
  • Navanethem Pillay (1967):[269][270] First Tamil-Indian female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (1995). She was also the first female lawyer to start a law practice in the Natal Province.
  • Desiree Finca (1967):[271] First Black female lawyer in South Africa
  • Eulalia Salgado (1978):[272] First Portuguese female lawyer in South Africa
  • Yvonne Mokgoro (1987) and Kate O'Regan:[273][274][275] First females appointed as Justices of the Constitutional Court of South Africa (1994). Mokgoro is also known as the first Black female judge in South Africa.
  • Frene Ginwala:[276] First female (a lawyer) to serve as the Speaker of the House in South Africa (1994-2004)
  • Lucy Mailula:[277][278] First Black female appointed as a Judge of the High Court of South Africa (1995)
  • Mandisa Maya:[279] First female (and Black female) appointed as President of the Supreme Court of Appeal of South Africa (2017)

Firsts in a particular region in South Africa

  • Leona Theron:[280] First Black female appointed as a Judge of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, South Africa (1999)

South Sudan

Sudan

  • Sania Mustafa (c. 1960s):[285] First female lawyer in Sudan
  • Ihsan Mohamed Fakhri:[286][287][288] First female judge in Sudan (1965)
  • Nagwa Kamal Farid:[289][290][291] First female appointed as a Judge of the Shari'a Court in Sudan (1970)

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

  • Juliette Smaja Zerah (1916):[302][303][304][305] First female (who was of Jewish descent) lawyer in Tunisia
  • Amna Aouij:[306][307] First female magistrate in Tunisia (1966)
  • Emma Chtioui and Joudeh Jijah:[308][309][310][287][311] First female judges respectively in Tunisia (1968)
  • Aïda Ajimi (1973):[308] First Muslim female lawyer in Tunisia
  • Rafiâ Ben Ezzedine:[312] First female judge appointed as the President of a Court of Appeal in Tunisia
  • Faouzia Ben Alaya:[313][314] First female appointed as the President of the Court of Cassation in Tunisia (2016)

Uganda

Zambia

  • J. J. McGrowther (c. 1950s):[316] First female barrister when the country was known as Northern Rhodesia
  • Lombe P. Chibesakunda (1969):[317][318][319] First Zambian female lawyer and first female Solicitor General (1973) in Zambia. She was the first female to serve as Acting Chief Justice of Zambia (2012-2015).
  • Florence Mumba (1973):[320][321][322] First female judge in Zambia (upon her appointment as a Judge of the High Court in Zambia in 1980).
  • Irene Mambilima:[323] First female justice appointed as the Chief Justice of Zambia (2015)

Zanzibar (TZN)

  • Janet Sekihola:[324] First female appointed as a Primary Court Magistrate in Zanzibar (c. 1980s)

Zimbabwe

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See also

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