Susan Nabirye
Susan is an enrolled Advocate of the High Court of Uganda, a member of the East African Law Society and Uganda Law Society. Susan has been a member of the Female Lawyers’ Committee of the Uganda Law Society and a Board of Director at FIDA-Uganda, serving as a member on the Membership and Governance Committee of the Board.
She is working with the Law Development Centre (LDC) Legal Aid Clinic as a Senior Legal Officer in the office of the director of LDC, and has been in charge of Legal Aid Service provision for over ten years and Senior Legal Advisor for the last 4 years with LASPNET. She has also worked as a Legal Officer with the LDC Legal Aid Clinic, in charge of Bar Course Interns working on different projects. During this period of service, she interfaced with over 2,000 women and children within the Criminal, Civil and Family Justice Arena, which helped her appreciate the challenges faced by women in all spheres of life. She has worked towards ensuring that women and children receive quality and affordable legal services, advocating for the elimination of discrimination, violence against women, girls and children, empowering women and girls through educating them about their rights, supporting them to demand these rights.
She has also been part of the team at LDC that has advocated for the use of Diversion in handling cases for children in conflict with the law and rallying various stakeholders to ensure just and timely disposal of cases involving women and children, given their vulnerability.
She spearheaded the RAJA project from Freedom House, which was geared towards enhancing access to justice for survivors of child sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA), including children with disabilities and children affected by HIV/AIDS, and over 500 children benefited.
She is currently working with LASPNET to ensure the protection and promotion of procedural and constitutional rights for Pre-trial detainees, where over 800 women have benefited.
She has been part of the legal training at LDC, which is tailor-made to be responsive to social justice needs. She has also had an opportunity to mentor and speak into the lives of the young teenage girls who have gone through the Legal Aid Clinic and the LDC at large.
In conclusion, her service is committed to meeting the justice needs of women and children, having spent a bigger part of my career enhancing access to justice through Legal Aid Service provision.
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