I’m a lawyer first. - Unity Dow (b. 23 April 1959)

Botswana : The Screaming of the Innocent, by Unity Dow

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There were times where I was really energized, feeling I'm going to win this battle; there were times where I really felt so despondent; there were times when I felt so angry, and I think I cried many more times during that period than any other time in my life.   - Unity Dow (b. 23 April 1959)

When you start to practice you realize how just the language of the law is so male, the culture of the law is so male. You're beginning to think, 'I don't think it should be like this, I have a right to be here, I've earned the right to be here and therefore this whole environment should be about me as well.  - Unity Dow (b. 23 April 1959)

“She is a Motswana lawyer, author, human rights activist and Member of Parliament for Kgatleng West since November 2024. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various Botswana government ministries. Born in the Bechuanaland Protectorate to a seamstress and a farmer, who insisted on their children obtaining an education, Dow grew up in a traditional rural village before modernisation. She earned a law degree in 1983 from the University of Botswana and Swaziland, though her studies were completed in Swaziland and University of Edinburgh, Scotland, as Botswana had no law school at the time. After her graduation, Dow opened the first all-woman law firm in Botswana and in 1997 became the first woman to be appointed as a judge to the country's High Court.”

Judges are also important. But also the people before the judges are very important.- Unity Dow (b. 23 April 1959)

There were times where I was really energized, feeling I'm going to win this battle; there were times where I really felt so despondent; there were times when I felt so angry, and I think I cried many more times during that period than any other time in my life.  - Unity Dow (b. 23 April 1959)