Dow, Unity

LC control no.	n 89290112
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Dow, Unity *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Associated country	Botswana
Birth date	1959-04-23
Place of birth	Mochudi (Botswana)
Affiliation	University of Botswana and Swaziland University of Edinburgh Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Project Dow Malakaila (Firm) Dow Lesetedi and Company High Court of Botswana
Profession or occupation	Lawyers Judges Novelists
Found in	Women and law in Botswana, 1989?: p. i (Ms. Unity Dow) p. 4 (WLSA) Far and beyon', c2007: t.p. (Unity Dow) p. 4 of cover (Botswana High Court judge and human rights activist; this is her first novel) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed December 17, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dow, Unity; lawyer, jurist / judge, human rights activist, women's rights advocate; born 23 April 1959 Mochudi, Botswana; attended law school at the University of Botswana and Swaziland and Edinburgh University; qualified as an attorney (1983); took employment as a criminal prosecutor with the Attorney General's Chambers in Gaborone; entered into private practice as a partner first in Dow Malakaila, and later in Dow Lesetedi and Company; co-founded Women and Law in Southern Africa (WLSA) (1988); established Metlhaetsile Women's Information Centre; brought a case against the Botswana government celebrated as the Citizenship Case; first female judge of the High Court of Botswana; visiting professor at Columbia University; in 2000 launched a career as a writer with her first novel Far and Beyon')