Mariatou J. Newlands is the SWEDD+ The Gambia Legal Platform Vice-Chair. A qualified Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of The Gambia since 2017, she is a Board Member of the Female Lawyers Association of the Gambia (FLAG). Her practice areas include Commercial Litigation, Corporate Legal Services, Islamic Personal Law, Probate and Estate Administration, Labour Law, Immigration, Family Law, Real Estate and Conveyancing and Legislative and Legal Drafting. Ms Newlands is an executive member of Think Young Women and volunteers as the Programs Manager. She is also a member of several international women rights organisation including, Association of Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), FEMNET, and Young African Feminist Dialogues (YAFDialouges). She obtained her LLB from the University of The Gambia in 2014 and later secured her BL (Hons) from the Gambia Law School in 2017.