Malawian human rights lawyer and a legal researcher with over 18 years’ experience on the intersections of VAWG/GBV and the law. Trained as a lawyer, Sarai has gone on to specialize in human rights and democratization in Africa as well as women’s and gender studies. She is the Founder and Executive Director of the Gender and Justice Unit (GJU), an organization that focuses on legal empowerment as a catalyst for gender equality and social justice. Through GJU, Sarai provides free legal assistance and trauma support for victims of gender-based violence (GBV); the GJU is conducting research into the experiences of women during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and has developed simplified and translated legal empowerment tools to bridge the gap between women and the justice they seek for GBV. Her research focus has always been on women and access to justice and the intersections between the letter of the law and women’s lived realities. She has blogged, published, conducted training, agitated about, written and researched various aspects of women and the law. Sarai serves on the Boards of AFIDEP, the HIV Justice Network and the Young Feminists Network. She has been named by Apolitical as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy 2021! Sarai lives and works in Malawi.