Legal Assistance Centre-Namibia

DIRECTORS & COORDINATORS

Toni Hancox, Director (bio)

Linda Dumba-Chicalu, Coordinator, Human Rights & Constitutional Unit (bio)

Dianne Hubbard, Coordinator, Gender Research & Advocacy Project (bio)

Amon Ngavetene, Coordinator, AIDS Law Unit (bio)

Willem Odendaal, Coordinator, Land, Environment & Development Project (bio)

Biographies

Toni Hancox
Director
Toni was appointed the Co-ordinator of the Human Rights and Constitutional Unit in August 2000 after she worked in private practice and for the government attorneys while qualifying via correspondence studies. Toni is also admitted as a solicitor in England and is a qualified conveyancer. In 2010, Toni was appointed the Director of the Legal Assistance Centre. Toni is currently on the Council of the Law Society in Namibia and is studying for her Masters through UNISA.

Linda Dumba-Chicalu
Coordinator, Human Rights and Constitutional Unit
Joining the LAC as a candidate legal practitioner in 2002, Linda worked with Huricon until she was admitted admitted as a legal practitioner in 2003, when she became the project lawyer for LEAD. In 2006, Linda studied for her Masters at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington D.C., with a focus on international human rights law. In October 2007, Linda returned to the LAC where she became the project lawyer for ALU where she specialized in HIV and AIDS and human rights law. In 2010, she was appointed the coordinator of the Human Rights and Constitutional Unit (HURICON) of the LAC.

Dianne Hubbard
Coordinator, Gender Research & Advocacy Project (GR&AP)
Dianne has been the Co-ordinator of the GR&AP since it was established in 1993. She has degrees in English Literature from the University of North Carolina in the USA and the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, as well as a law degree with honours from Harvard Law School in the USA. She is listed in the 'A-Z of Political Personalities' in the Guide to Namibian Politics. Dianne serves on the board of trustees for Sister Namibia and Ombetje Yehinga.

Amon Ngavetene
Coordinator, AIDS Law Unit
With a Bachelor Degree in Education, Amon worked as a trainer and legal educator before taking over as ALU Coordinator in November 2006. Amon is currently completing his law degree with the University of South Africa.

Willem Odendaal
Coordinator, Land, Environment & Development (LEAD) Project
Willem joined the LAC's GR&AP in 1999, left in 2003 to study for a LLM in International Law at Oxford Brookes Univesity and returned in 2004 to take up his present post.