Ailly Sheehama

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Ailly Sheehama

Social Justice Lawyer

Ailly has four years of experience covering criminal litigation, energy regulation and policy development, and social justice. Her work at Rabia is concentrated on Article 2.1c and how it relates to equity, climate risk assessment, and its social consequences, assessing national and international frameworks on just transitions and integration of just responses into the mandates of financial sector actors. Ailly has a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Namibia, and a Masters in international oil and gas law and policy, from the University of Dundee, Scotland. Her prior experience includes regulation and compliance for the Ministry of Mines and Energy (Namibia), research for the African Energy and Mineral Management Initiative (AEMI); and serving as a state prosecutor at the Ministry of Justice (Namibia). Ailly is passionate about climate finance policies that speak to the needs for Africa and promoting global South voices in the climate change space.