Penelope Andrews

[2] Andrews is active in international collaborative research and mentoring networks and committed to ensuring the relevance of law and society scholarship to global academic communities.

She also served as an Acting Judge of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria for the 2018 third term and as an arbitrator in racial discrimination hearings in South Africa.

Andrews has received many awards, including an honorary degree from Franklin University in Switzerland in recognition of her work and commitment to social justice and human rights.

[3] On International Women's Day in 2024 she joined a panel which included Nayera Kohistani of Afghanistan, the Maltese politician Vanessa Frazier, Dorothy Estrada-Tanck and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai moderated by CNN's Jomana Karadsheh.

"[4] She received the National Bar Association's International Award for her global human rights advocacy, and in 2015 was included in the USA's Lawyers of Colour's fourth annual power list issue.