Vera Ngassa is a judge and state prosecutor in Cameroon. Among a handful of committed Christians in the legal system, she confronts the abuse of women and children in a society where powerful social and religious forces coerce them to remain silent.

A documentary made about her work, called Sisters In Law, has been screened at more than 90 festivals worldwide, and won the Cannes Film Festival Prix Art et Essai.

Vera has been at the centre of the wider movement for women’s rights in Cameroon. As a university lecturer, she was invited to create a curriculum and teach the subject “Women’s Human Rights and Law.” She has been teaching the subject since 1999.

She attended Haggai Institute in 2006, and expressed, “The standards of excellence and integrity marked my life forever, and ever since I returned from H.I., I cannot tolerate mediocrity.”

Of her work in the church, she says, “I see myself as a daughter of encouragement, and I train women to take up their place in ministry. Presently, I am preoccupied with teaching the church the importance of the market place in the Great Commission and making the professionals see their place and mandate in the Kingdom.”