Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education Trust-Lesotho is a local chapter of the regional Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education (WLSA) is was established as a regional research project in 1989 by researchers from Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In June 1998, WLSA was established as a Research and Educational Trust including Malawi as the seventh member country. In Lesotho WLSA is registered as an NGO under Society Act registration number 2000/101.