(CNN) -- As the first female judge to be appointed to Botswana's high court, Unity Dow is a trailblazer in her home country, paving the way for other women fighting for equality and justice. Her 11-year tenure at the high court was marked by the landmark 2006 case where Botswana's Bushmen took the government to court over the right to live and hunt in the central Kalahari game reserve. In what is the southern African country's longest and most expensive trial to date, Dow ruled that the Bushmen should be allowed to return to their ancestral lands. The case attracted widespread international attention and came to define Dow's career at the high court that ended in 2009.
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Unity Dow was the first female judge appointed to the High Court in Botswana
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Today, she is a successful author and partner in her own law firm
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Dow is also a prominent activist, championing women's rights in her country
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She says her next goal is to join the political arena
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