Justice Watchdogs: Promoting Women’s Access to Justice Through Community-Based Paralegal Programs
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2012-06
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This paper explores the effects of community-based paralegal programs through a case study of Sierra Leone that focuses on local perspectives, and women’s experiences in accessing justice. Within rule of law reforms, increased focus is given to bottom-up interventions which emphasize access to justice and strategies of legal empowerment. However, as no rule of law approaches exist that specifically target women’s lives, there is a particular need to assess the gendered impacts of these programs. Legal empowerment is recognized as being located at the nexus of law and development, and for using law as a tool to promote change and agency.
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Legal Working Paper Series on Legal Empowerment for
Sustainable Development
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Working Paper
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SIERRA LEONE, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, JUSTICE, LEGAL PROTECTION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, RIGHT TO JUSTICE, POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES, RULE OF LAW, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT, LAW REFORM, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, SOUTH OF SAHARA
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Robb-Jackson, C. (2012). Justice Watchdogs: Promoting Women’s Access to
Justice Through Community-Based Paralegal Programs. Montreal, QC: Centre for International Sustainable Development Law
(CISDL).