: : Direction of Activity: :

:1: Provision direct legal services

:2: Legal Literacy Education and Training

:3: Policy advocacy

:4: Research and documentation

:5: Organizational capability building

1. : : Provision direct legal services : :

Provision of free legal advice and representation services to poor, vulnerable, and employed women in cases involving:

: : domestic violence and other family issues,
: : discrimination,
: : employment rights,
: : sexual harassment,

Filing of test cases in courts that challenge laws and policies discriminatory or harmful to women.

2. : : Legal Literacy Education and Training : :

:1: Information, education and training activities for poor, vulnerable, and employed women;
:2: Training of volunteer paralegals;
:3: Conduct of consciousness-raising activities for institutions of law and policy, including law enforcement agencies, on gender-sensitivity and priority women's issues;
:4: Conduct of education and training activities for women lawyers on gender-responsive developmental
lawyering and priority women's issues;
:5: Conduct of awareness raising activities for the general public;

:6: Conduct of special training sessions for women in decition-making bodies for their empowerment;
:7: Development of education and training modules and materials appropriate for target groups;
:8: Development of a pool of trainers by learning from the experience of similar organizations in other countries.

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3. : : Policy advocacy : :

:1: Drafting legislation on specific women's issues in collaboration with other women's groups;

:2: Proposing recommendations on law and policy reforms on specific women's issues;

:3: Engaging in collaborative advocacy with other groups for the enactment of proposed legislation or policy
recommendations.

4. : : Research and documentation : :

:1: Conduct of legal and policy research on priority issues;

:2: Development and managment of a database system, including a specialized library;

:3: Establishment or an electronic mail system and development of a home page;

:4: Provision of legal information services to other women's groups and the public;

5. : : Organizational capability building : :

:1:Development and implementation of a human resource development program;

:2: Development of a financial plan;

:3: Development and management of a financial system;

:4: Development of an approriate organizational and management structure;

:5: Development of office management policies;

:6: Development and maintenance of local and international networks and linkages;

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