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The guide, originally published in English by the Open Society Justice Initiative in 2010, draws from paralegal experience in several countries to provide practical advice to program designers and managers. The Burmese translation, a collaborative effort by Namati and U Kyaw Myint Law Firm, makes advice accessible to the growing number of legal empowerment practitioners in Burma.

In the far west of Nepal, in the city of Dhangadhi, activists and members of civil society have submitted an open letter calling on the government to support the inclusion of justice targets in the new development framework.

The Open Society Foundation has made a film about an innovative program training sex workers as paralegals in South Africa. Arming women with the law helps them protect their rights and their health.

Background This July, for the first time ever, Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG16) was reviewed at the 2019 High Level Political Forum, an annual moment hosted by the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) at the United Nations in New York to review progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In addition to SDG16 being…

Originally published by Open Society Initiative for West Africa As a daughter she is usually not permitted to manage or inherit family land. The family expects her to move into her husband’s family land after marriage. As a wife she is generally not allowed to control, much less inherit her husband’s land- it belongs to the…

This Case Records Management System comprises of a hard copy data form and a multi-User Web-based Data Management Platform. The system is developed to manage data generated from the work of Paralegals under the Legal Empowerment Shared Framework Project, the Open Society Initiative for West Africa is an intervention that aims to improve access to…

This report catalogs the proceedings of the Data Management training organized by the JSCO and NAMATI for Paralegals and their Managers under the Legal Empowerment Shared Framework held from 21st & 25th April 2017, at the Ocean View Hotel in Juba, Freetown. The Legal Empowerment Shared Framework Project (LESF) is funded by the Open Society…

The Community Empowerment Project, initiated by the Open Society Foundations in Jordan, builds on and complements existing refugee response efforts through legal empowerment and community-based justice services. The project supports both Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan to understand and use legal and administrative systems to find concrete solutions to justice problems. In the…

The Community Empowerment Project, initiated by the Open Society Foundations in Jordan, builds on and complements existing refugee response efforts through legal empowerment and community-based justice services. The project supports both Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan to understand and use legal and administrative systems to find concrete solutions to justice problems. In the…

Open Society Justice Initiative Director, James Goldston, hopes that world leaders can rise to the challenge of infusing justice into the next generation of Millennium Development Goals.