Access to justice for women and vulnerable communities
Designing proximity justice services and gender-responsive judicial approaches to remove structural barriers preventing fair, timely legal remedies.
- Country / Region
- Africa - Multi-country
- Period
- 2024 - Ongoing
- Status
- Ongoing
- Intervention area
- Access to Justice · Capacity Building
- Partners
- Local civil society · UN agencies · National judicial authorities
Operational context
Persistent geographic, economic and cultural barriers prevent women, children and rural populations from securing fair, timely legal remedies - particularly in fragile and post-conflict regions.
What this programme aims to achieve
- Map existing barriers to access to justice
- Pilot mobile and proximity justice services
- Strengthen gender-responsive judicial approaches
- Build sustainable referral pathways with civil society
How we deliver
- 01Field studies on access barriers
- 02Mobile justice service pilots
- 03Specialized training of magistrates on gender-responsive approaches
- 04Civil society capacity-building programs
Institutional outcomes
Measurable results delivered alongside national institutions and partners.
- Mobile justice services launched in pilot regions
- Magistrates and judicial officers trained
- Civil society referral pathways consolidated
- Evidence base produced for national-level scaling
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