Activities: Legal Rights
USAID acts to promote and increase the ability of women and
men to live and work in societies that enact and enforce legislation
to protect women’s rights. The WID Office approach to
women’s legal rights includes: educating women and men
on women’s legal, economic, and political rights and
barriers to these rights; strengthening the ability of organizations
to lobby more effectively for basic improved women’s
rights; and enhancing the capacity of institutions to enforce
legislation and practice in a gender-equitable manner.
Current Activities
The Women's Legal Rights Initiative
Please see the Activity
Archives for a list of completed Women's Legal Rights
activities.
The Women's Legal Rights Initiative (WLR)
Length of Activity: September 2002 - September 2007
Objective: This Initiative advances the legal,
civil, property, and human rights of women. Working with USAID
and country stakeholders in Latin America, Europe, and Africa,
WLR is providing high-impact, results-oriented technical assistance
that promotes participation and transparency. Illustrative activities include:
- Strengthening the institutional capabilities of government ministries,
universities, and NGOs to improve women’s legal rights and indigenous women’s
access to justice.
- Increasing women’s access to justice and reducing the number of women who
become victims of trafficking.
- Women’s leadership, capacity-building, reducing violence against women, and
increasing access to justice.
Publications:
Global
Women's Legal Rights Year Three Report: Best Practices; 06/2006
[PDF, 749kb]
AFRICA
Benin
Success Story: Benin; 06/2006
[PDF,
78kb]
Women's Legal Rights Assessment: Benin; 06/2004
[PDF,
453kb]
Madagascar
Women's
Legal Rights Initiative; Madagascar Assessment and
Analysis Report; 06/04 [PDF, 950kb]
Regional Center for Southern Africa
Women's
Legal Rights Initiative: Regional Center for Southern Africa (RCSA)
Assessment and Analysis Report 12/04 [PDF, 1.6MB]
Rwanda
Women's
Legal Rights Initiative: Rwanda
Assessment and Analysis Report;
5/05 [PDF,
448kb]
EUROPE & EURASIA
Albania
Albania Action
Plan For the Women's Legal Right's Initiative;
09/04 [PDF, 714kb]
Women’s Legal
Rights Initiative: Albania Assessment and Analysis
Report ; 07/03 [PDF, 145kb]
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
Guatemala
Guatemala: Women's Legal
Rights Initiative: Of the Women in Dvelopment IQC
Assessment and Analysis Report
; 12/03 [PDF, 289kb]
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