The Review is basically a look at selected written and mostly published materials related to women, women’s rights, gender, and justice. It hopes to get a general glimpse of what has been said publicly about issues and concerns of justice and women’s perspectives, experiences, assessments, and recommendations in relation to the Philippine justice system (though largely pertaining to court processes and systems).
The type of materials for this Review includes books (materials with 50 pages or more), journals, and academic papers such as theses and dissertation papers (the only ones not published in the collection reviewed in this study), and pamphlets published by NGOs and government agencies. Most of the NGOs and alternative law groups’ publications on the subject matter were published from the 1990’s to the present, and the few years preceding that may already cover what one may loosely identify as relevant to the current concept of and engagement with the justice system.
The following are the special areas of interest in the document
review:
GENDER JUSTICE: construction of gender justice
WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES: experiences of Filipino women in
their contact and engagement with the justice system
FEMINIST CRITIQUE: criticisms and counter-proposals by
feminists and women’s advocacy groups on the Philippine
justice system
COOPERATION for GENDER JUSTICE: dialogues and
breakthroughs for gender justice
ASSESSMENT/DEVELOPMENTS and RECOMMENDATIONS:
by feminists and women’s groups on the justice system in the
Philippines
This page provides a library of resources relevant to budget monitoring and maternal, reproductive, and sexual health.
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is advancing its activities around the pillars of a field-oriented approach, human security, and enhanced effectiveness, efficiency, and speed.
https://www.jica.go.jp/publication/pamph/issues/ku57pq00002izuvf-att/legislation_support_2013_en.pdf
https://www.jica.go.jp/english/publications/j-world/1701.html
The International Land Coalition frequently receives requests of solidarity from members in Africa, Asia and Latin America for or on behalf of Human Rights Defenders working on land rights, especially activists. This infonote is meant to support their invaluable work with information on international protection mechanisms and organizations addressing human rights violations related to land. The guide is also available in French and Spanish by visiting http://www.landcoalition.org/publications/international-mechanisms-protecting-human-rights-defenders-risk-their-work-land-rights
Introduction and Overview of the Practice Guide
Large parts of the world, irrespective of their level of economic development, are on the cusp of severe environmental crises.
In these regions, the operations of extractive projects such as large-scale plantations, mining and industrial development have negated or worsened the economic, social and physical well-being of communities in their neighborhoods and beyond. Their robust national and regional laws and institutions for the protection and governance of the environment and natural resources have remained on paper and the non-compliance by governments and corporations has had profound effects on community livelihoods, health, access to land and quality of life.
Namati and CPR’s Practice Guide for Environmental Justice Paralegals is a step in the direction of closing this environmental enforcement gap.
The guide provides a methodology for community mobilizers, activists and citizens groups to shift their attention from stating the problem to getting grievances addressed by environmental institutions. The guide is based on four years of work done by the paralegals of CPR-Namati Environment Justice Program to assist affected communities file complaints and seek remedies in over 150 cases of non-compliance in India.
We hope that this guide will help local organizations and community groups to address environmental conflicts and seek useful remedies for affected people.
For more CPR-Namati environmental justice paralegal tools, click here.
This resource is also available in English, French, Oriya, Hindi, Gujarati, and Bahasa Indonesian.
This is a list of legal publications and resources that are available online through external websites; they are helpful for community workers who are engaged in anti-violence work.
The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) was formed in April 1989. It started as a small collective formed to campaign for the release of a trade unionist – Femi Aborisade then being held under obnoxious State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree No. 2 of 1984. It later blossomed into a full-fledged human rights platform. It is a Non-Governmental Organisation whose membership is open to all, regardless of political, ethnic, racial or religious background.
CDHR activities include rendering legal aid and assistance to indigent victims of human rights violations, human rights campaigns and education-encompassing workshops, seminars and publications. Though a human rights Organisation, CDHR continues to play a leading role in championing the cause of restoring Nigeria to the path of genuine and popular democracy.
Sonkita is a Sierra Leonean lawyer and co-founder of Namati. He leads a team of community paralegals in Sierra Leone working with communities to secure their land rights and protect their environment. He has nearly 20 years’ of litigation experience and was a member of the General Legal Council, the body that regulates the legal profession in Sierra Leone. In 2017, he was named as one of the Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneurs of the Year. Sonkita is also a Tutu Leadership Fellow.
Selected Media and Publications:
HRAPF’s work is directed towards achieving equality, non-discrimination, and access to justice for the most marginalised groups in Uganda.
The site is designed to provide information about HRAPF, key developments in the field of human rights in Uganda, and access to the various publications that HRAPF has developed. It is updated periodically with the latest information.
Human Rights Awareness and promotion Forum (HRAPF) is an independent, non-partisan, Non-Governmental human rights advocacy organization. It was founded in 2008 by a group of freshly graduated lawyers and other professionals. HRAPF seeks to create awareness of human rights and provide legal support to the most marginalised groups as a means of stemming abuse of their human rights.
HRAPF is incorporated under the laws of Uganda.