The paper explored current approaches to legal aid and weather they effectively incorporate legal empowerment strategies for vulnerable women in Uganda. The conception and application of legal empowerment of the poor was analyzed from a capabilities perspective informed by “development as freedom ” focusing on women. The study presented an investigation on how one can bring together the theoretical insights of legal empowerment with a study of current practices and perceptions of legal aid and legal empowerment in advancing women’s access to justice. By doing so it contributed to the broader discussion on the role of law and development in empowering disadvantaged and vulnerable people, as well as expanding their freedoms, as the link betwe...
Improving women’s ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase ge...
There has been a dramatic surge of legal empowerment programming over the past ten years in post-con...
The paper deals with the concept of legal capacity as advanced in the United Nations Convention on t...
The paper explored current approaches to legal aid and weather they effectively incorporate legal em...
How law can aid development has been the focus of much recent discussion among development workers, ...
This research, carried out by a legal aid lawyer with the government’s Legal Aid Directorate, seek...
Reforms to improve poor people’s access to justice and to promote their legal empowerment comprise t...
Around the world, a global legal empowerment movement is transforming the way in which people access...
This article examines the concept of access to justice and the challenges vulnerable and marginalis...
How law can aid development has been the focus of much recent discussion among development workers, ...
Legal empowerment as a theoretical and practical concept has gained increasing attention in internat...
Many marginalised groups face difficulties in accessing essential services, such as housing, health ...
Realizing constitutional rights (equality before the law) and access to justice (access to law and j...
The legal empowerment approach is a recent attempt to be specific about the role of institutions for...
The term “legal aid” is most commonly defined as state-funded legal advice, assistance, and represen...
Improving women’s ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase ge...
There has been a dramatic surge of legal empowerment programming over the past ten years in post-con...
The paper deals with the concept of legal capacity as advanced in the United Nations Convention on t...
The paper explored current approaches to legal aid and weather they effectively incorporate legal em...
How law can aid development has been the focus of much recent discussion among development workers, ...
This research, carried out by a legal aid lawyer with the government’s Legal Aid Directorate, seek...
Reforms to improve poor people’s access to justice and to promote their legal empowerment comprise t...
Around the world, a global legal empowerment movement is transforming the way in which people access...
This article examines the concept of access to justice and the challenges vulnerable and marginalis...
How law can aid development has been the focus of much recent discussion among development workers, ...
Legal empowerment as a theoretical and practical concept has gained increasing attention in internat...
Many marginalised groups face difficulties in accessing essential services, such as housing, health ...
Realizing constitutional rights (equality before the law) and access to justice (access to law and j...
The legal empowerment approach is a recent attempt to be specific about the role of institutions for...
The term “legal aid” is most commonly defined as state-funded legal advice, assistance, and represen...
Improving women’s ability to securely access land is recognized as an effective means to increase ge...
There has been a dramatic surge of legal empowerment programming over the past ten years in post-con...
The paper deals with the concept of legal capacity as advanced in the United Nations Convention on t...