Access to Justice

Objective 1: Promote access to justice for women and children;

Intervention:

�        Sensitize communities on laws relating to gender, GBV and those that promote empowerment of women and men in communities.

�        Provide legal advice to people in the community.

�        Provide strategic litigation to women and children.

Objective 2: Improve quality of services being provided by different service providers.

Interventions: 

�        Provide capacity building for service providers using appropriate approaches (specific/multi sectoral approaches).

�        Provide relevant materials and tools to enhance service provision.

Objective 3: Build the capacity of communities (women and men in Zambia to report cases of injustice/ abuse and ensure the cases go through the justice process

Intervention:

�        Train paralegals and provide them with relevant tools and materials to enhance service provision.

�        Sensitize Communities on human rights laws such as the Anti GBV Act No 1 of 2011, Intestate Succession Act chapter 59 of the Laws of Zambia.

�        Train traditional and faith leaders on gender and the law (customary and statutory). 

�        Interrogate customary by-laws to ensure conformity to human rights principles and statutory law.

�        Partner with other relevant stakeholders providing further services to the community.