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Women's Legal Rights
Advancing Women's Rights Globally
Length of Activity: November 2001 - October 2005
Objective: Together, with partnering national organizations, the
Georgetown Human Rights Clinic used international, regional, national,
and comparative human rights law to improve the status of women.
Focuses included: domestic violence, reforming discriminatory marital
property, inheritance and land ownership law, polygamy, ending employment
discrimination, political empowerment, and ending trafficking in women.
NGO attorneys worked with Clinic faculty and students to develop proposed
legislation, litigation, and human rights reports to enforce women's human
rights. The local partners then used public education, collaboration with
other civil society organizations, lobbying and litigation to bring these
rights to fruition.
Activities: The implementing partner identified and worked with the
following organizations: Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa-Ghana
(LAWA-Ghana), a Ghanaian women's rights NGO; Law and Advocacy for Women-Uganda
(LAW-Uganda), a Ugandan women's rights NGO; the Women's Legal Aid Centre, a
Tanzanian women's rights NGO; and the Women's Rights and Protection Alternative
(WRAPA), a Nigerian women's rights NGO.
 Advancing Women's Rights GLobally: Consolidated Quarterly Reports, 2002-2003 August 2004, PDF 153K
Protecting Women's Legal Rights in Mexico, Colombia, and Dominican
Republic
Length of Activity: September 2001 - September 2003
Objective: This activity supported community-based efforts to
protect women's legal rights in Colombia, Dominican Republic, and Mexico with
primary emphasis on gender violence and secondary emphasis on trafficking in
women/sex tourism.
Goals included: increasing the capacity of women to
understand and defend their legal rights; supporting innovative programs
that increase awareness of and protect women from rights violations in
gender violence and trafficking in women/sex tourism; generating constructive
community responses to violations of women's legal rights; connecting
organizations working on behalf of women's legal rights; and promoting the
sharing of best practices.
Activities: The implementing partner offered three capacity building
workshops in each country to NGOs working on women's legal rights. Grants were
made to 18 organizations conducting innovative work within the countries, in
addition to providing ongoing technical assistance.
Protecting Women's Legal Rights in
Mexico, Colombia and the Dominican
Republic: Final Report 2003, PDF 153K
NGO Small Grants Program
Length of Activity: September 2000 - November 2002
Objective: The NGO Small Grants Program provided grants of $25,000 or
less to 22 NGOs in 21 developing countries in Africa and Asia to strengthen
women's rights in the area of property and inheritance rights. Grantees were
active in four countries in Africa (Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, and Tanzania) and
in four countries in Asia (Bangladesh, Cambodia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) with
the support and approval of USAID Missions.
Grants were also awarded in
the areas of Conservation-based Economic Opportunities for Women, and Women's
Working Conditions (also see Economic Growth).
Activities: Two central approaches were taken. First, activities that
advocated, reported on, or sought to inform women and/or governmental officials
(executive branch or praliamentarians) and judicial and legal professionals
about women's property and inheritance rights. And, second, activities that
focused on a consolidated effort or approach among the NGO and government
community to address issues of property and inheritance rights.
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