The power of law in her hands: Building the legal capacity of England's Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Women’s Sector
Grant: £50,000
November 9, 2016
This project will deliver a legal education/capacity building programme to support the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) women’s sector in England. The project seeks to address the current legal capacity gap in the sector, to build confidence in using law as a tool to achieve better social outcomes and remedies for BAME women victims of violence, to enhance the capacity of the BAME women’s sector to monitor State obligations under domestic and international human rights law.
The project has 4 work streams:
- Legal Education.
- Legal Access.
- Legal Evidence Gathering.
- Legal Advocacy/Stakeholder Education.
| Increase Public Understanding | Advance High Quality Thinking | Increase Access to Employment |
| Staff in Voluntary Sector | ||
| Implications of Brexit | Legal Needs in Healthcare Settings | Influence the Online Court |
| Develop Robust Evidence Base | ||
| Understand Role of Technology | ||
| Law Reform, Policy and Regulation | ||
| Communications to Disseminate Learning | ||
