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  • Anti-Discrimination Toolbox

    January 30, 2023 |

    Transitions Online |

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    Response Location: Poland

    The Center for Belarusian Solidarity provides legal advice, information, and support to Belarusian migrants who face discrimination in Poland due to their country's relationship with Russia. Lawyers from the center can help advocate for refugees at visa centers or refer them to the Commissioner for Human Rights in more severe cases of discrimination.

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  • An initiative is securing justice for rape survivors but faces a heap of challenges

    August 20, 2022 |

    Social Voices |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Cross River

    The Basic Rights Counsel Initiative provides free legal representation, emergency shelter, and psychological support to survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Nigeria's Cross River state. In a country where prosecutions can be hampered by ineffective or under-resourced institutions, the organization has filed 822 court cases and secured 30 arrests and convictions.

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  • Decongesting Nigerian correctional facilities through Technology

    June 17, 2022 |

    Pulse Nigeria |

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    Response Location: Nigeria

    Headfort Foundation provides free legal services to people who can’t afford lawyers. Through their app, Lawyers NowNow, users can access free legal advice and get connected to pro bono lawyers. The group of all-female lawyers work exclusively with people who do not have the resources to hire lawyers, especially those that have been victims of police brutality or wrongfully incarcerated. The group has worked on over 1,000 cases in three years and secured the release of almost 300 people in that time.

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  • More Public Defense Spending

    April 28, 2022 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    The Defender Association of Philadelphia practices community-oriented public defense — also known as "holistic defense" — to connect clients with support services and resources that help address the root causes of crimes. The association works with social workers, investigators, and paralegals to get clients access to housing, food, jobs, and healthcare, as well as mental health and substance use treatment, with more than 150 people referred to treatment providers between September 2016 and January 2017.

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  • Women lawyers provide free legal support for SGBV Survivors in Oyo State

    November 05, 2021 |

    Agidigbo 88.7 FM |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Oyo State

    The International Federation of Women Lawyers provides free legal support for Sexual and Gender-based violence Survivors in Oyo state. Many women cannot afford a legal challenge against a rapist or other perpetrator of violence and the federation has provided services to tens of thousands of women over the past 30 years.

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  • These Guides Help Defendants Avoid the Legal System's Boobytraps

    September 13, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    The nationwide nonprofit Partners for Justice aids public defender offices and their clients, helping to close gaps that can turn into unfair outcomes in criminal cases and repeated failures guaranteeing incarceration. Advocates get posted for two years to assist underfunded public defenders in multiple cities. The help can include gathering evidence to aid in clients' defense. But it goes beyond that to helping them and their families navigate bureaucracies so that their lives can be stable enough to avoid more criminal legal entanglements.

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  • One Year Of Right To Counsel In Cleveland Gives Low Income Tenants Facing Eviction A Lifeline

    July 01, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

    Tenants in Cleveland can qualify for access to legal representation in eviction hearings through the Right to Counsel program. Similar programs across the country have resulted in high rates of success, with up to 85 percent of renters avoiding eviction.

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  • Helpline Fills Gaps in Local Housing Assistance

    June 29, 2021 |

    KDNK Community Radio |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Roaring Fork Valley, Colorado

    Bridging Resources is a helpline launched by a group of nonprofits that connects residents to existing services. Bilingual operators field calls and connect callers to agencies that can provide food, rental assistance, childcare, and legal advice among other services. The operators actually call the agencies with residents on the line to ensure the connection is made. Seventy-eight callers received assistance in the helpline’s first ten weeks, split almost evenly between English and Spanish speakers, which reinforced the importance of providing bilingual assistance.

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  • Minneapolis Lawyers Uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act

    May 17, 2021 |

    The Imprint |

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    Response Location: United States, Minnesota

    The 43-year-old Indian Child Welfare Act continues to make a "profound" difference to Native American families and tribes, despite being under frequent legal attacks. The law limits the placement of Native children in non-Native foster or adoptive homes, to preserve families and Native culture. Helping parents stabilize their families is preferred over removing children. Native children are still removed from their families and culture at disproportionately high rates. But a review of 40 cases handled by the ICWA Law Center in Minnesota showed "clear benefit for the children it is designed to protect."

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  • Raising the curtain on sex and sexism in Italian theatre

    May 13, 2021 |

    News48 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Amleta combats gender inequality in the theater industry on several fronts. The group, which began with 28 founding members and quickly grew to almost 400, conducted the first survey of the industry, finding a significant pay gap for women, who make up only about 15% of playwrights and directors and 37% of actors. Gender Wednesdays, weekly online trainings by experts in the field, is one way they support women’s professional development. They also provide economic, legal, and emotional support for women whose nude images were lifted from videos of theatrical performances and posted on pornographic websites.

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