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NATIONAL LEGAL RESEARCH DESK

The National Legal Research Desk is a outcome of last twelve years of intense activism and advocacy done by Shakti Vahini in the field of Human Trafficking, Violence Against Women, Domestic Violence and Child Rights.

The Constitution of India provides for special treatment of women, guarantees equality and prohibits discrimination. The government of India has been strengthening various laws focused on women and children. This has been more visible since the Beijing CEDAW Conference. The recent years have been witness to some landmark interpretations and directives related to Violence against Women.   Despite the constitutional mandate of equal legal status for men and women, the same is yet to be realized. The dejure laws have not been translated into defacto situation for various reasons such as illiteracy, social practices, prejudices, cultural norms based on patriarchal values, poor representation of women in policy-making, poverty, regional disparity in development, lack of access and opportunity to information and resources, etc. The ground situation more or less remains the same.

Most of the laws come with various institutional machinery, partnership between various stakeholders and active role of NGOs.  These institutions need to be in existence in order for the law to be effective. Also the policies and programmes made at the top takes a long time to percolate to the bottom and there is an urgent need of sharing information and resoursces.

 The awareness on laws and access to justice remains dismal. At the district and the state level sensitivity on women rights among judicial officers, administration and the police is very low. This leads to a situation where the implementation of the law becomes difficult.  Recently India has increased its budgetary support for the implementation of various laws on violence against women and it becomes increasingly more important for the organization like Shakti Vahini to work on governance specially related to women and children issuesThe National Legal Research Desk (NLRD) has been instituted to strengthen the implementation of the laws related to Women and Children in India. NLRD focuses on documenting the recent changes in the law, collect and compile the Recent Landmark Judgments of the Supreme Courts of India & the High Courts and ensure wide scale dissemination of the same through the government and the non government machinery. The NLRD will work with Law Enforcement Agencies, Police Academies, Judicial Agencies, Government Agencies, Statutory Agencies, NGOs, Civil Society and Mass Media on promoting Access to Justice for Women and Children. The NLRD website is a knowledge Hub for compilation of all Laws, Judgements and Resource materials on Violence against Women and Children in India. In the first phase (2012) it will focus on the laws related to Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, Juvenile Justice, Rape Laws, PCPNDT Act , Honour Crimes and Victim Compensation.

SHAKTI VAHINI

Shakti Vahini is a leading organization working in the field of Anti Trafficking , Violence Against Women , Women Rights, Child Rights, Health Issues , HIV/AIDS , Legal Aid , Legal Interventions, Training on Legal and Social Issues , Legal and Social Research , Human rights and Intervention for Policy Advocacy.

SHAKTI VAHINI PROMOTES AND DEFENDS THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE THROUGH

1. CAMPAIGNS to promote awareness and sensitization among

  • Communities
  • Govt. officials/Administration
  • Judiciary and Advocates
  • Youths/Students
  • Peoples Representatives

2. PUBLIC ACTION & EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS to secure and defend the Rights of individuals and communities through

  • Activism
  • Mass mobilization
  • Media Reporting and events
  • Legal Aid & Action
  • Effective Interventions through administrative instruments
  • Financial, infrastructure and moral- Support & Assistance

3. CAPACITY BUIDING through

  • Training and workshops
  • Leadership Creation

4. ADVOCACY

  • Alliance building & network formation
  • Creation of Youth Volunteers & promotion of Voluntary Action
  • Media advocacy
  • Advocacy for Policy Decisions

5. RESEARCH & DOCUMENTATION

  • Studies, Research, Analysis and Reports of the situation and facts
  • Guidance, support and assistance for research and documentation

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