Access to Justice - A District Lawyer Initiative

This unique project of training and fellowships to women lawyers was initiated in 2003. The main aim of the project was to disseminate legal literacy to women in rural areas and to help them access the formal justice delivery system. This was to be achieved through training and sensitizing women lawyers from district towns and awarding annual fellowships to a select few among them. The programme has had ripple effect throughout the State of Maharashtra and has helped to strengthen women’s rights and human rights in smaller cities and district towns. Every year around 80-100 women lawyers were given training and orientation. From this larger group around 10-12 lawyers were selected for an annual fellowship. At the conclusion of the four years of this project, we have brought out a report titled, Access to Justice.