We work with local partners and the Lao government to improve governance and access to justice for all citizens, advance women’s rights and opportunities, help communities manage development and safeguard their natural environment, increase access to information, and promote Laos’ international cooperation. [...] Increasing attention to environment and climate change in national and local development strategies Trained 67 local government staff and village authorities on habitat assessment and community mapping to support improved and better-informed water resources and related development planning processes. [...] Our work strengthens the ability of law enforcement, community leaders, shelters, and other actors to identify survivors and refer them to support and legal services, as well as better equip local legal service providers to help prosecutors and survivors in holding perpetrators to account. [...] Strengthening legislative research Credible parliamentary research is critical; concerns Legal aid and access to justice such as land ownership, economic growth, and Under the Legal Aid Support Program, the Foundation infrastructure planning are increasing pressure on the has assisted the Ministry of Justice and the Lao Bar National Assembly and People’s Provincial Assemblies Association in expand. [...] Legal aid offices and Legislative Studies research team to deliver research clinics make justice more affordable for the poor and on a range of diverse subjects and to respond to vulnerable, especially women, children, and minority urgent, high-level requests related to upcoming populations, and provide legal information and advice.
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- 800 community members trained on gender-based violence human trafficking laws. 1
- 111 new legal aid offices and clinics opened 30 young women received funding for university degrees in STEM-related fields 1
- More inclusive and participatory governance mechanisms 1
- Fairer more just and more accessible legal systems services and decision-making 1
- Increasing opportunities for womens education employment and entrepreneurship 1
- Expanding economic opportunities through reading and digital literacy skills education reform STEM and workforce development 1
- Increasing attention to environment and climate change in national and local development strategies 1
- Digital upskilling for MSMEs 2
- Supporting survivors of trafficking 2
- Strengthening legislative research 2
- Legal aid and access to justice 2
- Community-based solutions for the environment 2
