In Bangladesh, around 6,000 “barefoot lawyers” have been trained by the country's biggest NGO under its human rights and legal services [1] (HRLS) program, reports Scott Macmillan at BRAC blog [2]. These women act as one-woman mobile legal services clinics for the poor, especially women in rural areas where the traditional justice system tends to stack the odds against them.
Barefoot Lawyers Empowering Rural Bangladeshi Women
· Written by Rezwan
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