In 1985 BRAC initiated its Human Rights and Legal
Aid Services[i]
(HRLS) , using an empowerment approach based on education, a cadre of legal
outreach workers, and legal aid clinics aimed at protecting the rights of the
most vulnerable and halting violence against women and girls. A decade later
the effort was expanded to include gender justice training and outreach. Up to 5% of brac’s total staff emerged as
community outreach workers or “barefoot lawyers” with hundfeds of legal aid
clinics where vulnerable populations understand their rights and advocate for a
better quality life. It can be hugely instructive to search any asian nation applying
barefoot to a range of professions or creative services- whilst the roles
developed in any goal 1 poverty ending nation have diverse and nuanced
differences this will give you insights into the fabric of society ,
infrastructure flows both physical and digital and conscousness that top down
masters of administration never see as vital adaptive opportunities. If the UN
is to end greenwashing of sustainability goals the celebration let alone the
safety of barefoot climate lawyers, barefoot health lawyers, barefoot digital
wizards will need to be integrated into any transformative sdg movement.
[i] An
example pf searching brac barefoot lawyers leads to authoritative reports such
as https://www.openglobalrights.org/funding-for-human-rights-brac-experience/
BRAC Human Rights and Legal Aid Services (HRLS) programme is dedicated to protecting and promoting human rights of the poor and marginalised through legal empowerment. HRLS operates 517 Legal Aid Clinics in 61 of 64 districts across Bangladesh and is the largest NGO- led legal aid programme in the world.
recent update
Corinne Henchoz Pignani. Deputy Head of Cooperation, Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh
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