Linked with Nimalka Fernando – Sri Lanka.
First: Go to APWLD, The Regional Feminist Legal Theory and Practice Training in collaboration with Women’s Studies Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, on 29 September – 6 October 2007. Download the information.pdf. (Attention: The last date for receiving applications will be July 20, 2007).
APWLD’s Homepage;
structure;
programmes;
publications;
networks and links;
contact.
- The concept of law includes the legal system as well as the customary practices;
- Law plays a critical role as it can promote or inhibit women’s access to resources as well as their participation in development processes;
- Legally sanctioned hierarchical gender structures, production modes and socio-cultural relations need to be seriously addressed by all stakeholders. New social structures require new legal instruments;
- Knowledge of the law, legal processes and one’s rights is a process of empowerment.