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The Women & Justice Collection, a project of the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School, seeks to facilitate the use of comparative and international law to advance access to justice, equality under the law and, ultimately, socioeconomic autonomy for women around the globe. The funds raised in this crowdfunding campaign will support law student field work in Southern Africa and provide legal resources that advance gender justice worldwide.
What your donation supports:
The Women & Justice Collection provides free online access to global gender justice resources organized by country, region, and international mechanism. It is the first and largest vetted and searchable database of its kind. To further develop the collection and advance its mission, gifts to this campaign will allow Cornell law students to:
- Work for local gender justice advocacy organizations around the world (this first round will take place in Cape Town, South Africa)
- Partner with University of Cape Town law students to conduct in-depth, in-country research of gender justice in South Africa
- Analyze the treatment of gender issues and women’s access to justice, including recommendations for establishing the equal application of the rule of law and women’s socioeconomic autonomy
With your gift, our student researchers can offer legal tools for advocates in the field, create and publish “Know Your Rights” guides in multiple languages, and conduct interviews with local women and gender justice NGOs in South Africa.
Why it matters:
Despite significant advances toward equal rights for women and girls in access to education, workforce participation, and equal treatment under the law, much work still needs to be done. In addition to giving practical training to the next generation of gender justice lawyers, your donation helps advance women’s access to justice and uniform enforcement of the rule of law.
By donating to Women & Justice, you’ll help us bridge the disconnect between the law and on-the-ground realities for women worldwide and close the gap on gender inequality.
Thank you for your support!
Every little bit counts! Show your support for women's access to justice worldwide.
Well-fueled interviewers get more done! We'll be doing a lot of traveling in late May: from New York → Johannesburg → Durban → Cape Town. This donation will pay for travel supplies and healthy meals to keep the team nourished.
Gifts at this level will cover the costs of visiting two gender justice NGOs in Johannesburg. We will meet with advocates working to achieve gender equality in South Africa.
Traveling from interview to interview adds up! This will pay for an entire day of interview costs for our five-person team in Durban.
Fund 30 hours of work for one of our South African law student researchers. For a true international and comparative law collaboration, our students will partner with a University of Cape Town law student for the interviews.
This donation provides funding for student researchers to develop a "Know Your Rights" guide for South African gender justice law in English and Afrikaans. Our core mission is to provide free access to gender justice legal resources so anyone can understand these laws and how they function throughout the world.
Fund the creation and publication of Women & Justice students research reports on women's access to justice in South Africa. Help us elevate the voices of the South African women we interview about their gender justice needs!
Fund round-trip travel from New York to Johannesburg for the American research team and give practical training to the next generation of gender justice lawyers.
Fund an entire eight-week internship at a women's rights organization in South Africa for a Women & Justice student researcher. We are offering two internships in the summer of 2020, which are integral to our students' understanding of global and domestic gender justice issues.