Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative
Funders:
United Nations Trust Fund (UNTF)
Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative is funded by United Nations Trust Fund. UN Women’s South Asia Regional Office in New Delhi, India supports the grant provided to Lawyers Collective Women’s Rights Initiative. UN Women stands behind women’s equal participation in all aspects of life, focusing on five priority areas: increasing women’s leadership and participation, ending violence against women and girls, engaging women in all aspects of peace and security processes, enhancing women’s economic empowerment and making gender equality central to national development planning and budgeting.
Partners:
National Commission for Women (NCW)
LCWRI has developed partnership with National Commission for Women (NCW) over the course of past several years. NCW has provided LCWRI valuable support in conducting the monitoring and evaluation of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDVA). The National Commission for Women was set up as statutory body in January 1992, under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 ( Act No. 20 of 1990 of Govt. of India) to review the Constitutional and legal safeguards for women; recommend remedial legislative measures, facilitate redress of grievances and advise the Government on all policy matters affecting women.
International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW)
LCWRI in close partnership with ICRW has been conducting the monitoring and evaluation of PWDVA. ICRW has provided substantial support for data collection, for monitoring the implementation of PWDVA. The International Centre for Research on Women (ICRW) is a global research institute with headquarters in Washington, D.C., and regional offices in Nairobi, Kenya, and New Delhi, India. ICRW's mission is to empower women, advance gender equality and fight poverty in the developing world. To accomplish this, ICRW works with partners to conduct empirical research, build capacity and advocate for evidence-based, practical ways to change policies and programs.
Centre for Budget and Government Accountability (CBGA)
LCWRI has worked with CBGA to analyze budgetary allocation under PWDVA. CBGA is a proactive, enabling and learning organisation, which promotes transparent and accountable governance, people's participation in the discourse and processes of governance; and a pro-people and rights based policy environment, equity and social justice.
Oxfam-India
LCWRI has been working with Oxfam-India on issues of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace and on issue related to gender justice. Oxfam India works in partnership with 200 grassroots NGOs to address root causes of absolute poverty and inequality in the four areas of economic justice, essential services, gender justice and humanitarian response and disaster risk reduction (DRR). Oxfam India’s program is focused on seven States – Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand – and four social groups – Dalits, tribals, Muslims, and women.
