Education of young legal professionals on women’s rights, including on VAW and Domestic Violence through the Women’s Human Rights Training Institute/WHRTI/
Providing four in- person session 5 days each for two years, with two moot- court sessions including on the issues of VAW and DV, providing skills and knowledge in international law, teaching also a group of about 15 Bulgarian lawyers since 2004 who are aware and litigate also on VAW issues.
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Funding body
OSI
Aims and objectives
To teach young lawyers on international law and how to use it for litigating on women’s rights, including on VAW; to create groups of aware lawyers in the different countries of Eastern Europe; to develop legal education on women’s rights in Eastern Europe
Results and impact
equipping especially the Bulgarian lawyers with the knowledge and skill needed and ensuring support for making cases/ about 10 cases so far/ in national courts and on the international arena.
Creator/owner/responsible institution
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation/ in cooperation with foreign partners- the Center for Reproductive Rights- NY and the Network of East- West Women- Gdansk/
Stakeholder, Firstname: Albena
Stakeholder, Family name: Koycheva
Additional information
Duration: 2 years
Periodicity: every 2 years
Nr of beneficiaries: 60