From 2014–2016, the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) helped to build the capacity of Guinean women’s and human rights organizations to increase access to formal and informal justice mechanisms by employing a range of legal strategies—including legal aid clinics, community-based paralegal networks, and strategic litigation—to protect and enforce women’s rights under Guinean law. The program, Increasing Women’s Access to Justice in Guinea, was funded by the United States Agency for International Development.
Increasing Women’s Access to Justice in Guinea
The legal aid clinics offered legal advice, mediation services, and referrals to providers of complementary services and to pro bono lawyers—when formal recourse through the justice system is necessary. Also, strategic litigation was used to protect and enforce women’s rights in rural communities.