🤝We invite you to this year’s ‘BarefootLaw Future Ideas Conference’, under the theme “Facilitating Legal Discourse: Lessons from the Next Generation.”
💡👩🏾🎓Come witness law students from various universities across Uganda deliberate on ideas of the future in Law to key stakeholders in the justice sector.
The Conference is a culmination of an innovative two-month internship program which empowered students to return to their communities, gaining firsthand experience with different justice processes, procedures, and the current state of access to justice in these areas.
Details:
🗓️9th of August 2023
⏱️at 9:00 a.m.
📹Youtube Live : https://t.co/VuG1qtnL11
▶️ Watch as Gerald Abila (@abila1914) , Chief Executive Officer & Founder of @barefootlaw_org, is presented as an Outstanding Social Innovator of the Year 2024 @wef 👉🏿https://t.co/N3ENXx1bZT
#wef24@commonwealthsec
👏🏿Join us in welcoming our Moderator👏🏿.
We are happy to announce that our #LAICON MC is 🥁🥁🥁Linda Alinda-Ikanza (@bihoogo).
She is a seasoned lawyer passionate about practising, teaching and innovating the Law. An innovator herself, Linda founded the Nkola App, which provides information on employment rights using the USSD Platform *217*207# in Uganda.
Linda's experience in litigation, academia, and innovating the Law makes her the right woman for the job!
As a long-term practitioner and able moderator, she will undoubtedly steer the conversations and discussions of the Conference in a direction that will evoke change.
Read the poster 👇🏿for more information.
🔗To Register, click here: https://t.co/a7Fa9f8F2S
🗣️Ladies & Gentlemen!
⚖️@barefootlaw_org invites all you champions of justice to join us at The Legal Aid and Innovation Conference (LAICON) 2023, where we shall celebrate a decade of Accelerating Justice through Legal Innovation.
LAICON is an annual event and platform where best practices and innovations in legal aid are shared across the field to foster linkages among institutions, NGOs, and individuals with a creative approach towards access to Justice as a necessary catalyst for improved legal aid service provision.
🤝🏿The remedy for reducing access to Justice challenges lies in rethinking what is possible. Through innovation, processes can be made efficient and more accessible for the communities that need them.
Event Details:
📅Date: 12th December 2023
🏡Venue: Kabira Country Club
With support from the @MottFoundation
More details on how to attend and register here: https://t.co/NjkVDm2eqQ
Women have the right to own and make decisions about property. The laws of Uganda say that any customs or traditions that stop or deny women the right to own property are unconstitutional.
#FATEProjectUG - From Access to Equality
#16DaysOfActivism2023#16Days2023
So close yet so far apart.
Today’s legal session features women from a Village Savings & Loans Association (VSLA) in Kyegegwa meeting with one of our legal officers @Shivanlinda1 in Kampala (193km apart). The group Q&A is discussing the laws governing VSLA practices in Uganda.
👏🏾Exciting News👏🏾
@barefootlaw_org is a finalist in the @schwabfound 2024 Social Innovation Awards🏆
In this article on the @wef website https://t.co/2F56e1hREj, our work is highlighted under the category “Harnessing the transformation power of AI”.
Congratulations team👏🏾🎊
🇲🇼Muli Bwanji, Malawi🇲🇼
The time has come to award the winners of the Justice Innovator Recognition Challenge.
Join us to celebrate the achievements of grassroots justice innovators in Malawi here 👉🏿 https://t.co/948At4vU6A…
Date: Friday 27 Oct, 23
⏰: 8a.m. – 12 p.m. (CAT)
Congratulations to @BarefootLaw_Org on a decade of using digital technology to provide free legal information to #Commonwealth citizens, empowering them to access the justice system.
It is part of an active network of more than 80 Commonwealth accredited organisations.
Thank you @commonwealthsec !
It is an honour to be Commonwealth accredited. We look forward to working with you to promote social justice and human rights through the use of innovative legal solutions.
#BFLat10
OH UGANDA! MAY GOD UPHOLD THEE
This October, we are running a legal series where we shall discuss aspects of the law within the Uganda National Anthem. In this video, Allan discusses what it means for a country to be regarded as a secular state.
https://t.co/RIT6EIyVTa
Tick tock ⏰ ⏰
Have you reserved your online spot yet? If you have not, go ahead and reserve a spot using this link: https://t.co/scpU2Yw5QA
📍 Humanity Hub
⏰: 15:30- 18:30 CET
The team @barefootlaw_org was privileged to have Judge Anne Williams join our Monday morning check-in where we discuss our plans for the week. “It is an honour being a part of dreamers who know how to make dreams come true” ~Judge Williams speaking this morning.
@FMukurarinda from the @GIZAfricanUnion called on CSOs present to not ignore the challenges facing the Free Movement Protocol but to address them head on and highlight how the benefits outweigh the challenges.
@Isaac_JOtim is in Kigali,Rwanda representing BarefootLaw at the WEHUBIT Digital Social Innovation Workshop. The workshop brings together 24 partner projects in 11 African countries for the closing of #Wehubit 1.0.
📷 from @EnabelinRwanda#SocialDigitalInnovation
Technology continues to amaze us with the opportunities it provides for us to empower people with the law. Today, we are VIRTUALLY training district leaders over 300 kilometers away in Omoro on a variety of legal issues e.g. GBV, land disputes, jurisdiction of LCs among others.
“If we can all step out of our shells & do something to improve the lives of people around us, then slowly, we can change the justice outcomes for the most underserved communities,” @theKwizera, Director of Strategy & Partnerships @barefootlaw_org says during his welcome remarks.
The 6 innovators have presented the impactful work they do in their respective communities in Kenya.
Their work in areas of
cost reductions, procedures/processes, access to knowledge, improvements in perceptions, solving physical barrier challenges are all very inspirational.
🇰🇪 Watu wa Kenya!
Thank you for owning the process of supporting grassroots #justice innovators who are improving the lives of millions around the country.
We invite you to celebrate these innovators this Friday, 11th Aug.
💺Reserve your spot here: https://t.co/ytynsz2bnv