LEGAL RIGHTS AWARENESS PROGRAMME
About 70% of the people are living in rural areas and most of them are illiterate and even more than that percentage of the people are not aware of the rights conferred upon them by law. Even substantial number of the literate people living in the cities and villages do not know what are their rights and entitlements under the law. It is this absence of legal awareness which is responsible for the deception, exploitation and deprivation of rights and benefits from which the people suffer in the state. The miserable condition in which the people find themselves can be alleviated to some extent by creating legal awareness amongst the people.
SAVE Trust conducts Legal Awareness campaign to enable women and girls to know their legal rights and to understand the procedures and methods of access to the legal systems.
Some important issues taken up by us included:
- Gender and Law Enforcement
- Impact of Dowry Harassment of Women
- Sexual Harassment at Workplace
- Women in Detention
- Political Empowerment of Women