Women and Girls Rights Advocacy Uganda
WAGRAU Educates and Empowers Women and Girls to demand their legal HUMAN RIGHTS, while supporting them with the POWER of pro bono Legal Representation.
PRO-BONO Legal Representation
Marginalized Women and Girls in Uganda cannot afford Legal Representation.
Laws protecting women in Uganda are quite progressive, however rarely are they applied since few can afford it.
WAGRAU provides PRO-BONO representation, consultation and mediation to vulnerable women and girls in Uganda.
Women's Health & Safety
Women and Girls in CRISIS in remote villages have nowhere to go to receive protective care and legal advice. WAGRAU provides short term EMERGENCY safe housing, consultation, mediation and if necessary - representation.
Community Advocacy
In remote villages, ancient cultural and social norms often RULE the local communities including: girl marriage, forced marriage, devaluing the education of girls, theft shame surrounding menstruation, rape and domestic abuse.
WAGRAU conducts outreach workshops and awareness gatherings alongside community leaders to inform the community about Women and Girls’ RIGHTS and Ugandan LAW.
EMPOWERMENT
WAGRAU strongly believes in EMPOWERING the motivated women we serve to lift themselves out of extreme poverty. Extreme poverty regularly leads to disempowered life choices, and often violent relationships and marriages - out of their desperation.
