Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya

The World Bank's Justice for the Poor (J4P) program seeks to gain a deeper understanding of local level justice processes, in order to identify pragmatic ways to allow access to justice for the poor and marginalized. Reform programs in all sec...

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Main Author:	Chopra, Tanja
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2018
Subjects:	ACCESS TO JUSTICE BARRIERS TO WOMEN COMMUNITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES CUSTOMARY LAW DEMOCRACY EQUAL RIGHTS EXTREME POVERTY GENDER GENDER AWARENESS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER IMBALANCE HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS JUSTICE LAWS PROTECTION OF WOMEN RIGHT SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIETY USAID VALUE SYSTEMS WELFARE STATE WIDOW WIDOWS WILL WOMAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS JUSTICE FOR THE POOR
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829131468089394291/Promoting-womens-rights-by-indigenous-means-an-innovative-project-in-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30537

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spelling	okr-10986-305372021-04-23T14:04:57Z Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya Chopra, Tanja ACCESS TO JUSTICE BARRIERS TO WOMEN COMMUNITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES CUSTOMARY LAW DEMOCRACY EQUAL RIGHTS EXTREME POVERTY GENDER GENDER AWARENESS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER IMBALANCE HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS JUSTICE LAWS PROTECTION OF WOMEN RIGHT SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIETY USAID VALUE SYSTEMS WELFARE STATE WIDOW WIDOWS WILL WOMAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS JUSTICE FOR THE POOR The World Bank's Justice for the Poor (J4P) program seeks to gain a deeper understanding of local level justice processes, in order to identify pragmatic ways to allow access to justice for the poor and marginalized. Reform programs in all sectors often ignore the value systems, social structures and realities of the local communities they address, therefore delivering mixed results. Further innovative programs are required to foster meaningful connections between local social structures and value systems and official justice institutions. The key to success will be the ability of different systems to adapt. Interventions may adjust the official system to local realities, but another possible focus is on the transformation of cultural values of individual communities. Processes of transformation allow change to be set in motion from within a society itself. This can mean that positive values are emphasized and re-instated where lost or negative values are transformed into positive ones. The effect is that state institutions can gain legitimacy in the eyes of local communities, and official rights are promoted. Learning from Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC's) project and similarly innovative interventions, J4P research will focus on socio-cultural values, in order to develop spaces for local debates over values and in order to determine the appropriate agents for change at the local level. 2018-10-09T20:20:00Z 2018-10-09T20:20:00Z 2007-07 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829131468089394291/Promoting-womens-rights-by-indigenous-means-an-innovative-project-in-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30537 English Justice for the Poor Briefing Note;1(2) CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Kenya
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topic	ACCESS TO JUSTICE BARRIERS TO WOMEN COMMUNITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES CUSTOMARY LAW DEMOCRACY EQUAL RIGHTS EXTREME POVERTY GENDER GENDER AWARENESS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER IMBALANCE HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS JUSTICE LAWS PROTECTION OF WOMEN RIGHT SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIETY USAID VALUE SYSTEMS WELFARE STATE WIDOW WIDOWS WILL WOMAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS JUSTICE FOR THE POOR
spellingShingle	ACCESS TO JUSTICE BARRIERS TO WOMEN COMMUNITIES CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION COURT CULTURAL DIFFERENCES CUSTOMARY LAW DEMOCRACY EQUAL RIGHTS EXTREME POVERTY GENDER GENDER AWARENESS GENDER EQUALITY GENDER IMBALANCE HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INHERITANCE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS JUSTICE LAWS PROTECTION OF WOMEN RIGHT SOCIAL CHANGES SOCIETY USAID VALUE SYSTEMS WELFARE STATE WIDOW WIDOWS WILL WOMAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS JUSTICE FOR THE POOR Chopra, Tanja Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya
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description	The World Bank's Justice for the Poor (J4P) program seeks to gain a deeper understanding of local level justice processes, in order to identify pragmatic ways to allow access to justice for the poor and marginalized. Reform programs in all sectors often ignore the value systems, social structures and realities of the local communities they address, therefore delivering mixed results. Further innovative programs are required to foster meaningful connections between local social structures and value systems and official justice institutions. The key to success will be the ability of different systems to adapt. Interventions may adjust the official system to local realities, but another possible focus is on the transformation of cultural values of individual communities. Processes of transformation allow change to be set in motion from within a society itself. This can mean that positive values are emphasized and re-instated where lost or negative values are transformed into positive ones. The effect is that state institutions can gain legitimacy in the eyes of local communities, and official rights are promoted. Learning from Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC's) project and similarly innovative interventions, J4P research will focus on socio-cultural values, in order to develop spaces for local debates over values and in order to determine the appropriate agents for change at the local level.
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title	Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya
title_short	Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya
title_full	Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya
title_fullStr	Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya
title_full_unstemmed	Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya
title_sort	promoting women's rights by indigenous means : an innovative project in kenya
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2018
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/829131468089394291/Promoting-womens-rights-by-indigenous-means-an-innovative-project-in-Kenya http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30537
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Promoting Women's Rights by Indigenous Means : An Innovative Project in Kenya

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