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PRLP Grants Program Results and Achievements PRLP Grants Program Results and Achievements Grant Results and Accomplishments 2014-2018 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Promoting the Rule of Law Project (PRLP) is a five-year (2013-2018), $15.9 million project that supports the U.S. Government’s strategic foreign assistance priority for Myanmar to consolidate its democracy to become more inclusive, accountable, and responsive to its people through good governance and protection of human rights. Implemented by Tetra Tech DPK, the Project supports the goals of USAID’s mission to strengthen institutions to promote good governance, the rule of law and human rights, and expand space for civil society organizations (CSOs) and the media to support democratic transition. PRLP provides technical assistance, capacity development, and grants to build local capabilities to achieve and sustain the following objectives: • To promote more effective, accountable, and accessible justice sector institutions • To increase legal literacy, access to justice, and the participation of marginalized populations in target states and regions • To support development of a comprehensive strategy for national rule of law reform • To enhance the capacities of the Union Attorney General’s Office (UAGO) • To provide support for judicial self/governance and judicial reform • To develop capacity of civil society to engage in public policy development and advocacy. During the life of the project, PRLP provided 41 grants to 34 different organizations totaling more than $2.5 million dollars. The grants focused on improving access to justice, raising awareness of legal rights, and protecting human rights. Results included improved access to justice for marginalized communities by providing direct legal aid services for 5,521 people (2,976/M and 2,545/F), 5,470 legal rights awareness events for 51,204 individuals, and capacity development for 998 community paralegals. Grantees have trained 21,671 individuals (8,564/M and 13,107/F) on legal awareness, human rights, women’s rights, advocacy, legal service skills, child protection referral systems, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights. Some of the achievements of each grantee are featured below: GRANTEE ACHIEVEMENTS Targeted Region/State Initiatives – grants awarded in 2014 Equality Myanmar identified paralegals in Pyay, Mawlamyaing and Hlaing Thayar Township and completed a 9-day paralegal and human rights training for 23 paralegals. They organized an LGBT Network in these three townships and facilitated monthly network meetings. They also provided legal aid support for 264 cases that benefited 806 people and distributed 6,000 pamphlets and posters. In a follow-on grant, Equality Myanmar provided court representation for 10 cases, legal advice for 140 cases, and documentation support for 78 cases. They organized 3 paralegal experience sharing meetings, 5 monthly coordination meetings, and 1 lawyer meeting for the LGBT community. They also produced 2 documentary films and published paralegal/lawyer guidebooks, distributing 71 sets of the film and guidebooks to targeted LGBT groups. 1 Karenni National Women’s Organization (KNWO) established a safe house for victim assistance in Loikaw Township in Kayah state where they provided psychosocial support, counseling, and community reintegration for 63 gender-based violence (GBV) survivors. KNWO conducted 8 coordination meetings with local women’s organizations, NGOs, and government departments such as Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Department of Health (DOH), and others. In coordination with local partners, KNWO organized an International Women's Day event for 568 people (M/149 and F/419) from the 7 townships in Kayah State. They completed training of trainers (TOT) on GBV, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and Human Rights for 425 participants (M/141 and F/284) from 28 villages in 7 townships. They also conducted a GBV campaign in 28 villages with 937 people (M/380 and F/557). EQUAL focused on legal literacy, awareness of rights, legal aid, policy change, and law reform, especially for female sex workers (FSW) in Yangon, Bago Region, and Mon State. Equal provided legal representation in 90 cases and legal advice in another 190 cases. Equal trained 6 paralegals who conducted 1,020 outreach visits for pre-trial mediations and helped 36 clients to access HIV-related treatments who were in police custody. Equal also completed 3 FSW research reports that were presented in 3 regional stakeholders meetings. Phoenix Association. The Promoting Knowledge and Changing Public Attitudes Project focused on enhancing human rights awareness among local communities and improved access to justice through stakeholder dialogues. Phoenix conducted 100 civic education training sessions reaching approximately 2,500 participants and 20 basic legal knowledge training sessions for approximately 500 participants. They also conducted a base-line and end-line KAP (knowledge, attitude and practice) survey in Hlaing Thayar Township on human rights. In a follow-on activity, Phoenix extended their activities to Shwe Pyi Thar Township, organizing 40 civic education trainings for 953 people (M/454 and F/499) and 10 basic legal awareness sessions for 260 people (M/139 and F/121). The also conducted a legal related KAP base-line and end-line survey in Shwe Pyi Thar, which they combined with the previous findings from Hlaing Thayar and presented to 225 people (M/147 and F/78). Additionally, Phoenix provided informational materials including civic education handbooks and legal service mapping booklets to the public. BABSEACLE enhanced Clinical Legal Education (CLE) programs to strengthen legal education reform and support marginalized communities. BABSEA facilitated the placement of 10 final year law students from Queensland University of Technology in Myanmar universities for two weeks to conduct legal English training with over 400 participants including law teachers and law students. BABSEA also placed three International Clinicians in Residence, one in each university for six weeks in Taungoo and Mawlamyaing, and University of Distance Education in Yangon. Three International Mentors were also assigned for teaching strategic planning, grant writing, and proposals, English language support and CLE development. BABSEA also organized mock trial workshops, a CLE summer school event, interviewing and counseling skill workshops, a CLE mock trial curriculum development workshop, and an ethical practice of client centered lawyering workshop for 423 2 participants (M/95 and F/328). Ratana Metta Organization (RMO) provided legal aid to 50 clients and established a Community Support Group (CSG) with 30 members in Hlaing Tharyar Township. The CSG strengthened legal literacy, improved access to justice, and increased legal awareness of children and women. RMO conducted 13 events for 203 youth (M/74 and F/129) on legal, child, and human rights, health knowledge, special marriage law, drug law, and anti-trafficking in person law. Legal and human rights awareness trainings were also conducted for CSG members to promote their knowledge and capacities. U Kyaw Myint Law Firm (UKMLF) founded the Yangon Justice Center to provide free legal services, including representation, counseling and advice, and mediation for poor and vulnerable populations in Hlaing Tharyar Township. UKMLF pro-vided representation in 380 criminal cases for 439 beneficiaries, legal advice for 345 persons, and negotiated 16 cases for 37 people. They also provided community-based para- legal training for 62 people and capacity building trainings for junior lawyers and paralegals. In a follow-on grant, UKMLF provided representation in 354 cases, legal advice in 614 cases, and mediation/counselling services for 12 people in 6 cases. They also organized 6 legal awareness events for 115 family members of the clients (M/32 and F/83), 6 community-based paralegal training programs for 139 people (M/72 and F/67), capacity building training for 31 junior lawyers and paralegals (M/12 and F/19), and case management training for 20 people (M/8 and F/12). Mawlamyaing Justice Center (MJC) focused on community outreach, raising legal awareness and building community capacity to support access to justice. MJC organized six community awareness raising meetings in Mawlamyaing, Thaton, Kyaikmaraw, Mudon, Paung and Chaung Zone Township on issues such as GBV, land law, rights upon arrest, child rights, rights and obligations when borrowing money, and human trafficking for a total of 527 participants (M/269 and F/258). Informational materials were developed and distributed on these issues, including 900 posters and 9,000 pamphlets. MJC completed a follow-on grant that organized 14 community legal awareness meetings in Mawlamyaing, Thaton, Kyaikmaraw, Mudon, Paung, Chaung Zone, Thanbyuzayat and Billin Township on issues including human trafficking, traffic law, land law, drug law, rights upon arrest, GBV, gambling law, borrowing money, and child protection which reached 1,473 people (M/809 and F/664). They provided court representation in 80 cases and distributed 2,100 legal awareness promotional posters, as well as 21,000 pamphlets, 2,818 exercise books, 1,217 key chains, and 1,268 T-shirts. Independent Mon News Agency (IMNA) trained 33 citizen journalists (M/23 and F/10) and 13 investigative journalists (M/8 and F/5) from Mawlamyaing, Mudon, and Ye Township. IMNA produced 43 investigative media reports, 70 citizen journalists’ media reports, and 7 in-depth investigative
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