Legal Fellowship Programme

Positioned within the Access to Justice thematic portfolio, the Legal Fellowship Programme (LFP) is aimed to strengthen rights-based advocacy in the region by enhancing the capacity of early and mid-career women, trans and intersex lawyers to advance legal work grounded in human rights principles. The goal is to establish a robust network of women’s rights lawyers in the region by empowering district-level lawyers at primary courts.

Our Grants

Grant Sizes & Scopes

We believe that activists/lawyers themselves know best what they need and how they can best support their communities and assess their own capacity strengthening needs. As such, WFA is offering flexible support for this fellowship programme. Some examples of interventions we can fund under LFP include:

  • Exchange programmes
  • Legal conferences and workshops
  • Events and convenings
  • Access to justice related trainings and workshops
  • Feminist legal theory and practice related trainings
  • Feminism and gender related capacity building trainings

    WFA will be providing an amount of

    USD$6,000

    over the period of 10 months.

    • Travel and accommodation expenses for in-person meetings under this programme, organised by WFA, if any, will be covered by WFA.
    • In relation to these meetings, participating lawyers may request support from WFA for their active participation in terms of language interpretation as well as sign language interpretation and reasonable accommodation (for persons with disabilities).

    Keep an eye on this space—we’ll announce the next call on our social media channels and update the homepage of our website.

    As of September 2024, WFA has provided

    LFP grants, with the total committed amount of

    USD

    In 2020, Women’s Fund Asia Limited (WFAL) was registered as a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee in Australia with registration under the Australian Charities and Not for Profit Commission. WFAL  is a subsidiary of WFA, and its operations are controlled by WFA. WFA is the sole member of the Company. The  Executive Director of WFA serves as its Executive head, with the responsibility of making it fully operational in a way to serve the mandate of WFA. 

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