At a national meet on 'Enhancing Access to Legal Services and Entitlements - Sharing Learning, Practices and Reflections' here today, National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and State Legal Services Authority (SLSA) released two reports.
The first report 'Our Laws, Our Rights' talked about the legal rights campaign spearheaded by CBOs in the districts of Sholapur, Madurai, Salem, East Godavari, Ananthapur, Belagavi and Bengaluru, while the second report 'Legal Advocacy Initiative' is an account of the project by All India Network of Sex Workers (AINSW).
Sanyogita Dhamdhere from Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR), said, "The dissemination meet was significant because it brought together two key stakeholders-NALSA and SLSA along with the representatives of CBOs, to review and evolve ways in which the access of marginalized communities to entitlements could best be strengthened and advanced."
"Our community women face problem by husband and partners. We need police, medical and legal help, which is often inaccessible to women struggling to survive in sex trade," she said.