By Karen Heredia / Jesús Robles Maloof (Para Español) We are in a critical moment for human mobility. Across the world, migration intensifies as do the dangers to the people who migrate. In Mexico, migrants come primarily from Central America and in transit, they run great risks of violence, kidnapping, abuse, extortion, death and disappearance at… Read More Promoting Access to Justice for Migrants & their Families
Clean and sober for five years, Tammy is the mother of seven and proud grandmother of two. “I’m an ex-addict that is struggling every day to try to get myself together,” explains Tammy. She had steered her life back on track after years of treatment and hard work, but a relatively small issue threatened to turn… Read More Brooklyn Community Bail Fund: Giving Low-Income Individuals a Chance in Court
By Abby Goldberg & Nili Blanck In 2012, Women’s Link Worldwide successfully worked with human rights groups and women survivors from indigenous communities, specifically the Ixil Maya, to frame the widespread sexual violence of the Ríos Montt administration in Guatemala as an element of genocide—a monumental achievement. We captured their story on film.… Read More N-Map Premieres: Truth & Justice for the Women of Guatemala
We are excited to announce the launch of a new legal information platform: www.clarovideo.org. New York City courts face a debt collection crisis. In 2008, at the height of the recession, filings for consumer debt lawsuits peaked at over 300,000. That’s almost a third of a million cases in just one city! The volume… Read More Clarovideo.org – A New Online Resource to Empower Consumers in NYC’s Courts
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