NEWS

Backlog Reduction Initiative in Serbia Shows Promising Results

 

According to  the most recent statistics available (from late 2012), six courts in Serbia – working with EWMI’s Separation of Powers Program (SPP) funded by USAID -- have reduced their case backlogs by 49%, from 23,000 to 12,000 old cases.  The task ahead is to extend this success to other jurisdictions around the country....

 

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Tipping the Scales of Gender Equality in Georgian Courts

 

In July 2012, the gender distribution in the Georgian Judicial Administration was 63% male.  Several high positions within the court lacked female representation and were entirely made up of male jurists.To address this issue of gender disparity in the courts, in April 2013, the Deputy Chief of Mission Bridget Brink, Supreme Court Chairman Konstantine Kublashvili, and the Minister of Justice Tea Tsulukiani...

 

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JILEP  PROGRAM

 

 

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Open Development Cambodia to Become an Official NGO

 

Open Development Cambodia is soon to become an official Cambodian NGO. On July 10, ODC’s governing board was installed and by-laws promulgated in a brief ceremony at the EWMI office, shared by ODC. The board, comprised of seven members with a vast range of knowledge and experiences...

 

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PRAJ2  PROGRAM

 

 

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EWMI Launches Grants Program in Ecuador

 

As part of its efforts to increase citizen participation in justice reform in Ecuador, EWMI launched a small grants program to support civil society organizations working on environment, trafficking in persons, domestic violence, and GLBT issues within the justice sector....

 

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SEJP PROGRAM

 

 

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Training of Trainers Workshop in Fiji

 

EWMI’s implementing partner, Dialogue Fiji, hosted a Training of Trainers workshop in June 2013. The objective of the training was to coordinate and lead group exercises based on locally derived case studies that are designed to further enhance dialogue facilitation skills and abilities of participants...

 

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PDTF  PROGRAM

 

 

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