Funded by UNDP

Access to Justice for Workers through Labour Rights Awareness Session and Legal Aid Services Project (A2JW)

Objective 1

Provide legal awareness raising activities to workers, focusing on vulnerable groups and their families in Yangon, Mandalay, Rakhine, and Ayeyarwady

Activity 1.1: Deliver community level awareness-raising sessions on employment related legal areas and matters (including human trafficking, violence against women, and immigration) to workers and their families.

Activity 1.2: Sensitize employers about labour rights and how frequent labour law related compliance pitfalls can be prevented and mitigated.

Awareness Raising Session in Project Areas     

Objective 2

Train paralegals, CSOs, and lawyers on labour laws and related legal areas in Yangon, Mandalay, Rakhine, and Ayeyarwady

Activity 2.1: Conduct labour rights specialization training for paralegals, CSOs, and lawyers in Yangon, Mandalay, Rakhine, and Ayeyarwady.

Activity 2.2: Support paralegals, CSOs, and other involved bodies to develop legal skills and strategies for negotiation and conciliation phases of labour disputes

Activity 2.3: Monitor and report labour rights and employment related issues and patterns through liaising with trained partners and recipients of legal awareness and legal assistance activities.

Objective 3

Provide legal assistance to workers, focusing on vulnerable groups and their families in Yangon, Mandalay, Rakhine, and Ayeyarwady

Activity 3.1: Establish and operate hotline and online legal consultation service to provide legal aid services to current and former workers on employment and related matters.

Activity 3.2: Provide direct legal advisory services (out of court) to current and former workers and individuals/groups supporting workers in employment and other matters (including at negotiation and conciliation stages of labour disputes)

Activity 3.3: Provide legal representation for current and former workers and groups in need of legal assistance in court proceedings in employment and other matters at all stages and levels.