Resource library: Promoting legal and policy changes
Welcome to our comprehensive resource collection dedicated to promoting legal and policy changes.
Here, you'll find a diverse range of resources aimed at supporting the design and implementation of inclusive legal and policy reforms that promote the rights and safety of all individuals. Laws and policies have a wide-ranging impact on people’s individual and collective lives, including their quality of life, ability to exercise their rights, and their access to services. Unfortunately, legal frameworks can mirror and perpetuate patterns of discrimination that exist in everyday life, limiting the people and groups who already experience discrimination. For instance, LGBT+ individuals and couples, people with disabilities, survivors of sexual violence, widows or divorced women, or girls who leave school early due to pregnancy, are likely to encounter social and economic exclusion due to restrictive policies or legislation based on their background or identity.
Efforts to challenge discriminatory policies and legislation, whether undertaken individually or collectively, can be fraught with risks, especially for reformers already experiencing discrimination. This includes women human rights defenders and LGBT+ organisations, among others.
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The SHE CAN tool is a web-based resource aimed at policymakers and transport providers. It shares evidence, examples of activities and guidance on addressing sexual harassment and improving personal security on public transport. The tool is…
This guidance document and tool describes practices that Nigerian States can adopt to develop and implement gender equitable and socially inclusive (GESI) budgets. It provides step-by-step directions and tools to make the task easier, alongside…
This infographic summarises evidence from a Young Lives Study of children’s experiences of violence in Vietnam, Ethiopia, Peru and India. It looks at what children say about violence, how it impacts them, and the main themes that emerged from a…
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- Policy paper
This resource is a policy paper which sets out national commitments made by over 40 countries at the International Ministerial Conference on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict 2022. These commitments outline the steps each country will take to…
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- Strategy
This resource is the UK Government’s international strategy on women and girls. It explains how the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) plans to advance rights, freedoms and potential of all women and girls in its…
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- Strategy
This resource is the UK Government’s strategy on preventing sexual violence in conflict (PSVI). It has 4 objectives: strengthening the global response to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV)preventing sexual violence in conflicthelping…
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- Policy paper
This resource is the political declaration made by over 50 countries and the UN at the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict (PSVI) Conference held in London in 2022. It sets out the joint action they will take to end sexual violence in conflict,…
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- Evidence/literature review, Strategy
This resource is a strategy document which reaffirms the UK’s commitment to act as a global leader on disability inclusion and sets out the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s approach towards 2030. It builds on the UK’s…