HELP online course on Access to Justice for Women

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A free online course on on Access to Justice for Women has been prepared in the framework of the Council of Europe Human Rights Education for Legal Professionals (HELP) Programme.

This online course covers in an interactive way a comprehensive overview of International and European women’s human rights and gender equality standards, case-law and established good practices. Using the lens of women’s access to justice, it will offer legal professionals in Europe a distinct and concrete tool for the promotion of gender-sensitive justice. It is the first HELP course to provide a single resource on gender equality and justice covering the extensive Council of Europe standards, case law, monitoring reports and soft-law instruments on the matter.

The course is developed in an interactive way and includes various practical exercises.
It consists of 6 modules:
- Introduction to the concept of Access to Justice
- The International and European Legal Framework
- Discrimination on the grounds of Sex and Gender
- Avoiding Gender Stereotyping
- Practical Guidance to Improve Women’s Access to Justice
- Gender Sensitive Approach to the Practice of Law

Access to the HELP online platform

- Co-operation projects
- HELP online course on violence against women and domestic violence
- Co-operation Newsroom
- Co-operation with the EEA and Norway Grants
- PGG: Strengthening access to justice for women victims of violence (2015-2018)
- PGG II: Women's Access to Justice (2019-2022)
- Preventing and Combating Violence against Women in Armenia (2018)
- The Path towards Armenia's Ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence
- Raising Bosnia and Herzegovina's institutional capacity to prevent and combat violence against women and domestic violence (2019)
- Preventing and Combating Violence against Women in Georgia (2018-2019)
- Reinforcing the fight against violence against women and domestic violence in Kosovo* (Phase II), 2019 -2021
- Co-operation on the implementation of the Russian Federation National Action Strategy for Women 2017–2022 (2019-2020)
- The Istanbul Convention: a tool to advance in fighting violence against women and domestic violence in Ukraine (2018-2020)
- Co-operation with Southern Mediterranean countries
- Promoting an Integrated Approach to End Violence against Women and Enhancing Gender Equality in Georgia (2020-2022)
- Awareness-raising Activities on the Istanbul Convention in the Republic of Moldova (2020-2021)
- Fostering a comprehensive institutional response to violence against women and domestic violence in Turkey
- Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention and other gender equality standards in Azerbaijan
- Combating Violence Against Women in Ukraine (COVAW)
- Contact us -coop projects
- Reinforcing the fight against violence against women and domestic violence in Kosovo* (phase III)
- Cooperation for the implementation of the Russian Federation National Action Strategy for Women: applying best practices
- Fostering women’s access to justice in Türkiye
- Supporting the implementation of the Istanbul Convention in the Republic of Moldova
- Ending violence against women: multi-country programme
- Raising awareness of the Istanbul Convention: methodology and toolkit for civil society organisations