THE MISSION AND VISSION OF THE LIWOPAC

3.0 THE MISSION AND VISSION OF THE LIWOPAC

 

VISSION

LIWOPAC envisions a society in which all community groups Lindi, understands, respect and protect basic human rights for Women’s and children

MISSION

LIWOPAC exist to empower Community member’s in Lindi region through provision of legal aid services, training and advocacy using available resources in a transparent and accountable manner. LIWOPAC will also undertake research of relevant issues to support the programs

4.0 OBJECTIVE

(i). The overall objective of Lindi Women’s Paralegal Aid Centre is to contribute to

poverty reduction among women and children in Tanzania

(ii) The specific objectives for which the Organization is established are:

a) To carry out legal aid clinic, providing legal advice and counseling services, court representation and any other services particular for women and children

b) To conduct conferences, camps, seminars, teaching, exchange visits, study tours and other related activities on women and children rights in Tanzania

c) To encourage and support poor women in establishing self-help groups by offering education in a manner of organizing business for generating income to establish an emergence fund and offer assistance to needy women.

d) To run a wide range of legal literacy campaign including human rights training such as seminars, workshops etc. in addition to public women right ,legal books, journals and news-letters in order to disseminate information during the legal literacy campaign and any other activities related with the center

e) To undertake and; or conduct human rights violation monitoring, documentation and publication including fact finding, on various cases of violation or abuses of rights of women and children.

f) To conduct research on legal and cultural constraints to women emancipation, empowerment and enjoyment of their rights.

g) To establish and maintain libraries and other facilities in furtherance of the objectives of the organizations.

h) To stimulate and foster cooperation among African women’s rights activities, and create opportunity for interactions with the said activists.

i) To establish professional cooperation and coordination with similar national and international organizations in the initiations and conduct cooperative trainings programs for mature benefit of cooperation organizations.

j) Generally to do all such other things as may appear to be incidental to the attainment to the above or any of them