A good way to ensure justice is to legally empower people to demand it. Legal empowerment equips people to understand their rights, secure their enforcement and pursue remedies when these rights are violated. MARG works for the legal empowerment of the vulnerable and the marginalized, women, children, persons with disabilities, dalits, the poor, etc.
Legal awareness and legal literacy lie at the base of any effort toward legal empowerment. Critical knowledge of legal provisions and processes, coupled with the skills to use this knowledge to realize rights and entitlements will empower people to demand justice, accountability and effective remedies at all levels. read more…
While legal awareness is the natural starting point for legal empowerment, it has often to be followed by legal assistance in actually accessing rights. This is especially so for marginalized sections whose protracted vulnerability makes access to justice particularly difficult. read more…
Justice is closely linked to effective governance. Legal empowerment through legal capacity building is an important key to better governance. When people are equipped not only with the knowledge of rights and skills to enforce them, but are empowered to engage effectively with the state machinery read more…
Justice requires just laws to begin with – laws which focus on the protection of the fundamental human rights of all, particularly the disadvantaged and the marginalized. Statutory law must comply with the recognized standards of human rights law. read more…
Books and Reports is the socio-legal manuals in MARG publication. This manual provides legal awareness in details on our fundamental rights like- right to equality, freedom, life and personal liberty etc. English version is also available. read more…
MARG has developed a series of 17 flyers on various laws. The objective is to disseminate knowledge about these laws as widely as possible. You are welcome to contact us if you want us to send you hardcopies of these flyers. read more…
MARG Law and Health It’s the Law poster, available from MARG, informs workers of their rights under the labour Safety and Health Act. All covered employers are required to display the poster in their workplace. read more…
Multiple Action Research Group (MARG) and our Executive Director Ms. Anju Talukdar was felicitated with the Inspire Award 2017 (Social development sector) for our Legal Empowerment work across India at an Awards ceremony held in New Delhi on November 11th, 2017. read more…
The Delhi NGO Leadership Awards 2017 recognized MARG’s work in the Non-Profit Sector. The Award recognizes leaders who have contributed value and made change as a strategic tool for sustainable growth, for leaders who are impactful and believe that there is a MAD (Making A Difference) approach to their work. read more…
