Strategic Plan 2010/11 – 2012/13

   
Vision

• To achieve access to justice and a just legal system for women in NSW, as all women are entitled to a fair and just society that respects their human rights.

Purpose

• Women’s Legal Services NSW works from a feminist perspective to promote access to justice for women in NSW. We seek to promote women’s human rights, redress inequalities experienced by women and to foster legal and social change through strategic legal services, community development, community legal education and law and policy reform work. We prioritise women who are disadvantaged by their cultural, social and economic circumstances.
    
• We focus on areas of law that most directly have a gendered impact on women. This includes domestic violence, sexual assault, family law and discrimination.

5 Priority Areas

The five priority areas of service delivery for Women’s Legal Services NSW are:

1. Policy and Law Reform
   Influence reform of policy, legislation and legal processes that affect the rights and limit the lives of women, particularly those most disadvantaged in their access to justice through strategic policy analysis, strategic casework, strategic networking, review of existing and proposed legislation, and lobbying.
     
2. Community Legal Education and Community Development
   Promote women’s understanding of the legal system, their rights and avenues for the resolution of their legal problems; and Develop the capacity of community and legal professionals working with women to: respond appropriately to the legal problems faced by their clients; advocate effectively; and facilitate women’s access to justice, by undertaking community legal education initiatives, capacity building, and community development initiatives that are both proactive and responsive to the legal needs of women - particularly those women most disadvantaged in their access to justice.
      
3. Improving the Lives of Individual Women
   Targeted and effective phone and outreach advice services that best meet the unmet needs of the most disadvantaged women in NSW. Strategic casework selected within our capacity and  aims to assist those women at greatest disadvantage.
       
4. Enhance access to justice for, and self-determination by, Indigenous womenProvide a specialised and culturally appropriate Indigenous Women’s Legal Program, working to address violence and sexual assault issues, with respect for Indigenous decision-making and a commitment to supporting community strengthening.
      
5. Infrastructure, Sustainability and Organisational Support
   Improving the efficiency and effectiveness of Women’s Legal Services NSW infrastructure to sustain and support the service delivery priority areas.

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