Photo: Tshepo Madlingozi The fast pace of legal practice and constant demand on your faculties and capacity in the public interest sector is often a distraction from gaining perspective about our growth as young social justice lawyers. The Bertha convenings serve as important periods for pausing and stretching our minds. The first year of the fellowship […]
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Human Rights, Leadership, Legal Resources Centre, South Africa, Uncategorized
Bertha Convening: A Synergy for Change
05
Dec
Dec
Transfixed in my seat, feeling the energy of a collective striving for change and human rights – this is how I felt at the 2017 Bertha Convening, where I sat amongst peers championing for human rights. In reflection, the Convening truly provided a rare opportunity for legal peers and community representatives from different platforms around […]
Children's Rights, Education, Human Rights, Regional Work
Realising the Right to Education: Pratham Programmes in India
06
Oct
Oct
Pratham is an innovative learning organisation, established to improve the education system in India. One of their principal projects is the Urban Programme, which seeks to provide learning support through a variety of interventions in the community. Visits to informal schools are conducted by staff of the project such as Pratyush Bose, pictured below. Cameron […]