[The Elders Series] Advancing Access to Justice: What will it take to be ‘Generation Equality’?

Justice is a fundamental human right, and is critical in ensuring that other human rights are upheld. When women and girls do not have access to justice, it undermines progress to achieving gender equality.

The Sustainable Development Goals agreed on by all countries in 2015 include specific goals to achieve gender equality and to provide access to justice for all, yet, five billion people around the world still do not have meaningful access to justice – most of whom are women and girls.

While progress has been made, no country in the world has yet achieved true gender equality and equal access to justice. In this episode, hosts Hazami Barmada and Mary Robinson (former President of Ireland, former UN High-Commissioner For Human Rights and Chair of The Elders) are joined by fellow Elder and pioneering human rights lawyer, Hina Jilani, to explore the intersection of access to justice and gender equality.

What is meaningful access to justice? How does it relate to advancing women and girl’s rights around the world, and what are the barriers hindering our progress? We unpack how global platforms such as the Beijing Declaration and the Generation Equality Forum help drive action and accountability for women’s rights, and better understand how we can build more political will to ensure gender equality is achieved.

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This special series of Finding Humanity is a production of Humanity Lab Foundation and Hueman Group Media, in collaboration with The Elders.

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