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Groundbreaking Study Reveals Unmet Legal Needs Worldwide World Justice Project   via  gmail.mcsv.net  27 Jun 2019, 22:10 (0 minutes ago) to  me View this email in your browser. Groundbreaking Study Reveals Unmet Legal Needs Worldwide New report on access to justice based on over 100,000 household surveys underscores barriers and hardships for people trying to solve everyday legal problems The World Justice Project is pleased today to release groundbreaking survey results on access to justice around the world, representing the voices of more than 100,000 people in 101 countries.  Global Insights on Access to Justice 2019  is the first-ever effort to capture comparable data on legal needs and access to civil justice on a worldwide scale.  "This new data reveals the scope and depth of legal problems ordinary people face all over t...

View this email in your browser. Next Steps in Realizing Justice for All The Global Justice Gap The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) lay out ambitious targets to guide global and national development policies through 2030, including target 16.3's promise to "ensure equal access to justice for all."  However, a growing body of research shows that the world is not on track to meet this target. World Justice Project's own recent assessment of the global justice gap showed that an estimated  5 billion people have unmet justice needs globally , including people who cannot obtain justice for everyday problems, people who are excluded from the opportunity the law provides, and people who live in extreme conditions of injustice.   Learn More About the Justice Gap An important portion of the justice gap are the estimated 1.4 billion people who have unmet civil justice needs. Many governments have attemp...

  Unions reunited to revitalise Gambian Transport sub-sector   On 10 June 2019 Major Gambian Transport unionists who were divided for over a decade signed a Memorandum of Understanding, based on collective agreements to work together towards achieving common objectives. Held on Monday at the Gambia Trade Union Bureau (Gamtub), along Jimpex-MDI Road in Kanifing, the agreement has been signed between members of the Transport sub-sector, namely: The Gambia Transport, Agriculture, Food and Industrial Workers Union (GTAFIWU) and The Gambia National Transport Control Association and The Gambia Transport Drivers Union. “The two unions met on Monday, 27 May 2019 at the Gamtub House to develop a modus operandi with a view to integrate by way of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U) that will put in place and revitalise the Transport Sub Sector in order to guarantee an effective operational system. For the purpose of this M.O.U, the Gambia National Transport Cont...