⚖️ Promoting Justice & Legal Awareness

Swagati Sneha Sangam (SSS) — Justice & Legal Empowerment Unit works to ensure women and vulnerable communities understand their rights, access legal support, and receive fair treatment from institutions. Our program focuses on legal literacy, documentation of rights violations, crisis support, and building trust between communities and the justice system.

🎯 Program Objectives

• 📚 Improve legal awareness on rights, laws and available protections
• 🤝 Strengthen relationships between communities and police, legal services, and government departments
• 🛡️ Provide support during crises, including violence, harassment and discrimination
• 📑 Enable individuals to access legal aid, schemes and grievance mechanisms
• 🗣️ Build community confidence to raise issues and seek justice safely

📘 Core Components

• 👥 Legal Literacy Sessions — fundamental rights, women’s laws, child protection, cyber safety
• 🧑‍⚖️ Paralegal Support — assistance with police interactions, complaints & FIR guidance
• 📢 Awareness Campaigns — anti-violence, stigma reduction and rights-focused events
• 🛠️ Legal Aid Linkages — referrals to DLSA, police units, counsellors & protection officers
• 📝 Documentation — recording cases, follow-up tracking, and reporting
• 🏛️ Community Dialogues — meetings with police, welfare, and legal authorities

👩‍🏫 Legal Education & Community Awareness

SSS conducts interactive workshops covering domestic violence laws, POCSO, trafficking, cybercrime, rights during police action, entitlements under welfare schemes, and procedures for filing complaints. Sessions are delivered through storytelling, case examples, role-play and real-life situations to ensure participants clearly understand their rights.

🤝 Legal Navigation & Community Support

• 🔸 Support in preparing complaints, applications and affidavits
• 🔸 Accompaniment to police stations, courts and welfare offices
• 🔸 Follow-up on pending cases and grievance petitions
• 🔸 Assistance with documentation required for legal processes
• 🔸 Community legal volunteers trained to guide others

🛡️ Crisis Response & Protection

• 📞 Helpline & immediate support for cases of violence, harassment or rights violations
• 👥 Safety planning and risk assessment for survivors
• 🧭 Linkage to shelters, counsellors and protection officers
• 🫶 Trauma-informed emotional support and safe referrals

📣 Advocacy & Public Engagement

• 🧾 Collecting evidence of rights gaps and presenting them to authorities
• 🏛️ Regular dialogues with police, legal services and district officials
• 🎭 Public campaigns against GBV, discrimination and harmful norms
• 🤝 Partnerships with legal aid bodies, NGOs and human rights groups

📋 Monitoring & Impact Indicators

• 📈 Number of women trained on legal rights
• 🛡️ Cases supported through legal navigation or crisis intervention
• 🧑‍⚖️ Legal aid linkages completed via DLSA, police & welfare departments
• 💬 Changes in confidence and ability to engage with legal systems
• 📑 Trends in rights violations and resolutions

🔒 Ethical Principles & Safeguards

• 🔐 Confidentiality & secure handling of sensitive case information
• 🫶 Survivor-centred, non-judgmental and respectful support
• ⚖️ Voluntary participation with informed consent
• 🤝 Accountability through documentation and transparent reporting

🗣️ Community Voices

"With legal awareness training, we now know how to speak at the police station and protect our rights. We feel safer and more informed."
– Community Member

📞 How to Access Legal Support

Location: Swagati Sneha Sangam — Justice & Legal Empowerment Unit
Phone / WhatsApp: +91 82791 43286
Email: info@swagatisnehasangam.org
Next step: Share the issue, required support (legal aid, complaint, crisis, documentation), or training request — our legal facilitators will guide you confidentially.