A Handbook for Community Based Volunteers as Para-legals in Domestic Violence and HIV Prevention in Malawi

This training manual is available in English and Chichewa for Malawi.
The training manual is targeted at building requisite knowledge and skills
to make basic interpretation and application of relevant National legal and
policy instruments related to HIV and Domestic Violence Prevention amongst
Community-Based Volunteers (CBVs).
This course is targeted at providing CBVs, strategic government departments, traditional and religious leaders with basic legal skills that will enable them to contribute towards the following:
– Providing basic legal information and support to women and girls who are survivors of domestic violence
– Supporting traditional courts with relevant common law instruments they can consider when making judgments in domestic violence-related cases
– Strengthening the domestic violence referral system by creating linkages between traditional and common law referral points.

Publisher: UN Women
Year of Publication: 2013
Download : 19528_paralegal_manual_malawi_0.pdf