The Legal Path to Sustainable Development: Module 3

All Equal Before the Law: Legal Mechanisms to Reduce Inequalities

  Live session for Gender Equality in Law and Practice -  16th September 2021 - 17.30 - 19.00 (UK Time)

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  • Pre-reading study time
    2 hours
  • Live session 
    3.5 hours
  • Community of Practice
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Session 1: Gender equality in law and practice

One of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), gender equality is not just a human right but also crucial for sustainable economic development. During this session, you will learn more about SDG 5 “Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” and in particular about the legal frameworks to promote, enforce and monitor equality and non discrimination on the basis of sex.

Practical examples and findings from the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law project will reveal the tangible impact that laws and regulations have on women’s prospects as employees and entrepreneurs. Together, we will explore the adoption and implementation of non-discrimination provisions, equal pay legislation, and family law provisions that give women greater access to economic assets.

We will also discuss how international organizations like the World Bank promote legal reform and reflect on how you can support the achievement of SDG 5 in practice.
MEET THE INSTRUCTORs

Natalia Mazoni Silva Martins
Women, Business and the Law - The World Bank

Natália Mazoni is a Private Sector Specialist with the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law project. She leads the project's dissemination efforts, and her current research focuses on women’s access to justice, the implementation of laws, and indicator development.

Before joining the World Bank Group, she developed business strategies at EY Brazil and practiced at a law firm in Belo Horizonte. She holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in International Legal Studies from American University Washington College of Law in Washington, DC, and a law degree from Faculdades Milton Campos in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. She is a member of the Brazilian Bar. Originally from Brazil, she speaks Portuguese and Spanish.
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Emilia Galiano
Women, Business and the Law - The World Bank

Emilia Galiano is a Private Sector Development Specialist with the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law project. She currently leads the research and production of a series of case studies on legal reform and supports the research on implementation of laws.
She has a background in International Relations and International Political Economy, with a Master's Degree from John Hopkins’ School of Advanced International Studies. Prior to joining the team, she led a team of community engagement and facilitation professionals at the World Bank Group, working on mainstreaming and strengthening the more than 300 Communities of Practice across the organization, as a way to connect development practitioners with the practical and localized knowledge they need to be most effective. She is fluent in Italian, German, and Spanish.
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Session 2: Inequalities & modern day slavery

This session will explore how the implementation of legal skills can reduce the limitations that human trafficking victims and survivors experience in the immigration, trade & financial sector.

This session will provide a practical approach on how to:

1. Evaluate the level of financial instability human trafficking victims and survivors are experiencing and how legal professionals can provide a means of support to advance opportunities for employment and access to financial development.

2. Assess the link between supply chain operations and forced labor trafficking and how practical use of relevant Anti-trafficking legislations and due diligence checks can reduce the exploitation of human beings.

3. Identify the marginalization placed on asylum seekers and refugees and the difference additional legal support can make in providing protection to survivors fleeing the risks of re-trafficking

4. Decipher the ways in which underlying factors such as; race and gender play a major role in the inequalities stemmed from modern-day slavery and what practical legal steps can be taken to strengthen equality and weaken intersectionality.

Human Trafficking is a global issue, victimizing approximately 40.3 million individuals worldwide and generating a minimum of $150.2 billion in annual profits. The mission to advance sustainable development can be strengthened through the support of legal professionals advancing their skills to reduce the inequalities faced by survivors and victims of modern-day slavery.
MEET THE INSTRUCTOR

Romilda Dionne Dompreh, Esq.
Romildamor

Romilda Dompreh, Esq. is an Attorney - at - Law under the New York Bar and Women's Rights Activist and founded ROMILDAMOR in 2013 to provide development opportunities for forgotten and vulnerable communities. During her undergraduate studies at the City University of London, Romilda dedicated her spare time to do Pro Bono work; where she represented asylum seekers and victims of forced labor.

As she continued in her legal development, she read into the ongoing crime of modern-day slavery and the adverse impacts it has on women and girls across the globe. This knowledge and expertise developed her passion to enlighten communities about the need for gender equality, to advocate for Anti-Slavery, and build a brighter future for survivors of injustice.

Romilda works directly with women and girls who have been trafficked from all across the globe - petitioning for their legal rights and immigration status and providing them with opportunities for academic and career development, alongside ongoing therapy support.
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