WHEREAS WOJAM is a trust duly registered under the Trustee Incorporation Act and is a grouping of female and male judicial officers whose mission is to bring the law and the courts to the people thereby demystifying the court processes. This results in enhanced access to justice for all through the promotion of the awareness of the relevance of the law;
NOTING that WOJAM, Women Lawyers Association and the Gender Justice Unit came together as a consortium under the banner Women Justice Consortium to implement a project under the Spotlight Initiative so as to improve access and delivery of formal justice in rural communities by bringing courts closer to the communities in a comprehensive way that ensures a victim-centred and gender transformative approach;
RECOGNIZING that there is need for the magistrate courts to strategically position themselves in order to achieve gender sensitive court room management where gender sensitive language is used and also where gender stereotypes and biases are confronted.
RECOGNISING that the project intends to achieve its targets thus handling and closing four Hundred (400) cases during the given project period. Therefore requiring efficiency and effectiveness in the execution of the mobile courts.
COGNIZANCE that project interventions need to strengthen coordination and collaboration of key justice actors in the provision of justice to victims of gender based violence i.e. the police, the social welfare department, Health and other CSO’s
NOW, THEREFORE EVERY JUDICIAL OFFICER OR JUDICIAL STAFF MEMBER HERETO AGREE AS FOLLOWS-