Promoting village courts stressed to ensure inclusive justice | Others

DHAKA, Sept 23, 2025 (BSS) – Speakers at a roundtable today stressed the need for ensuring easy and speedy justice by avoiding lengthy court proceedings and emphasized the importance of including marginalized people, particularly by enhancing women’s capacity to lead and make decisions in the functioning of village courts. The remarks came at a national roundtable on the importance of gender-sensitive and inclusive village court services for rural women and marginalized people, held at a city hotel. They said village courts are an important local government initiative to provide affordable legal aid to marginalized people. This requires concerted efforts and awareness at the field level to transform village courts into effective platforms for inclusive justice, they added. The Activating Village...