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• Building back more equitably in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic

  As part of its work to ensure an equitable distribution of resources in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the ONE campaign turned to TrustLaw for advice on how the International Monetary Fund and its member states could support low-income countries’ recovery and growth.

  25 August 2022

• Tackling online sexual exploitation and abuse of women through a call for international standards

  This impact story is part of a new series to celebrate the extraordinary pro bono projects undertaken by legal teams to support NGOs and social enterprises with the support of TrustLaw. All projects mentioned in this series are nominated for this year’s TrustLaw Awards.

  17 June 2022

• Supporting the non-profit sector amidst Lebanon’s financial crisis

  Supporting non-profits during times of crises, Samir Kassir Foundation was connected to Latham & Watkins through TrustLaw for legal advice in setting up a non-profit sister organisation in France during COVID 19 and Lebanon's worst financial crisis.

  31 May 2022

• Powering affordable clean air in new markets through pro bono legal support

  While solving air pollution is challenging, there are opportunities to ensure we breathe cleaner air. TrustLaw member Smart Air has committed to helping people breathe better through their low-cost air purifier. Starting with a small market in China in 2013, today they have scaled their operations and are supplying air purifiers in more than 10 countries.

  31 May 2022

• Promoting credible and sustainable standards for social enterprises

  Through TrustLaw, Social Enterprise Mark CIC was connected with law firms Maples and Calder LLP, Latham & Watkins LLP, Morrison & Foerster LLP and Ropes & Gray to expand their accreditation assessment services for social enterprises internationally.

  31 May 2022

• Offering legal support to Venezuelan migrants in the Americas

  With more than six million migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees from Venezuela, the Americas is facing its greatest migration crisis in recent years. Most of these migrants and asylum-seekers start their journeys without any information, documents or the required permits to legally stay in host countries. To address this knowledge gap, Un Mundo sin Mordaza worked on an awareness campaign to tackle the lack of information and make the challenges of migration more visible. TrustLaw connected Un Mundo sin Mordaza with seven law firms to develop a research on the legal requirements and procedures migrants and asylum-seekers should follow to legally stay in the seven American countries hosting the largest number of Venezuelans or regularise their situation in these seven countries.

  31 May 2022

• Protecting the labour rights of Mexican domestic workers during COVID-19

  The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the longstanding challenges faced by domestic workers around the world, threatening both their earnings and well-being. To help Jalisco’s domestic workers deal with these challenges, Parvada Estrategias Comunitarias, a women-led non-profit in Mexico, decided to create a step-by-step legal manual to train them about their labour rights. TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s pro bono service, connected the Mexican non-profit with Hogan Lovells Mexico to develop a manual that explains domestic workers the situations in which they could file a claim, what evidence they might need, and the different steps of an employment dispute they should consider.

  30 May 2022

• Contribuyendo al acceso a la salud pública en Chile

  Desde hace seis años, HoraSalud ha venido confiado en TrustLaw, el programa de asesoría pro bono de la Fundación Thomson Reuters, para lograr sus objetivos y desarrollar una aplicación aplicación que facilita la gestión de turnos en tiempo real, y así facilitar el acceso a la salud pública a comunidades vulnerables en zonas remotas a obtener la asistencia médica requerida.

  15 February 2022

• Supporting access to public health care in Chile

  For six years, HoraSalud has been trusting in TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s pro bono legal program, to fulfil their mission and develop an app to manage appointments in real-time, facilitating access to public health care to vulnerable communities in rural areas to get the medical attention needed.

  15 February 2022

• Supporting Survivors to Escape Domestic Abuse in the UK

  Charities such as Women's Aid provide support to those experiencing abuse by facilitating refuge spaces across the country. Launched by rail companies and Women’s Aid in 2020, the 'Rail to Refuge' programme provides free train travel for all survivors of domestic abuse to a place at a recognised refuge, breaking the financial dependency to escape. Through TrustLaw, Women’s Aid were connected with Milbank LLP who worked tirelessly to support Women’s Aid to formalise the “Rail to Refuge” scheme. The arrangements enable Women's Aid and rail companies to expand and develop the scheme going forward.

  1 November 2021

• You Don’t Need a Home to Vote – ‘Know Your Voting Rights’ guide published for people experiencing homelessness in the US

  Through TrustLaw, the Thomson Reuters Foundation's global pro bono legal network, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty were connected with law firm Goodwin Procter to produce a ‘Know Your Voting Rights’ for people experiencing homelessness in the US.

  22 April 2021

• 'Know Your Rights' guide published for journalists covering protests in the United States

  The Thomson Reuters Foundation's global pro bono network, TrustLaw, facilitated pro bono legal assistance for journalists and partnered with the Committee to Protect Journalists to release a ‘Know Your Rights’ guide, summarising journalists’ rights when confronted by law enforcement officers while covering a protest or other political event in the US.

  22 April 2021