Who We Are
PLD is a legal resource group pursuing the realisation of social justice and equality for women. We work in contexts of marginalisation shaped by gender, sexuality, caste, culture and poverty, to take into account the intersecting systems of oppression that diminish recognition and access to rights. We pursue our mission through three mutually complementary strategies – of building capacities, creating evidence-based knowledge, and information resources, alongside engaging with social policy at domestic and global levels.
What We Do
Capacity Development
Developing capacities is a key pathway by which PLD seeks to bring about change.
Research
Our resources endeavour to be accessible to trainers, NGOs, lawyers, and senior field workers.
Outreach
PLD’s advocacy seeks to secure compliance of domestic law with human rights standard.
Feminist Law Archives is an ongoing project by Partners for Law in Development which chronicles the engagement of the women’s movement with law in India. The Archives provide access to unpublished or difficult to access documents and advocacy materials from the women’s movement.
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CEDAW is an acronym for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. It is the first international treaty that addresses discrimination against women comprehensively in all areas. Consequently, it is also referred to as the international bill of rights for women.
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Recognition and respect for the dignity and agency of adolescents; their empowerment, citizenship and active participation in their own lives; the promotion of optimum health, well-being and development; and a commitment to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of their human rights, without discrimination.
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Updates and Events
As part of its 20th-anniversary celebrations, the International Association of Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) dedicated two panel discussions on Memory as Movement: Archiving Feminist Histories on March 6, 2025, at the 20th Asian Women’s Film Festival. PLD was honored to present in the panel discussions about its approaches to archiving evidence and stories from the margins to enrich women’s rights debates, and documenting feminist engagement with the law.
In recognition of feminist archiving efforts, IAWRT curated the work of ten feminist organizations, including PLD, from March 6-8, 2025 in Delhi. Our exhibition, showcasing PLD’s journey, posters, and publications. We are proud to have contributed to and been part of this significant initiative, reaffirming the role of archiving in shaping feminist discourses.
PLD successfully organised The Adolescent Question: Feminist Co-learning Journeys workshop from November 18-21, 2024, at Neembadi, Sanand, Gujarat. The four-day immersive event brought together 35 participants from 21 organisations across nine states (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal) to explore the complex realities of adolescence through a feminist lens, fostering co-learning and collective action.
Film Festivals on Gender, Consent and the Law
With around 500 participants, film festival across 6 states in collaboration with diverse educational institutions were organised with: TISS (Mumbai) on February 19, 2024; Visva-Bharati University (Shantiniketan) on February 28 – 29, 2024; Nirmala Institute of Education and Bailancho Saad (Goa) on March 4, 2024; IAWRT (New Delhi) on March 9, 2024; Ashoka University (Sonipat) on April 13, 2024; Sai University (Chennai) on May 18, 2024.
Workshop on Gender Based Violence and the Law
7 workshops in 3 states with 350 participants were organised for first responders and grassroots workers with: Transform Rural India Foundation (Bhopal) on February 23 – 24, 2024; Vanangana (Chitrakoot) on March 22, 2024; Action India (New Delhi) on April 23, 24, 25, 29, 2024 and May 7, 8, 11, 14, 2024; Action India on feminist approaches and the law with mahila panchayat members from various districts of Delhi on June 5 – 6, 2024.
