The USAID community justice activity will improve equitable justice sector service delivery for women, youth, and marginalized groups in targeted communities

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded a $2,000,000 Cooperative Agreement under the USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (CFDA 98.001) program to the Legal Aid And Consultancy Center (LACC) in Nepal. The objective of this 5-year award is to strengthen local judicial capacity, justice sector coordination, and civil society engagement to improve access to justice and legal services for women, youth, and marginalized groups in targeted communities in Nepal. The award aims to contribute to USAID/Nepal's broader goal of promoting a more self-reliant, prosperous, and inclusive Nepal with improved democratic governance, health, and education outcomes.

The activity is intended to contribute to USAID/nepal's country development cooperation strategy (cdcs) goal of "a more self-reliant, prosperous and inclusive nepal that delivers improved democratic governance, health, and education outcomes". In order to achieve this goal, USAID/nepal's cdcs emphasizes the need to address federalism, inclusion, and resilience. The USAID community justice activity's objectives are: strengthen local judicial institutional capacity and justice sector coordination and oversight to improve access to justice and justice delivery for women, youth, and marginalized groups. Strengthen civil society capacity to improve community legal literacy, local justice sector accountability, and access to legal aid for women, youth, and marginalized groups.