CWAD organized meeting on Position Paper on Paralegals with concerned stakeholders on 2nd October, 2018 at Indreni Foodland, Baneshwor. Advocate Rabindra Bhattarai presented a paper on Paralegals and discussion was made on the issue about the recognition of paralegals in National Legal Aid Policy Draft 2074

Centre for Women's Awareness and Development an Public Defender Society Nepal (PDS) has jointly organized the Workshop on Access to Justice and Legal Aid Reform in Nepal from 13-15th September, 2018 by the support of Open Society Foundation at Park Village Resort Budhanilkantha. The discussion was made to develop a common understanding of the legal reform process in Nepal, identify the gaps and challenges in the current legal system in both in the policy and practice level, and along with it the recommendation was collected to incorporate on Draft National Legal Aid Integrated Policy 2074. 

CWAD has organized a workshop on 15th February, 2018 with government representatives Ministry of law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizen, Women Commission, Human Right Commission ,Women Department, Nepal Bar, Legal Aid Working Groups Members, Government Legal Aid Committee Members, Supreme Court Baitanik Lawyer and Civil Societies Organization. The event succeeded to bring the concerned stakeholder under one roof and contribute in the process of identifying the gaps and challenges through interactive discussion in Legal aid policy draft.  During the discussion the valuable suggestion were brought forth to incorporate in the policy draft. 

CWAD has organized a workshop on 13th May, 2018 with government representatives including Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Ministry of Women ,Children and Senior Citizen, Ministry of Federal Affairs, Women Commission, Human Right Commission , Women Department, Nepal Bar Association, Supreme Court Baitanik Lawyer and Civil Societies Organization. The event was very successful in bringing the concerned stakeholders to internalize the structural framework, Paralegal issues, Women Representation, Pro Bono on  Legal Aid policy draft. During the discussion the constructive feedback and suggestions were documented and shared with concerned stakeholder for their consideration in the process of  finalizing the Legal Aid Policy

Several coordination and consultation meetings were held with the various concerned government stakeholders such as Women Department, Women Development Office, Municipality, Commission etc. The coordination meetings not only created a space to share our achievements with concerned government authority but also helped to establish a cordial relation with them to advocate access to justice and legal aid policy draft

Legal Aid Working Committee has been formed comprising the representatives from civil society organizations for policy advocacy on legal aid policy draft to ensure access to justice for all.  CWAD is one of the members of  committee and has been participating in regular meeting, discussion and dialogues summoned by the committee. In the events, CWAD has raised issue of women, paralegal, transgender, dalit, elderly  and person with disability with recommendations to incorporate their recognition in the  Legal Aid Policy Draft

In the federal structure, the role of the paralegals is very important because they have been working as a facilitator between the government and community in the justice delivery since time immemorial. In the wake of the situation, CWAD undertook several efforts to institutionalize the paralegal and their importance in Nepal. It also conducted  the study about the role and responsibility about the paralegals in the society. In this regard, the CWAD held several discussion and interaction meetings with concerned government agencies to internalize the needs of paralegal and recognize their role and service to ensure access to justice for society

The event was organized on 16th February 2018, to develop the strategic plan of the organization for the next five years (2018-2022). In the workshop, board members and management team were participated and shared their ideas, scopes and experiences to contribute in strategy planning of the organization.  The five years strategic plan was developed and has been guiding the  CWAD in setting the priorities with its Vision Mission,  and Goal to outreach the programs for women, marginalized, children, Dalit, transgender for their empowerment and development

CWAD has organized 2 days Paralegal Training Manual Pre-Test Workshop; Role of Paralegal on Policy Advocacy for Legal Rights and Mediation among the Judicial Committee Member, Ward Chair, Social Mobilizers, Paralegals of Gokarneshwor Municipality on 17th and 19th July, 2020. The objective of the Workshop is to share the draft of Paralegal Training Manual at Local Level to collect the recommendation, ideas and feedback before finalizing the Paralegal Training Manual for the authentication and validation. There were altogether 45 participants were participants in this 2 days pre-test workshop.

CWAD has organized 2 days Paralegal Training Manual Pre-Test Workshop; Role of Paralegal on Policy Advocacy for Legal Rights and Mediation among the Judicial Committee Member, Ward Chair, Social Mobilizers, Paralegals of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality, Bhaktapur on 21st and 23rd July, 2020. The objective of the Workshop is to share the draft of Paralegal Training Manual at Local Level to collect the recommendation, ideas and feedback before finalizing the Paralegal Training Manual for the authentication and validation. There were altogether 35 participants were participants in this 2 days pre-test workshop.