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Ashoka’s Law for All Initiative (LFA) searches, selects, and supports both established and young social entrepreneurs innovating to make the legal system more accessible, inclusive, and effective in India. LFA is equipping such social entrepreneurs in the law and justice sector with resources and networks to help them become changemakers and enable long-term mindset shifts.


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police barricades_criminalisation of denotified tribes

June 8, 2023
Everyday policing is casteist
The systemic oppression of marginalised communities by the criminal justice system is poorly understood and rarely questioned. Here’s how this is changing.
steps in front of the supreme court--maja daruwala

February 15, 2023
Data and democracy
In this interview, Maja Daruwala talks about the role of the India Justice Report in reforming justice delivery at a state level.
A black and white illustration of Bill Drayton against a blue backround

October 18, 2022
IDR Interviews | Bill Drayton
In this freewheeling conversation, Bill Drayton emphasises that everyone has the right, and ability, to be a giver. And in today’s world where everything is changing, everybody can, and must, be a changemaker.
Citizens of India at a candle light march

October 13, 2022
How to be an active citizen in India
A handy guide on the many ways in which citizens can engage with the government beyond voting, and make a difference in policy at a local, state, and national level.
Illustration of people breaking through a brick barrier-law

July 29, 2022
Entrepreneurs shaping the law and social justice space
Insights from a landscape study that looks at how young changemakers and organisations are changing the law and social justice space in India to make it more equitable.
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