We conclude the inaugural session with a group photo WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills arpeeta shams mizan Ali Mashraf #iPbWiGS #iProbonoBangladesh

As part of the training exercise, students have now started doing the examination-in-chief. They have read a deposition and one student is questioning as an #advocate while the other is answering as a #witness. arpeeta shams mizan WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills #iProbonoBangladesh #iPbWiGS

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An intense moment in the court as the police superintendent takes the stand to be questioned by the lawyer - The exercise is aimed at making the participants aware of the nuances of examination-in-chief #iPbWiGS #iProbonoBangladesh Ali Mashraf WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills

The closing ceremony begins with the speech of our Junior Legal Analyst, Bangladesh, Ali Mashraf. He thanks CALS, Faculty of Law, University of Dhaka & WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills for collaborating on the project & appreciates the vibrant participation of the students #iPbWiGS #iProbonoBangladesh

Rifat Zabeen Khan from University of Dhaka shares her experiences from the training. She stresses upon the importance of such advocacy skills training for female law students, whose representation she feels is still quite low in the bar. #iPbWiGS #iProbonoBangladesh WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills

Sunjana Alam from North South University appreciates CALS, WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills and iProbono for such a remarkable initiative to enhance the advocacy skills of Bangladeshi female law students. She feels elated to see women helping other women to get empowered in our society. #iPbWiGS

Samina and Sabina from WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills take the dais next. They laud the performance of the participants & share their wonderful experience of spending two days with them. They express their desire to see these female law students practicing in the courts of #bangladesh in near future

Prof Dr Mizanur Rahman, Director, CALS urges the student participants to join the bar in the coming days & endeavor to make a positive change in society. He ends his speech by thanking the WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills and the iProbono team for their sincere efforts in organizing this training.

Participants receive certificates for successful completion of the training. WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills #iPbWiGS #iProbonoBangladesh

The advocacy and skills training for women law students in #Bangladesh successfully comes to an end. Watch this space as we bring you live tweets from the advocacy and skills training for #Womenlawyers at BILIA tomorrow! #iPbWiGS RuleofLawExpertiseUK A4ID WiGS - Women Internationally Gaining Skills

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The Supreme Court of #Nepal recently issued an interim order to the government to ensure the constitutional right of food to the vulnerable workers and people living on daily wages, who are worst hit by the ongoing #lockdown. buff.ly/2JEZKnz

Doctors, nurses and paramedics with visas due to expire before 1 October 2020 will have them automatically extended for one year. The extension will apply to around 2,800 migrant doctors, nurses and paramedics. gov.uk/government/new…

Mariam Faruqi, iProbono's South Asia Regional Director explains that the reason why iProbono started the #storytelling program is to understand the plight of people so that they can not only change the mindsets of others but also move to bring changes to on a policy level.