Saturday, March 17, 2007

a whole new level of justice

Alternative dispute resolution in Dharavi. A number of women's groups around Mumbai have started their own version of 'courts,' with encouraging results. It's good to see the police are now committed to this.

2 comments:

Deadmanshonda said...

Did you see this? Very impressive and surprising: http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyid=2007-03-19T055823Z_01_N15311808_RTRUKOC_0_US-BRAZIL-ENVIRONMENT-FLOATINGHOME.xml&src=nl_usmorningdigest

rn said...

Thanks for the inspiration, leiselb. It's a small step, and perhaps a one-shot deal, but it's still a recognition that things that some people consider hideous wind up being important.