Clooneys' foundation gives free legal aid to over 9,000 women and children
The Clooney Foundation for Justice is dedicated to empowering women and girls by providing them with free legal assistance. Since its establishment, over 9,000 women and children have benefitted from these crucial legal services. Partnering with local organizations, they have set up mobile legal clinics in underserved areas, ensuring wider accessibility.
George Clooney and Amal Clooney's Clooney Foundation for Justice has provided free legal aid to over 9,000 women and children, tackling barriers such as expensive lawyers and distant courts. The foundation's mobile legal clinics, part of its Waging Justice for Women programme, have reached more than 4,000 women and girls in 12 child marriage hotspots across Malawi.
These clinics offer advice on issues like gender-based violence, protective orders and financial independence. The foundation also supports women lawyers through fellowships, helping them gain practical experience in legal research, client support, court representation and advocacy. Their efforts extend beyond individual cases, as seen in legal action in Tanzania that reversed a policy excluding married and pregnant girls from school and in El Salvador, where the foundation contributed to a compensation order and legal reforms for women following miscarriages.
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