The first step towards building peaceful and just societies where the rule of law reigns supreme is to create awareness among the citizens about their legal rights and provide them with avenues to avail those rights. Unfortunately, in Pakistan, there has been a dire lack of legal rights awareness among the citizens, which has added to the inaccessibility of justice in the country. These conditions are further exacerbated in the peripheries of the country. 

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Rule of Law Programme aims to strengthen justice and security sector governance to create more peaceful and just societies in Pakistan. In light of the above, in 2018, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), UNDP Pakistan Rule of Law Programme launched a project in the Merged Districts (MDs). The project aimed at raising legal awareness and providing legal aid in Kurram, Khyber, Orakzai, Bajaur, Mohmand, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan, especially to women, juveniles, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

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