Justice through legal empowerment
MARG works for the legal empowerment of disadvantaged and marginalized groups through mass awareness, capacity building, socio-legal research, advocacy and legal aid.
Forty years of advancing legal empowerment
From fact-finding on displacement to Hamare Kanoon and Bol Basanto — four decades of making the law understandable, usable and fair.
Active citizens, accountable governance
Across 20 blocks of Gorakhpur division, 6,000 active citizens trained as Jan Swasthya Prahari — and women panchayat leaders at the table.
MARG helps people know the law, use the law and shape the law — towards a world where the rule of law secures human rights, justice and democracy.
Our storyFour paths to justice
From knowing your rights to changing the law itself — MARG works at every step of the legal empowerment journey.
Legal Awareness
Legal awareness and legal literacy lie at the base of any effort toward legal empowerment — knowledge of the law, and the skills to use it.
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Legal Assistance
A network of lawyers and community justice workers — from counselling to court representation.
Active Citizenry & Good Governance
Equipping people to engage effectively with the state machinery and hold it to account.
Policy Development
Justice requires just laws — laws that protect the fundamental human rights of all.
Work in the field
A good way to ensure justice is to legally empower people to demand it.— MARG, objectives and approach
Forty years, one purpose
By Dr. Vasudha Dhagamwar, from her work with families displaced by the Sardar Sarovar Dam.
Fact-finding across 5 tehsils of Madhya Pradesh.
Manuals, All India Radio and the “Bol Basanto” film series.
A study of elected women in municipal bodies.
Inspire Award, Delhi NGO’s Leadership Award, National Democracy Award.
Celebrated at the India International Centre.
Know the law. Share it.
Books and Reports
Hamare Kanoon, Hamare Maulik Adhikar and four decades of socio-legal research.
Flyers on Laws
Dowry, FIR, wages, maternity benefits, domestic violence, SC/ST Act and more — in simple language.
Posters
Right to Education, domestic violence, unorganised women workers and more.
Audio / Visual
Memorial lectures, webinars and explainers on everyday laws.
Digital Media
Friday Facts, Trans Tuesdays, Wellness Wednesdays and Learning Thursdays.
Recognised for our work
MARG and former Executive Director Md. Noor Alam received the National Democracy Award 2021 from the South & East Asia Foundation for legal empowerment work across India.