November 5, 2025 | 9:00—10:15 a.m. (EST) | Virtual
Hosted by the Pathfinders’ Justice for All program, the Justice Action Coalition, the Uganda Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA- Uganda), Legal Empowerment Fund, TAP Network, the Justice Sector Coordination Office at the Government of Sierra Leone, and the African Center for Excellence on Access to Justice.
Download the concept note here.
The World Social Summit offers a critical moment to reaffirm justice as a public good and a pillar of the renewed social contract. Financing people-centered justice is not only about strengthening justice institutions it is about making social and economic rights real in people’s lives. Whether enabling access to identification, protecting women and children from violence, resolving land or labor disputes, or facilitating inclusive access to services, justice lies at the intersection of social protection, inclusion, and empowerment. Ensuring adequate and sustained financing for this work is a prerequisite for inclusive development and a just transition.
This event will build momentum toward that goal by offering a space for collective reflection, knowledge exchange, and policy alignment on how to shift from rhetoric to resources so that people-centered justice becomes not just a shared aspiration, but a funded priority.
Agenda
Opening Remarks
- Shahid Korjie, Coordinator, Justice Sector Coordination Office, Government of Sierra Leone
Panelists
- Justice Action Coalition Financing Framework: Marcus Manuel, Senior Research Associate, ODI
- Healthcare Sector Perspectives: Tom Hart, Senior Research Fellow, ODI
- Frontline Justice Perspectives: Leonie Mutoni, Coordinator, Africa Centre of Excellence for Access to Justice
- Philanthropy Perspectives: Atieno Odhiambo, Director, Legal Empowerment Fund
Moderator
- Anoushka Sinha, Young Justice Leader, Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies