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UNDP - Making the Law Work for Everyone: Report of the Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor
Abstract
In November 2006, a delegation from the Commission on Legal Empowerment
of the Poor visited a teeming open air market (known as the ‘Toi market’) in an
impoverished neighborhood in Nairobi, Kenya. To picture the market, imagine a
mall without walls – or, for that matter, a roof or a floor – where each business is
represented by a small table or a blanket laid on the ground. Imagine, as well, a
surrounding area that is notorious for poor sanitation, pollution and crime. Floods
are frequent. About one person in five has HIV/AIDS. Most of the residents lack
legal title to the ramshackle dwellings they call home or to the tiny businesses
upon which they depend for a living. These are men and women who are vulnerable
and disadvantaged in every way – except for one – they are determined not to
be victims.
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