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10 August 2022

Legal action in an emergency

Dr Jacqui Kinghan & Professor Lisa Vanhala
A new report capturing learning from the Foundation's support for legal action related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strengthening Civil Society

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In 2020, we redirected our funding to support organisations using legal action in response to the worsening discrimination and disadvantage as a result of the government’s approach to handling the pandemic. This report captures some of the learning from the grants awarded.

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