Our Mission
JWB is a regional non-profit building access to justice for migrant workers, even after they return home. We empower women to learn their rights and obtain legal assistance for harms done unto them.
Who We Are
Serving key migration routes in Southeast Asia, JWB has operations across Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and the Philippines. The organisations operate at the intersection of economic empowerment and access to justice.
Our work includes addressing the issues that survivors and lawyers face in bringing cross border claims, educating and empowering leaders of frontline community on casework, and sharing best practices and resources with our regional partners.
Our Stakeholders
We serve migrant workers who have faced labour exploitation and human trafficking. As a regional organisation, we work with frontline aid organisations, caseworkers, government agencies, law firms, lawyers, law students, legal aid associations, and university clinical legal education programmes. We are immensely thankful for the support of our funders who ensure that we can continue this work.
Creating Access to Justice
Networks
We are developing working partnerships among law firms, caseworkers, community organisations, government agencies and migrant workers across Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Pioneering Legal Strategies
Knowledge
Many legal problems that migrant workers face in Hong Kong and Singapore are new questions in the law. Our legal research and practical guides help to address these novel challenges, even before cases get to court.
Empowering Caseworkers
Know-How
As practitioners know, the law on paper and the law in practice are very different things. Our hands-on approach to cases leads to good practices that our law firm and NGO partners can leverage to help literally thousands of migrant workers.