The Gender Justice Legal Network provides direct legal aid and representation, links survivors to services beyond the courtroom, and builds local capacity through mentoring and training. In 2025 LAW ran the HOME social media campaign in three languages on domestic violence and child abuse, covering economic abuse, early warning signs, helplines and bystander intervention. The accompanying PRAYAAMA charity concert filled Sri Lanka’s largest theatre, raised funds for two safe houses, and welcomed survivors from shelters free of charge.

At the start of 2025 the Colombo High Court convicted the owner of a brothel where five Indonesian women had been trafficked and sexually enslaved, sentencing him to 15 years and ordering compensation. LAW had represented the women, secured their release after they were themselves charged with prostitution, and then pressed for trafficking and sexual slavery charges against their exploiter. LAW also developed standard operating procedures for the National Authority for the Protection of Victims of Crimes and Witnesses and the Police Protection Division on handling SGBV victims.

Following LAW’s engagement with the Attorney General’s Department, the Sri Lankan courts amended their procedures to admit victim impact statements, allowing survivors to have the harm they suffered acknowledged in court and opening the way to gender sensitive reparations. LAW has engaged more than 2,000 people in trainings and discussions on transitional justice, gender justice and hate speech, and works with partners including the Centre for Equality and Justice on women’s right to reparations.

Child abuse cases make up a substantial share of the Gender Justice Legal Network’s caseload, and LAW’s training of prosecutors focused specifically on engaging with child survivors in line with international standards to reduce the risk of re-traumatisation. In June 2025 LAW gathered and submitted proposals from prominent Sri Lankan lawyers to the Minister of Justice on domestic violence and child abuse, several of which were identified for immediate implementation, including fast track courts for SGBV cases and the criminalisation of marital rape.

Sri Lanka is also where one of the worst single attacks on humanitarian personnel took place. LAW has marked the twentieth anniversary of the Muttur massacre by arguing that accountability for the killing of aid workers cannot be deferred indefinitely, connecting the case to its global programme on justice for humanitarian personnel.