RESOURCES
Real Hope in Mumbai Slums
March 2009 Last month, the film Slumdog Millionaire won eight Academy Awards including best picture for its captivating and hopeful story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who wins 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?." While Slumdog Millionaire’s depiction of oppression and injustice in Mumbai is dead-on reality, its inspiring message of hope is a make-believe Bollywood fantasy. Read more. Scenes from Slums of Koliwada, India
September 2008 Images of the Koliwada slums in Dharavi, India, courtesy of Aditi Mehta, a JVI intern who participated in the "Urban Typhoon" project in March 2008. Justice Network News (Vol. 1, Issue 2)
May 2008 A word from JVI's president, and updates from the field. Bonded Laborers in Uddar Pradesh, India
May 2008 JVI is working with a justice venture to free men, women and children illegally held in a rock quary as bonded laborers in the northern Indian state of Uddar Pradesh, India. A Concert for Justice in Chennai, India
April 2008 Chennai Transformation Network, a justice venture with which JVI works to establish a Justice Resource Center in the city of Chennai, India, recently held a concert to encourage individuals to take up the work of justice on behalf of the city's slum and pavement dwellers, as well as the victims of human trafficking. Comments from Chinese Public Defenders and Legal Aid Lawyers
February 2008 Seven participants of the 2007 Chinese Public Defender Training Program reflect on how their participation is helping to bring about better legal representation for the poor and oppressed in China.
March 2009 Last month, the film Slumdog Millionaire won eight Academy Awards including best picture for its captivating and hopeful story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who wins 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?." While Slumdog Millionaire’s depiction of oppression and injustice in Mumbai is dead-on reality, its inspiring message of hope is a make-believe Bollywood fantasy. Read more. Scenes from Slums of Koliwada, India
September 2008 Images of the Koliwada slums in Dharavi, India, courtesy of Aditi Mehta, a JVI intern who participated in the "Urban Typhoon" project in March 2008. Justice Network News (Vol. 1, Issue 2)
May 2008 A word from JVI's president, and updates from the field. Bonded Laborers in Uddar Pradesh, India
May 2008 JVI is working with a justice venture to free men, women and children illegally held in a rock quary as bonded laborers in the northern Indian state of Uddar Pradesh, India. A Concert for Justice in Chennai, India
April 2008 Chennai Transformation Network, a justice venture with which JVI works to establish a Justice Resource Center in the city of Chennai, India, recently held a concert to encourage individuals to take up the work of justice on behalf of the city's slum and pavement dwellers, as well as the victims of human trafficking. Comments from Chinese Public Defenders and Legal Aid Lawyers
February 2008 Seven participants of the 2007 Chinese Public Defender Training Program reflect on how their participation is helping to bring about better legal representation for the poor and oppressed in China.
Justice: The Order that Love Requires [PDF]
December 2006 Jeffrey Pankratz, the president of JVI, addresses the relationship between justice and love from a Christian perspective.
December 2006 Jeffrey Pankratz, the president of JVI, addresses the relationship between justice and love from a Christian perspective.
Human Trafficking Resource Library
May 2008 Childtrafficking.com provides an excellent digital library of resources relevant to human trafficking, including the latest researches, strategies and interventions being carried out by a global community of anti-human trafficking organizations.
A Flourishing Slum
December 2007 An article from The Economist magazine about the conditions of living in Dharavi, India, one of Asia's biggest slums.
May 2008 Childtrafficking.com provides an excellent digital library of resources relevant to human trafficking, including the latest researches, strategies and interventions being carried out by a global community of anti-human trafficking organizations.
A Flourishing Slum
December 2007 An article from The Economist magazine about the conditions of living in Dharavi, India, one of Asia's biggest slums.