High quality legal education materials can help women and girls understand and claim their rights.

• Work with experts who have a detailed understanding of the governing formal laws, customary practices, or religious laws, and their impact on women and girls, to ensure that materials present accurate information.
• Relate the laws, customs, or practices being addressed back to international human rights principles and clarify that human rights principles must take precedence over country laws, customs, or practices.
• Create materials that help people understand both the formal and informal sector options available to them. Many of those working in the justice sector regularly are dealing with the overlap of formal and informal systems.
• Know the audience for the materials, but do not make assumptions. Judges, survivors of violence, community advocates, and traditional leaders likely will need different types of information and need it presented in different ways. Work with those who will use the materials to listen to their needs and to pre-test materials. It can be easy to assume that certain audiences, in particular judges or magistrates, have a particular literacy level, or are aware of certain basic legal information. These assumptions can be problematic, especially in post-conflict settings where education has been interrupted or unavailable for many years. Seek guidance from experts on developing materials for low-literacy audiences if needed.
• Create materials in a format that is easy for people to carry and reference regularly. Smaller size booklets, quick reference pages, and charts that quickly compare concepts make it more likely that materials will be used.