Guinea

Association d’Appui au Développement des Initiatives Communautaires (ADIC)
$38,800
To strengthen participation among rural citizens, particularly women, in the democratic process and improve their knowledge of legal rights and responsibilities. ADIC will identify and recruit 23 prospective paralegals and convene two workshops to train paralegals to teach rights through literacy education. ADIC’s innovative methodology bases literacy education on legal texts translated into the indigenous Maninka language and the N’ko script.

Association pour la Défense des Droits de la Femme (ADDEF)
$29,818
To improve citizens’ understanding of human rights, democracy, and the electoral process. ADDEF will organize three training-of-trainers workshops on human rights and democracy for 20 rural women leaders in each community. Following the workshops, participants will produce action plans to lead weekly democracy and human rights trainings in their rural communities.

Institute de Recherche sur la Démocratie et l’Etat de Droit (IRDED)
$25,500
To strengthen Guinean legal practitioners’ understanding and support for freedom of expression laws protecting journalists in print and broadcast media. IRDED will organize four legal training sessions in urban centers in Guinea for 100 judges, clerks, and staff from the public prosecutor’s office. IRDED will also organize mock trials of five cases on freedom of expression.

Mêmes Droits pour Tous (Same Rights for All) (MDT)
$32,396
To advocate for the legal and human rights of detainees. MDT will provide free legal aid for detainees at Guinea’s central prison who have been illegally held without trial, prisoners who have been held beyond their sentences, and prisoners suffering from severe malnutrition and illness. MDT will also provide training to prison staff on the rights of prisoners and the duties of prison staff, focusing on human rights conventions ratified by Guinea and the UN guidelines for the treatment of prisoners.

Search for Common Ground (SFCG)
$38,000
To enhance communication on key social and political issues in a non-adversarial manner.
SFCG will improve its studio by purchasing and installing production equipment. SFCG will also purchase field recording equipment to increase its ability to capture the voices of ordinary Guinean citizens through interviews.