Pakistan

American Center for International Labor Solidarity
$470,000
To enhance women and child rights in Pakistan; to provide technical orientation and assistance to recently-elected legislators; and to assist unions to engage youth. The Solidarity Center will work with its partners to educate and inform parliamentarians on labor issues, to advocate for labor-friendly legislation, to enhance participation of youth within the ranks of unions, and to raise awareness and respect for core labor standards among civil society, donors, and decision-makers.

Bargad Society of Human Resources
$50,225
To strengthen youth leadership, especially among women, and to encourage participation in peaceful, democratic student politics on university campuses. Bargad will conduct a training-of-trainers workshop, organize seminars and forums in 20 universities as well as a national-level conference on peace-building and women’s leadership, publish a bi-annual magazine and a booklet on student activism, and produce radio and television shows on topics related to student unions and activism.

Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace
$50,000*
To encourage political parties, government officials, civil society groups, and other social and political actors to include human rights, especially religious tolerance, in their political agendas. CCJP will conduct a multi-faceted project that includes advocacy on human rights and minority issues; orientation workshops for district-level CCJP members; public education meetings; district-level conventions on democracy and human rights; and legislative monitoring.

Center for Civic Education Pakistan (CCE)
$80,000
To facilitate public discussion on democratic reforms and to increase public awareness about democratic processes. The Center for Civic Education Pakistan will establish a resource center which will serve as a research facility and provide a civic space for scholars, civil society activists, politicians, and others to discuss democracy-related issues. CCE will also produce a documentary on democracy and organize advocacy events on democratic reforms.

Center for Peace and Civil Society (CPCS)
$60,000
To promote democratic ideas and values and to strengthen the role of civil society organizations, political parties, media, and academia in politics in Sindh. CPCS will conduct a series of trainings and interactive dialogues organized around fundamental democratic principles as well as publish booklets, training manuals, and a quarterly journal.

Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE)
$850,000
To enhance the capacity of business associations to better represent the business community and to raise public awareness and access to information on democratic and economic issues in Pakistan. CIPE will build the capacity of business support organizations, women and youth, and economic journalists to identify reform needs and to foster dialogue between government and the business sector to improve the policy environment.

Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP)
$40,000
To provide opportunities for youth to develop their skills in political activism and to lay the foundation for a youth movement in Sindh. CSSP will form two youth groups, provide training opportunities and organize a series of workshops and seminars, and organize a study trip and national youth conference.

Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives, Pakistan (CPDI)
$75,000
To institutionalize mechanisms of public accountability and transparency by strengthening civil society and democratic processes. CPDI will organize trainings for civil society activists, community dialogues, public forums on accountability, and workshops for government officials, councilors, and members of national and provincial assemblies to sensitize them to issues of access to information and transparency in the use of public funds in two districts of Pakistan.

Democratic Commission for Human Development (DCHD)
$100,000
To raise awareness of democracy, human rights, and tolerance among secondary school teachers and students. DCHD will develop a comprehensive human rights curriculum for use in 100 schools in Sindh and Punjab, provide teacher training, and organize youth forums in ten districts.

Institute for Development Studies and Practices (IDSP)
$70,000
To cultivate a new generation of female leaders who will be prepared to take an active role in local government and civil society. The IDSP will conduct a year-long course to develop the leadership capacity of young women in regards to issues of gender, development, and democracy in four districts of Balochistan.

Interactive Resource Centre (IRC)
$100,000
To mobilize urban youth in Pakistan to play a more active role in the struggle for human rights. The IRC will train urban youth and other groups on community-based documentary film-making and on the use of interactive theater as well as develop a community film school and web portal for civil society organizations.

International Republican Institute (IRI)
$1,100,000
To use public opinion-based research, both qualitative and quantitative, to assist political parties to govern on issues relevant to their constituent needs. IRI will conduct strategic communication trainings, public opinion research and briefings based on research findings for political parties to improve communications between the electorate and the people, government and citizens, and local party leaders and national party leadership.

Mehergarh: A Centre of Learning
$45,000
To encourage youth, especially from rural backgrounds, to play a more constructive role as citizens and future leaders in the effort to consolidate democracy in Pakistan. Mehergarh will conduct residential youth leadership camps and launch a civic action and information campaign on securing the rights of religious minorities.

Minority Rights Commission
$45,000
To engage citizens in a long-term campaign for peace, tolerance, and democracy in south Punjab. The Minority Rights Commission will form peace committees in five districts of south Punjab that will organize a series of activities such as conferences, roundtables, theater performances, and musical events revolving around the themes of peace, tolerance, and democracy.

Mukhtar Mai Women Welfare Organization (MMWWO)
$65,000*
To raise awareness of women’s legal and human rights in rural south Punjab, to build the capacity of activists working to protect women’s rights, and to sensitize the government, media, and civil society on issues of violence against women. The MMWWO will conduct a comprehensive advocacy program on women’s rights in five districts of south Punjab, including capacity-building trainings for civil society groups and journalists, a fact-finding visit to women’s prisons, a speech and art competition on women’s rights, and a conference on women’s rights.

Mukhtar Mai Women Welfare Organization (MMWWO)
$66,370*
To promote women’s rights and to reduce violence against women in two districts of south Punjab. The MMWWO will operate a women’s resource center, run a campaign on women’s rights, conduct capacity-building trainings for the organization, produce television programs in Seraiki-language, and publish various advocacy materials on women’s rights.

Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation (OAKDF)
$88,421*
To develop citizen leadership and to promote citizen activism in five districts of the Hazara region in the Northwest Frontier Province. OAKDF will conduct a budget monitoring project to increase local government accountability, organize People’s Assemblies to promote public debate on issues of concern for citizens, and strengthen broad-based civil society coalitions by holding forums and conventions to discuss advocacy strategies.

Omar Asghar Khan Development Foundation (OAKDF)
$150,000
To develop citizen leadership and to promote citizen activism in the Northwest Frontier Province. OAKDF will conduct a budget monitoring project to increase local government accountability, organize People’s Assemblies to promote public debate on issues of concern for citizens, and strengthen broad-based civil society coalitions by holding forums and conventions to discuss advocacy strategies.

Organization for Development and Peace (ODP)
$30,700
To strengthen the capacity of activists and organizations to raise awareness of human rights and democracy among key stakeholders in two districts of south Punjab. ODP will conduct training-of-trainers workshops for local activists on democracy and human rights, form and train human rights committees, and organize a series of forums for youth, women, public officials, journalists, and religious figures to promote a culture of democracy and human rights.

Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF)
$95,000
To improve the responsiveness and accountability of local government, landowners, corporations, and other powerful interests on a wide array of issues impacting the livelihoods of fisherfolk. The PFF will organize district and national-level events to raise awareness of fisherfolk issues; conduct community meetings in 40 villages; and organize training and capacity-building workshops.

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF)
$142,620
To build the capacity of civil society organizations to better understand the media and to increase information sharing and cooperation between rural journalists and civil society organizations. The PPF will conduct training programs and workshops for print, radio, and photo-journalists and civil society actors in eight districts in Pakistan, support the development of networks of journalists and civil society organizations in the eight project districts, and publish its annual Pakistan Press Freedom Report.

Potohar Organization for Development Advocacy (PODA)
$100,000
To strengthen public participation and to improve government accountability at the local level in rural Pakistan. PODA will undertake four interrelated activities: strengthening rural councilors networks, civic education, advocacy for small farmers’ rights, and supporting the use of interactive theater as a tool for building awareness of all these issues.

SHEHRI - Citizens for a Better Environment
$150,000
To strengthen the capacity of law enforcement to respond to human rights violations and to improve the public accountability of the police through greater citizen-police interaction. Shehri-CBE will hold a series of workshops and trainings for police in Islamabad and all four provinces; organize a two-day master trainers workshop; and continue an advocacy campaign to improve the rule of law, particularly as it pertains to police, in Pakistan.

Taangh Wasaib Organization (TWO)
$85,000
To strengthen respect for human rights among teachers and students. TWO will conduct a school-based human rights program in Sargodah District, Pakistan, produce radio programs on human rights issues, organize events and meetings to raise awareness of human rights issues, and develop publications that promote human rights. TWO will also launch the project in three new districts: Kushab, Bhakkar, and Mandi Bahaudin.

Uks Research Centre
$70,000
To generate dialogue between the general public and journalists, editors, and media owners about media content and to encourage informed debate about freedom of information and media responsibility. Uks will conduct media monitoring and focus group discussions on media content in six cities and will share this information with media outlets through regular meetings and a newsletter.

Women Media Centre of Pakistan (WMC)
$90,000
To enhance women journalists’ understanding of the legislative process in the national and provincial assemblies and to improve their skills in television reporting, camera-work, and editing. The WMC will organize three ten-day workshops, three two-day workshops, and one full-day seminar to train approximately 175 women journalists from throughout Pakistan on how to report on the legislative process in the national and provincial assemblies, as well as teach technical skills related to broadcast journalism.

The grant listings posted here are from the 2009 Annual Report, published in June 2010.