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Project Title: Towards the Implementation of Transitional Justice
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zimbabwe
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote the adoption and implementation of a transitional justice process in Zimbabwe. The organization will support a working group of civil society organizations to engage with government institutions to monitor and guide the implementation of transitional justice, support victims of violence to amplify their voices in national dialogue, and coordinate civil society's push for justice and national healing. The working group will organize a series of policy dialogues, research reports, advocacy meetings, and a media campaign.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Enhancing Citizens' Capacity to Defend Human Rights
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zimbabwe
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance freedom of expression and access to information among youth in the Matabeleland region. The organization will produce and broadcast news and interviews with public officials and activists, highlight initiatives by local civil society organizations, create digital content and platforms that enhance youth participation in politics, and encourage debate and boost news and opinions from Matabeleland.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $74,975
Project Title: Building National Consensus on Transitional Justice
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zimbabwe
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support the work of the newly capacitated National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) and to promote a broader strategy for achieving transitional justice in Zimbabwe. The forum, in its capacity as the secretariat of the National Transitional Justice Working Group, will work alongside the Zimbabwe Peace Project to ensure the NPRC is prioritized by the government and rolled out according to the constitution, and will convene a national symposium to draft a national transitional justice policy.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $45,072
Project Title: Enhancing Youth Participation in Local Governance
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zimbabwe
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote youth leadership and improve local governance in Midlands Province. The organization will train citizens and local authorities to improve government accountability and identify corruption; create platforms for young people to influence local government, including the creation of a district youth council; and promote peaceful and inclusive political dialogue through theater performances, discussion forums, and debates.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $39,900
Project Title: Encouraging Constructive Dialogue with New Protest Voices
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zimbabwe
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To amplify and refine the messaging of citizen movements and civil society initiatives calling for democratic reforms. The organization will broadcast radio programs featuring different social movements and assist them in content creation. The organization will also expand its citizen journalist network to cover the impact of the movements in different parts of the country, and provide trainings for journalists and activists on digital security and responsible reporting.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $18,500
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Participation in Democratic Processes
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zimbabwe
Project Focus: Political Processes
Description: To promote youth leadership and participation in democratic processes in Matabeleland South Province. The grantee will carry out a civic and voter education campaign that will feature community youth indabas, educational road shows, a young voter conference, and training for its network of community youth advocates to monitor the election process and take on leadership roles in politics and in their communities. Its efforts will be coordinated with others operating outside of the major cities to develop strategies for expanding space for meaningful youth political participation, especially in rural areas.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,860
Project Title: Viral Activism Project
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zimbabwe
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote freedom of expression and pro-democracy activism by youth through the use of satire, citizen journalism, and creative new media platforms. The organization will produce a new season of its satirical news program Zambezi News, train youth to track parliamentary processes and to contribute to political analysis using online media, and host its annual Shoko Festival for new media experts and youth to share ideas for creative activism.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Strengthening Citizens' Oversight and Agency in Fostering Democracy
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the capacity of grassroots citizens to engage with their elected officials, promote government accountability, and defend constitutionalism in Zambia. The project will support interactive national and community radio and television programs, radio listening clubs, community theater, community dialogues, and a media campaign. The organization will also provide capacity building and outreach support for a consortium of Zambian LGBTI organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $58,000
Project Title: Re-Opening the Space
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To counter threats to free expression and association in Zambia. The organization will work with a network of journalists and civil society activists on a joint campaign that will influence upcoming legislation that intends to further limit internet freedoms and digital space. The campaign will feature policy dialogues, legal analysis, briefings with lawmakers, and media campaigns. The grant will also support a regional meeting for activists from East and Southern Africa to share challenges and solutions to growing threats to civic space.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $39,937
Project Title: Re-Opening The Space
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To defend freedom of expression in Zambia and Southern Africa. The organization will carry out a campaign to defend internet freedom, conduct awareness and advocacy with parliamentarians around pending internet regulation legislation, and promote citizen participation in the campaign. It will also conduct digital rights trainings for activists and human rights lawyers and organize a regional meeting to share experiences and solidarity with activists throughout the sub-region who are facing similar closing space restrictions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Lawyers for Human Rights
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To defend human rights, rule of law, and constitutionalism in Zambia. The project will launch an initiative dedicated to providing legal services to human rights defenders, training human rights lawyers, strengthening the work of civil society activists, and conducting strategic litigation to promote human rights and the rule of law. The organization will establish an office, hold a public launch event, and host monthly workshops for lawyers and civil society activists.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $40,041
Project Title: Countering Shrinking Civic and Political Space
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen the capacity of grassroots civil society to adapt and respond to closing civic space in Zambia. Informed by its recent research report, the organization will coordinate a nation-wide movement to counter shrinking civic space. It will train its network of grassroots activists and journalists to strategically navigate the new environment, build a support network for human rights defenders, monitor the effects of shrinking space throughout the country, and conduct research and policy advocacy.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA)
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To mobilize and coordinate citizen oversight over Zambia's constitutional reform and implementation process. The grant will support the Civil Society Constitution Agenda movement to convene a national forum in order to conduct a constitutional analysis and generate recommendations, carry out a media awareness campaign to keep track of the government's progress, and hold virtual dialogue platforms on mainstream and community radio stations to encourage maximum participation from citizens.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $41,062
Project Title: Defending Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Zambia
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen and coordinate civil society's response to rapidly shrinking civic space and a breakdown of rule of law in Zambia. The project will coordinate civil society leaders to jointly campaign for more accountable governance, protections for civic space, and the implementation of a constitutional bill of rights. The organization will lead the development of a series of position papers responding to the country's developing national dialogue, and will manage a legal defense fund for human rights defenders.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $44,738
Project Title: Lawyers for Human Rights
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To defend human rights, rule of law, and constitutionalism in Zambia. The grant will support an initiative dedicated to providing legal services to human rights defenders, training human rights lawyers, strengthening the work of civil society activists, holding educational forums, and conducting strategic litigation and advocacy to promote human rights and the rule of law.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $95,000
Project Title: Support to Human Rights Defenders
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support the work of human rights defenders and to raise awareness of the protections for human rights in Zambia's constitution. The association will develop and carry out a training curriculum for lawyers and human rights activists. Participants will gain knowledge of the constitution and judicial system, techniques for mobilizing community and national-level advocacy campaigns, strategies for identifying and pursuing strategic litigation, and basic resources for protecting human rights defenders.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Strengthening Citizens' Oversight of Zambia's Constitutional Reform Process
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To strengthen citizen oversight of Zambia's constitutional reform and national dialogue process. The organization will train and coordinate civil society leaders from each province to carry out an awareness campaign around the ongoing constitutional reform process, and will train journalists to accurately report on the process. The project will provide platforms for citizen input and oversight of the national dialogue through community and national forums and interactive community radio programs.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $46,359
Project Title: Promoting Inclusive Citizen Engagement and Participation in Governance
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To enhance citizen participation and civil society coordination in governance processes in Zambia. The organization will coordinate civil society organizations and human rights defenders to jointly campaign for more accountable governance, protections for civic space, and constitutional awareness in five provinces. It will facilitate the creation of networks of human rights defenders and host public forums for communities to discuss ongoing governance processes and review political party manifestos ahead of Zambia's 2021 elections.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $65,000
Project Title: Defending Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Zambia
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote respect for the rule of law and constitutionalism in Zambia. The organization will convene civil society actors and strengthen their capacity to collectively defend the constitution and campaign for the adoption of a national bill of rights. The organization will also strengthen the capacity of human rights defenders and lead joint advocacy campaigns and strategic litigation to defend freedom of expression and association.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $41,035
Project Title: Promoting Inclusive Political Parties and Civic Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To build the capacity of political parties to enhance the inclusion of women and youth in party leadership positions and decision-making processes. The institute will help parties establish internal inclusion mechanisms and support women and youth members in leading internal party discussions, developing citizen-centered party platforms, and engaging with community members in civic action. By enhancing their inclusion of women and youth, Yemen's political parties will demonstrate greater responsiveness to citizen needs, increase cooperation across party and ethnic lines, and promote a more sustainable peace in a post-conflict environment.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $700,000
Project Title: Private Sector Leadership in improving Economic Conditions at the Provincial Level
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To support the Economic Reform Team (ERT) and local coalitions in advancing public policies at the local and national level. The grantee and its local partners will engage local authorities in private sector roundtables and public-private dialogues as well as offer strategic guidance to the Yemeni Central Bank (YCB). By engaging the local authorities and providing support to the YCB as it attempts to enhance economic conditions, the ERT and its partners can work to improve the livelihoods of, and alleviate the suffering of, Yemeni citizens.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $325,000
Project Title: Political Party Renewal and Civic Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Strengthening Political Institutions
Description: To build the capacity of political parties in Yemen to participate effectively in post-conflict negotiations and governance. The institute will facilitate party renewal efforts that help political entities redefine their policy platforms, mend internal fractures, and develop outreach strategies to expand and solidify their constituent bases. To equip parties with the capacity to develop platforms and plans that respond to citizens' concerns, the institute will help foster dialogue between them and key stakeholders in Yemen including civil society, women, and youth representatives.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $575,714
Project Title: Private Sector Leadership in Revitalizing Communities in Conflict
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To enhance the influence of the provincial coalitions in advocating local authorities to address economic and humanitarian challenges, and improve the private sector's role in bridging political divides at the national level. The center and its local partners will produce studies that assess the banking sector crisis, empower local private sector-led coalitions to reinforce dialogue and advocate reforms at the local level, and inform public opinion on the economic and humanitarian indicators within conflict.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $300,000
Project Title: Strengthening Private Sector Engagement
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To strengthen the strategic, research, and communications capacity of the local private sector and to engage private sector stakeholders inside and outside Yemen to prepare for a robust and active role in a post-conflict transition. The center will provide ongoing capacity-building support for taskforce members, focusing on improved strategic communications and policy paper research and drafting skills.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $279,507
Project Title: Engaging Political Leaders and Civic Activists
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To encourage peaceful and constructive engagement among Yemeni political leaders and civic activists in identifying collaborative approaches to post-conflict planning. The institute will facilitate ongoing dialogue among key political movements, political parties and civil society both inside and outside Yemen. The project will allow Yemeni civil society to effectively engage in the national-level political discourse during gatherings outside of Yemen and through online discussion forums.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $225,000
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Values through Film
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic values through films and filmmaking. The grantee will provide mentorship and hands-on training to young men and women on filmmaking and democratic ideas and values; produce short films; hold a film screening for civil society, media, local government, and educators; and engage youth in discussion sessions in Sana'a to encourage volunteer initiatives that translate the films' messages into action.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $19,000
Project Title: Advocating for the Return of the Public Service Delivery in Taizz
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage citizens to advocate for the return of public services in Taizz. The grantee will train 20 activists on monitoring and documenting the resumption of nine service directorates in Taizz, convene two youth advocacy workshops on public services, and produce a report with recommendations on the resumption of services at the national level.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Monitoring Public Services
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote the role of youth in monitoring and advocating for improved public services in Taiz. The grantee will train youth on monitoring public services and citizen engagement, conduct weekly visits to the departments of education, water and sewage in three districts, produce quarterly monitoring reports, present its findings to local authorities and follow up, and hold public meetings to engage the community and stakeholders.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Engaging Judges in Legal Reforms
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To engage judges in legal reforms related to international human rights conventions ratified by the Yemeni government. The grantee will facilitate discussions on legal reforms in Yemen by conducting analyses to identify obstacles preventing the judiciary from complying with international conventions and to offer recommendations. The grantee will enlist judges from across Yemen, hold workshops in Sana'a and Aden, and disseminate its recommendations to the judiciary branch, legislative branch, civil society, government, and media.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: "Women's Voices" Radio Program
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower women at the grassroots level to influence policymaking. The grantee will produce radio programs featuring women from different classes, broadcast each one-hour program live every week. The organization will hold a one-day workshop to present the radio program outcomes targeting representatives from government bodies, local and international organizations, and media, and produce and distribute a report on women's priorities.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $28,000
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen accountability through civic engagement and think-tank research. The grantee will build capacity on accountability for five emerging organizations from Sana'a, Taize, Aden, Marib and Hadramout; produce policy papers on accountability and good governance; facilitate exchanges; and encourage cooperation among organizations working on accountability to establish a social accountability network at the national level.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: "Women's Voices" Radio Program
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower women at the grassroots level to influence policymaking. The grantee will produce 40 radio programs featuring 300 women from different classes, broadcast each one-hour program live every week; hold a one-day workshop to present the radio program outcomes to 40 representatives from government bodies, local and international organizations, and media; and produce and distribute a report on women's priorities.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $28,000
Project Title: "Women's Voices" Radio Program
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower women at the grassroots level to influence policymaking. The grantee will produce new episodes of its radio program "Women's Voices" featuring diverse women. The organization will also train women lawyers to monitor court cases dealing with women's rights in Sana'a; hold a workshop to present project findings to representatives from government, local and international organizations, and media; and produce and distribute a final report.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Restoring Independent Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To help rebuild Yemen's independent media sector and to support at-risk journalists in exile. The grantee will facilitate an online citizen and investigative journalism platform focused on current political and economic developments in Yemen. It will reach out to veteran and junior journalists inside and outside Yemen to produce and publish impartial and credible media content on critical topics.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Promote youth leadership
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote youth leadership in the context of conflict. The grantee will train 20 youth on leadership in conflict and fragile state contexts, convene a workshop for youth to identify two priorities on issues relevant to fixing fragile states, and conduct four initiatives targeting 120 representatives from civil society, media, local government, academics, political parties and citizens.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,500
Project Title: Democracy for Peace
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote democracy and nonviolence through filmmaking. The grantee will train 30 young men and women to promote peace and democracy, produce three short films, engage 500 youth in discussion sessions in Sana'a and Hajjah cities, and hold a Democracy for Peace film event.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Mapping Accountability Mechanisms
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight and accountability for public service provision. The grantee will conduct a comprehensive study of accountability mechanisms in Sanaa, which will include surveys, field visits, workshops, and an advocacy campaign to present the findings of its study to key stakeholders and to activate the mechanisms of accountability.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Values through Film
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic values and education through film. The grantee will train young men and women on filmmaking and democratic ideas and values; produce short films; hold a film screening for representatives from the education system, civil society, media, local government and citizens; and engage youth in discussion sessions in Sana'a to encourage volunteer initiatives that translate the films' messages into action.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $23,000
Project Title: Advocacy for IDPs rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage civil society organizations to advocate for the rights of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib. The grantee will establish a network of 15 local NGOs, hold a three-day orientation and planning workshop, conduct a participatory study to assess the needs of IDPs, hold a one-day workshop to compile one final report, and convene a public meeting to present the study report with recommendations to address the needs targeting 40 stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Civic Oversight of Children's Health Services in Hudaydah
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of children' health services in Hudaydah. The grantee will conduct a three-day workshop for its 10 youth monitors to analyze the local context of health services and develop an accountability strategy, conduct weekly visits to compile findings into four quarterly monitoring reports, convene three public discussion meetings to present the findings, and produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Youth for Peace and Coexistence
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote a culture of peace and coexistence in Yemen. The grantee will hold two three-day trainings for 20 youth activists on strengthening these values in diverse communities, five visits to high schools and universities to promote the acceptance of others, and a seminar supporting religious leaders to develop messages of peace to be incorporated in their Friday sermons and community work.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen accountability through civic engagement and think-tank research. The grantee will provide technical and financial assistance to five emerging organizations from Sana'a, Taiz, Aden, Ibb and Hadramout. The grantee will also produce policy papers on accountability and good governance, facilitate exchanges and encourage cooperation among organizations working on accountability to establish a national social accountability network.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations in Yemen and advocate redress for victims. The grantee will partner with monitors across the country to document human rights abuses, produce four quarterly reports and one comprehensive annual report on the state of human rights in Yemen, and support victims through advocacy and legal assistance.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Engaging Judges in Legal Reforms
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To engage judges in legal reforms related to international human rights conventions ratified by the Yemeni government. The grantee will continue its work to facilitate discussions on legal reform and enforcement in Yemen. The grantee and its cadre of judges will lead a series of training workshops for legal professionals and employees who work with women prisoners.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations in Yemen and advocate redress for victims. The grantee's monitors throughout all 22 provinces will document human rights abuses, produce four quarterly reports and one comprehensive annual report on the state of human rights in Yemen, and disseminate the reports to Yemeni and international organizations.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth Leadership in Local Communities
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To empower youth activists to advocate for local community needs and identify policy solutions to local issues. The grantee will train youth on debate skills, then conduct debates in each of Aden's eight districts, to find solutions to local needs. Debate attendees will include representatives from local government, civil society, media and citizens. The arguments presented will be documented in policy briefs that will be published after each debate.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations and advocate redress for victims. The organization's monitors throughout all 22 provinces will document human rights abuses, produce four quarterly reports and one comprehensive annual report on the state of human rights, and support victims through advocacy and legal assistance.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Youth Cultural and Free Expression Forum
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To provide a safe platform and an opportunity for improving youth dialogue, critical thinking, and debate skills, at a time of conflict. To respond to the shrinking space for youth participation in public life, the grantee will identify themes of interest to youth that it will address through publishing articles, producing video clips, and conducting public discussions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $31,300
Project Title: Supporting Social Cohesion in Hadramout
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote civic values through social cohesion in Hadhramout. The grantee will hold ten open discussion sessions targeting 300 citizens from diverse political and social factions in Hadhramout, and establish five alliances and networks in support of national peace.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Oversight of Local Budget and Spending
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of local budgeting in Taiz. The grantee will train youth on monitoring and documenting local budgets and spending in Taiz, conduct field visits to local offices of related ministries and public sector agencies, convene discussion sessions to present the findings, produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps, and establish a website for tracking budgets and spending.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Advocating for IDPs and Reconstruction in Tahamah
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To engage youth from underserved districts in advocating for reconstruction and internally displaced people in the Tahamah region. The grantee will train and mentor four youth teams to advocate for internally displaced people (IDPs) and reconstruction in two war-torn districts. The youth teams will monitor and document IDP needs and damaged infrastructure, produce quarterly and annual reports on their findings, compile stories of victims of conflict, and advocate authorities to improve conditions for these communities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Youth Dialogue Forum
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a platform for youth dialogue on public policy in Sanaa, Yemen. In response to shrinking space for public debate and to promote dialogue amongst youth, the organization will develop safe spaces for youth, writers, and artists to present differing perspectives on public policy.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Supporting Social Cohesion in Hadramout
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote civic engagement and social cohesion in the Hadramout region. The grantee will hold ten open discussion sessions on developing a shared future vision for the community to address the pressing issues identified by community members. Participants will include local community leaders as well as Yemeni diaspora originally from Hadramout.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Values through Film
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic values through films and filmmaking. The grantee will provide mentorship and hands-on training to young men and women on filmmaking and democratic ideas and values; produce short films; hold a film screening for civil society, media, local government, and educators; and engage youth in discussion sessions in Sana'a to encourage volunteer initiatives that translate the films' messages into action.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $44,000
Project Title: Monitoring Humanitarian Assistance & Aid
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of humanitarian assistance aid to Yemen. The grantee will train monitors to map humanitarian assistance actors, monitor the humanitarian assistance process and delivery of aid organizations, conduct field visits to the areas benefitting from humanitarian aid, produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps, and convene three discussion sessions to present the study's findings.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth Leadership in Local Communities
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To empower youth activists to advocate for local community needs in Aden. The group will train 30 youth activists, hold 12 focus groups with citizens to identify local needs, present findings to decision-makers at two public forums, support youth initiatives on community priorities identified during fieldwork, and produce a final report containing recommendations for solutions.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Independent Media
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent media organizations and support strategic planning to guide and sustain their work in a turbulent context. The organization will lead a training program in four provinces to equip media outlets that are struggling due to the war or financial difficulties with the tools needed to enhance their professionalism and financial stability. Expert trainers will work with the media outlets to develop and begin implementing strategic plans.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Oversight of Local Budget and Spending
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of local budgeting in Taiz. The grantee will train a cadre of 20 youth on monitoring and documenting local budgets and spending in Taiz and conduct field visits to local offices of related ministries and public sector agencies. It will also convene two discussion sessions to present its findings, produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps in monitoring and documentation, and establish a website for tracking budgets and spending.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Engagement with Local Government
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen youth engagement with local government to improve the quality of governance in Hadramout. The grantee will train youth on monitoring local government performance, particularly for the implementation of government construction projects and protection of public spaces. The organization will conduct an assessment study as well as engage citizens with the local councils in public meetings to identify, deliberate, and develop solutions to improve the quality of public projects
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Independent Media Coverage of Peace Negotiations
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen independent journalism, and in particular independent media coverage of peace and reconciliation efforts. The organization will work with its network of journalists across Yemen to report on local-level as well as national and international peace negotiations and initiatives. The organization will create a new section on its news website dedicated to this coverage, which will include regular news reports, case studies from other global conflicts and peace processes, and a catalog of past and present peace negotiations in Yemen.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Advocating for IDPs and Reconstruction in Tahamah
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To engage youth from underserved districts in advocating for reconstruction and internally displaced people in the Tahamah region. The grantee will train and mentor four youth teams to advocate for internally displaced people (IDPs) and reconstruction in two war-torn districts. The youth teams will monitor and document IDP needs and damaged infrastructure, produce quarterly and annual reports on their findings, compile stories of victims of conflict, and advocate authorities to improve conditions for these communities.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Empowering Female Journalists
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To empower female journalists and enhance their media coverage of conflict zones in Yemen. The grantee will conduct a ten-day advanced training workshop for 26 female journalists on press professionalism and advanced media mechanisms. It will also provide ongoing coaching for the journalists during preparation and publication of their articles and reports; offer networking opportunities with journalists and media consortiums at national, regional and international level; and conduct two public meetings to engage the stakeholders with content, and promote dialogue about relevant articles.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: Social Accountability to Improve Education
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the need for social accountability to improve public education in Taiz. The center will hold three two-day workshops for 75 civil society representatives ; organize five public meetings to engage citizens and government officials; broadcast three, one-hour radio programs; produce and distribute 2000 copies of a brochure on the role of social accountability; and draft a code of conduct for the civic oversight of public education services in Taiz.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Monitoring Public Services
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage youth in promoting better governance of public services in Taiz. The grantee will train youth on tactics of advocacy and accountability in conflict zones, conduct weekly visits to the departments of water, sewage and sanitation in three districts, produce quarterly monitoring reports, present its findings to local authorities and follow up on action, and hold public meetings to engage the community and stakeholders.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Leadership in Hadramout
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen youth participation in local political processes in Hadramout region. The grantee will hold a five-day training workshop on political empowerment and political rights for 16 youth, implement four issue-based advocacy campaigns, launch four political awareness events, reach out to more than 200 youth, and establish a coalition among the youth activists.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Civil Society Coordination and Strategic Planning
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen civil society organizations' (CSO) collaboration and strategic planning to enhance civic engagement during and post-conflict. The grantee will establish a working group comprised of 15 Yemeni CSOs, hold workshops for the members to prepare an agenda of Yemeni civil society priorities, identify a series of short- and long-term goals at both the local and national levels, and develop and action plan. The project will also provide one-on-one consultations for members as they develop their own organization's strategic plans in light of collective priorities identified by the group.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $85,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth in Aden
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To empower youth to participate in shaping the new political process in Aden. The grantee will train 20 youth on political empowerment; identify main public issues; implement four issue-based advocacy campaigns; and hold a final conference to highlight lessons learned.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations in Yemen and advocate redress for victims. The grantee will monitor, compile an evidence-based record, and report on human rights violations in all 22 Yemeni governorates. The grantee will produce and disseminate an annual report on the state of human rights in Yemen and network with international human rights defenders and organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Reinforcing Social Cohesion
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To articulate a vision of the role of civil society in restoring social cohesion as an integral part of a future political settlement. The grantee will produce six working/research papers based on 11 focus groups; hold four workshops in Sana'a, Aden, Hudaydah and Hadramout for 80 civil society and political activists; and compile and produce a comprehensive study for dissemination among national and international stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $38,940
Project Title: Promote Peace building in Aden
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To mobilize civil society in Aden to promote peacebuilding. The organization will select ten youth to conduct an assessment study of previous peacebuilding efforts in Aden in order to identify lessons learned. The grantee will also hold eight workshops targeting civil society, produce a brief report with recommendations on the role of civil society to promote peace in Aden, and convene a final meeting for 30 representatives from civil society to explore possible avenues for cooperation to implement the recommendations.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Democratic Values in Education
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote democratic values in education through filmmaking. The grantee will train 16 young men and women to promote democratic values in education; produce four short films; hold a Democratic Values in Education film event for 400 representatives from the education and higher education systems, civil society, media, local government and citizens; and engage 500 youth in 9 discussion sessions in Sana'a to solicit volunteer initiatives that translate the films' messages into an action to promote democratic values.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $23,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Engagement with Local Government
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To strengthen youth engagement with local government in order to increase responsiveness to community needs in Hadramout. The grantee will train 15 youth on political empowerment and local administration and conduct a needs assessment targeting 90 citizens. It will also engage a minimum of 350 citizens with the local councils in eight public meetings to deliberate and develop solutions to pressing social, economic, and community development issues.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Civic Oversight of Educational Services in Abyan
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of public education services in Abyen during and after the conflict. The grantee will conduct a six-day theoretical and practical training for 12 experienced observers to monitor public educational services, visit schools and education offices, meet parent committees, produce three monitoring reports, follow up with local authorities on recommendations, and organize three public dialogue meetings between citizens, local officials and stakeholders.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $22,000
Project Title: Promote Democratic Transitions
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote democratic transitions processes in line with the National Dialogue outcomes in the Aden region. The grantee will train 30 activists to engage youth at federal, state and local levels, produce five initiatives in support of democratic transitions and national dialogue outcomes, and convene a one-day workshop for 60 stakeholders in support of youth initiatives in four southern governorates.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Peace Through Dialogue
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote peace and conflict resolution through dialogue among youth in Taizz. The organization will train 20 youth to facilitate dialogue towards peace and conflict resolution. The grantee will convene ten dialogue and debate sessions targeting 140 youth, establish a "Youth for Peace" network, and coordinate youth activities towards peace.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Youth Cultural and Free Expression Forum
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To provide a safe platform for youth dialogue, cultural expression, and engagement at a time of conflict. In response to shrinking space for youth participation in public life, the grantee will identify four themes of interest to Yemeni youth that it will address through publishing articles, producing video clips, and conducting public discussions.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Advocating Internally Displaced People's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage civil society organizations in advocating for the rights of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib. The grantee will continue working with a network of eight local organizations to advocate for local government to address IDP and host community needs, monitor and document new cases of denying IDPs' social and economic rights, conduct monthly field visits to IDP camps, and hold monthly public meetings to convene local government representatives, citizens, IDP, media and donors.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Oversight of Local Budget and Spending
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen civic oversight of local budgeting in Taiz. The grantee will continue monitoring and documenting local budgets and spending in Taiz, conduct field visits to local offices of related ministries and public sector agencies, convene discussion sessions to present the findings, produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps, and develop its website for tracking budgets and spending.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Enhancing Local Service Delivery
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote the role of youth in monitoring and advocating for improved public services in four governorates of Tahama region. The grantee will assist youth leaders in efforts to monitor local service directorates, and will moderate focus groups with youth activists on community priorities. Based on their findings, the grantee will produce reports on findings and recommendations, and hold public meetings with local decision-makers to advocate for better services.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $26,000
Project Title: State building in post-conflict
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To influence national and international policies regarding state building in post-conflict Yemen through think tank research. The grantee will enlist an independent think tank consisting of expert researchers and representatives from civil society organizations to produce four policy papers on post-conflict state building from social and political perspectives. A public meeting will also be held to advocate for context-based recommendations to address the social and political issues that will affect state building in post-conflict Yemen.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability in Ibb
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the role of youth and women in local government accountability in Ibb governorate. The program will select and train 29 community representatives on citizen monitoring. The grantee will also monitor and report on local government accountability in delivering services to citizens, and hold two forums to discuss the findings and recommendations of the monitoring reports among governorate officials, district council members and local directorate employees.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Youth Dialogue Forum
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote a platform for youth dialogue on public policy in Sanaa. In response to shrinking space for public debate and to promote dialogue amongst youth, the grantee will develop three themes of public interest for a public debate event. Each will last for three months and include three components: publishing articles, producing video clips, and conducting actual public debates.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Engaging Youth in Promoting Community Security
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To advocate the local government to improve the security situation in Aden. The grantee will hold a three-day planning workshop for youth to prepare for public dialogue with local police bodies to address security issues, then hold public meetings for representatives from local government, the Ministry of Interior Affairs, civil society, media and citizens. The grantee will document the outcome of the public meetings and share them with the broader public through online media.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Advocating Internally Displaced People's Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To engage civil society organizations in advocating for the rights of internally displaced people (IDPs) in Marib. The grantee will continue working with its network of local organizations to advocate for IDPs. It will monitor the performance of the newly established Government Joint Committee for Responding to IDP Needs through field visits to IDP camps in ten districts and monthly public meetings. The project will also establish an e-platform to encourage the local government to respond to IDP and host community needs.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability in Ibb
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the role of local communities in social accountability during the crisis in Ibb governorate. The grantee will train 30 activists on monitoring local government and donors in charge of food distribution, basic health services and prices of basic items; convene two discussion forums on its findings; and produce a final report with recommendations on addressing performance gaps.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $30,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth in Aden
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To incorporate youth into decision-making processes through establishing shadow youth councils to engage with elected local councils. The grantee will provide advanced training and mentorship to shadow youth council members in four districts in Aden, identify weaknesses in local governance, offer youth practical experience in local government by involving them in the work of elected local councils, and hold monthly meetings. Public workshops for local stakeholders will produce plans for improving local council performance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Monitoring Humanitarian Assistance in Conflict Zones
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the role of civil society in social accountability during conflict and post-conflict. The grantee will map humanitarian assistance actors, monitor humanitarian assistance process and delivery of seven aid organizations, conduct field visits to three governorates, convene two discussion sessions targeting 40 stakeholders to present the findings, and produce a final report with recommendations to address gaps.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth Leadership in Local Communities
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To empower youth activists to advocate for local community needs in Aden. Thirty youth activists will be trained on local development analysis and outreach and will hold 12 focus groups with citizens to identify local needs, present their findings to decision makers at three public forums, and create a final report containing recommendations for solutions. The project will also support previously trained youth activists in addressing community priorities through awareness and advocacy initiatives.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $27,000
Project Title: "Women's Voices" Radio Program
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To empower women at the grassroots level to influence policymaking. The grantee will produce 48 radio programs featuring 250 women from different classes, broadcast each one-hour program live every week, and produce and distribute a report on women priorities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Empowering Women for Local Government Accountability in Abyan
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance the capacity of a core group of women monitoring local government performance and advocating for improved service delivery in Abyan Province. The grantee will train 20 activists in effective monitoring and report writing, oversee their monitoring of six service directorates, compile three quarterly reports, present findings to local officials at three public meetings, and advocate for measures to address issues raised.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $17,781
Project Title: Strengthening Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen accountability through civic engagement and think tank research. The grantee will implement a pilot project to contextualize regional and international expertise, build the capacity of national trainers to pioneer accountability training among civil society, and enlist an independent think tank to conduct an in-depth analysis of previous accountability efforts in order to distill lessons learned to improve forthcoming interventions.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth in Aden
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To incorporate youth into decision-making processes through establishing shadow youth councils to engage with elected local councils. The grantee will provide advanced training and mentorship to shadow youth council members in three districts in Aden, identify weaknesses in local governance, offer youth practical experience in local government by involving them in the work of elected local councils, and hold monthly meetings. Public workshops for local stakeholders will produce plans for improving local council performance.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Youth Civic Engagement in Tahama
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To engage and empower youth from underserved sub-districts in Tahama region to address the humanitarian crisis and advocate for a sustainable, locally-driven solution. The grantee will train 15 youth leaders in civic participation and advocacy for better humanitarian response, conduct community and stakeholder workshops on addressing humanitarian crisis, campaign to implement plans and pledges, and establish a youth council to sustain youth participation at the district level.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $18,000
Project Title: Strengthening Youth Engagement with Local Government
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen youth engagement with local government to increase responsiveness to community needs in Hadramout. The grantee will train youth on political empowerment and local administration, conduct a needs assessment study, engage citizens with the local councils in public meetings to identify, deliberate, and develop solutions to pressing social, economic, and community development issues.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Monitoring Human Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise public awareness of human rights violations in Yemen and advocate redress for victims. The grantee will monitor, compile an evidence-based record, and report on human rights violations in all 22 Yemeni governorates. The grantee will produce and disseminate an annual report on the state of human rights in Yemen and network with international human rights defenders and organizations.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $37,251
Project Title: Youth for Peace and Coexistence
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To promote a culture of peace and coexistence in Dhamar governorate. The grantee will hold a five-day training on tolerance for 25 youth activists and engage 250 citizens including youth and religious leaders in five dialogue sessions to prevent youth involvement in the ongoing war.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $22,500
Project Title: Youth Civic Engagement in Tahama
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote youth engagement in addressing the humanitarian crisis and advocating for sustainable solutions in Tahama region. The grantee will train 20 youth council members in three districts; hold four workshops for 180 representatives from local government, donors, and community members; and provide support to the youth council to follow up on the implementation of plans adopted by the stakeholders.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth in Aden
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Yemen
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To incorporate youth into decision-making processes through establishing shadow local youth councils to engage with elected local councils. The grantee will train 20 youth from four districts in Aden on political participation and local governance functions; identify weaknesses in local governance; involve youth in the work of the elected local council to participate in local government; and convene two dialogues targeting 160 representatives from the local councils, youth councils, and civil society to map out plans for improving local council performance.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $27,000
Project Title: Defending and Advocating for Uyghur Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of and support for Uyghur human rights. The organization will conduct international and regional advocacy on Uyghur issues; organize advocacy and capacity training for Uyghur youth; monitor, document, and highlight ongoing human rights abuses in East Turkistan; convene an inter-ethnic and inter-faith conference; and provide support and coordination for the Uyghur diaspora.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $44,998
Project Title: Advocacy and Outreach for Uyghur Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of and advocate for Uyghur human rights. The organization will research, document, and provide independent and accurate information about human rights violations affecting Uyghurs in China. It will also conduct outreach to Chinese citizens, and engage in international advocacy on topics related to Uyghur human rights.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $5,000
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