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All results totalling $876,962,890
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Project Title: "The Analyticon" Monthly Journal
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Armenia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote public discussion of current events in the South Caucasus. The organization will publish a monthly scholarly journal on political, social, and economic developments in Nagorno Karabakh, Armenia, and Azerbaijan. The grantee will organize 18 online discussions on social media to facilitate discussion among its readers on the topics covered in each edition of the journal.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $97,176
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: A Human Rights Organization
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of human rights abuses, improve access to legal aid, and encourage increased responsiveness to the needs of victims of human rights violations. Legal aid will be offered, assistance will be provided in filing complaints, and efforts to raise awareness of human rights abuses and political repression will continue.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $26,590
Project Title: A Regional Approach to Promoting Democratic Values in Cuba
Project Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Project Country: _ Latin America & Caribbean Regional
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To support and raise the visibility of pro-democracy actors and human rights advocates in Latin America. The grantee will promote greater international awareness of the efforts of democracy activists to ensure greater political pluralism throughout the region, with an emphasis on those countries where democracy is either absent or at greater risk.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Access to Justice and Legal Aid in Eastern Sudan
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Sudan
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To provide legal aid services to disadvantaged and vulnerable communities in eastern Sudan, particularly women, and to raise awareness among communities in eastern Sudan about human rights. Zenab for Women Development will empower vulnerable women in Gedaref state by raising awareness about human rights, providing legal aid services to vulnerable women, and raising awareness about the increased in sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $30,500
Project Title: Accountability in Access to Health Services
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Egypt
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To enhance accountability in marginalized communities' access to health services in accordance with Egyptian law. The project will inform beneficiaries of their legal rights and required procedures to receive public health services. It will also advocate for the proper application of new legislation on the right to health through civic campaigns, seminars, animation videos, and legal consultations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,000
Project Title: Activist Network
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Russia
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide independent news and analysis on social, political, and human rights developments and to develop civic activism among youth. The organization will maintain a website with reporting and analysis on the development of democratic norms and competitive politics. A training and networking program for young activists will also be organized.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $54,900
Project Title: Addressing Obstacles to Women's Participation in the Workplace
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iraq
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To support and strengthen women's participation and representation in public life in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Building on survey results that identify challenges facing women public figures in the region, the grantee will hold roundtables to identify recommendations and work with government and political party leaders to advocate for their implementation. The grantee will produce and present an annual report summarizing the outcomes of these proceedings to parliamentarians and government officials.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $22,000
Project Title: Advancing Accountability and Transparency through the Right to Information
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Bangladesh
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To advance accountability and transparency through the application and implementation of right to information (RTI) mechanisms. The organization will facilitate the efforts of RTI experts and activists to submit requests to government authorities under the Right to Information Act. It will convene a series of trainings, strategy sessions, and a national conference to consider topics of public interest, monitor the life-cycle of applications, and critically assess compliance with the law by government institutions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Advancing Awareness and Respect for Human Rights in Shan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To advance awareness and respect for human rights in Shan State. Activities will include gathering firsthand information about human rights violations, producing and distributing thematic advocacy reports and media alerts on significant human rights issues, conducting a corresponding advocacy campaign targeting regional and international actors, and organizing a human rights documentation training for an emerging cadre of youth activists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $55,000
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