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Search results for keyword(s) "China"
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Displaying records 76-100 of 301 results
All results totalling $41,850,965
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Project Title: Promoting Democratic Values
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote awareness of democratic values among the Chinese public and to inform the international community about the human rights situation in China. The organization will continue its outreach through its website, distribution of information in China, and interviews with the international and Chinese press.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $68,100
Project Title: Strengthening Civil Society for Policy and Legal Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To strengthen the effectiveness of legal and policy work on anti-discrimination issues, women's rights, and consumer rights. The program will refine and disseminate reference materials and manuals to increase knowledge of legislative, legal, and policy frameworks governing specific areas of current concern; train lawyers; and advocate for policy and legal reform.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $192,605
Project Title: Uyghur Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To raise awareness and support for Uyghurs' human rights. The grantee will organize leadership and advocacy training seminars for Uyghur youth; monitor, document, and highlight human rights violations in East Turkestan/Xinjiang; and strengthen advocacy on Uyghur issues at the United Nations and the European Parliament.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $246,000
Project Title: Tibet Times Newspaper
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide the Tibetan public with independent and accurate information on developments in Tibet and in the exile community and to promote open discussion among intellectuals and the general public on civic issues, including human rights and democracy. The grantee will publish and distribute a Tibetan-language newspaper three times a month, and maintain a website that is updated daily.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $14,000
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Ideas and Values
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To educate and train civil society activists on democratization and social movements and to provide a platform for youth to engage in discussion of democratic ideas, including tolerance, conflict resolution, and civil society activism. A multi-platform program will be available for Chinese youth to learn about modern history and current events, comparative democratic development, and civil society initiatives.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $10,000
Project Title: Building Advocacy Capacity and Empowering Civil Society to Protect Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build the capacity of civil society actors to advocate for, promote, and defend human rights. The project will facilitate cooperation and coordination among human rights defenders and will foster greater understanding of universal human rights standards and mechanisms used to defend those standards in the international community. Rights defenders will be empowered to implement a broad program of education and capacity-building activities, while also connecting Chinese activists to international human rights actors.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $412,280
Project Title: Human Rights Documentation and Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor, document, and highlight political repression and human rights violations in Tibet. The grantee will conduct research on the human rights situation and legal landscape in Tibet and the status of Tibetan democracy in exile, and it will produce a variety of reports based on its findings. It will also strengthen its Chinese research desk and create an interactive database on Tibetan political prisoners.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $57,000
Project Title: Engaging Critical Analysis and Political Discourse
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide a platform for high-level analysis of China's international relations, governance reform, domestic politics, and the potential for democratic transition. Project activities will include publishing a quarterly journal of carefully researched and thought-provoking articles and distributing it to a targeted audience of decision-makers.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,000
Project Title: Strengthening International Support for Human Rights in Tibet
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To increase the effectiveness of the global movement for human rights in Tibet. The organization will coordinate the development and implementation of strategic campaigns for greater freedom in Tibet, produce advocacy materials, conduct capacity building trainings for members, and organize international meetings of Tibet support groups.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $120,000
Project Title: A Symposium for Tibetan Intellectuals and Artists
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To provide a safe space for minorities to assert their identity, discuss political and social issues, and build stronger networks to protect their ethnic identity. The organization will hold a meeting of Tibetan educators, writers and activists to discuss and share thoughts on human rights, democracy, and rights guaranteed to minorities under the Chinese constitution. Additionally, the organization will provide humanitarian support to current and former political prisoners.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $75,000
Project Title: Building Networks in Defense of Rights and the Environment
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance information sharing, improve cooperation and coordination, and promote solidarity among pro-democracy ethnic and religious groups. The organization will raise awareness about and demand accountability for China's environmental policies in Tibet and network with stakeholders in downstream nations to share experiences and advocacy tools, and discuss opportunities for cooperation. The organization will build alliances and stronger partnerships among youth leaders and democrats from Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and China.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Supporting Free Expression and Open Debate
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide a platform for intellectual debate and to stimulate discourse on democratization in China. The organization will publish China an online magazine that focuses on international relations, comparative democratization, changing dynamics in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and historical analyses of democratization experiences in Asia.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $38,811
Project Title: Strengthening Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Protection
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen democratic institutions and human rights protections. Activities will include working with civil society networks and political leaders to improve compliance with international standards for human rights, and will seek to increase the international community's awareness of human rights abuses in Hong Kong.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $99,109
Project Title: Sustaining Civil Society in a Repressive Operating Environment
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To provide CSOs with access to information, skills, and approaches to manage programs and build organizational capacity in order to adapt to an uncertain operating environment. The institute will conduct training workshops, and support the ongoing development of civil society networks. It will also promote awareness of civic engagement opportunities by supporting networks, and implementing good governance workshops at the local level.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $600,000
Project Title: Promoting Respect for the Rule of Law
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To promote respect for the rule of law and equip lawyers to effectively protect human rights. Project activities will include training on combating torture and other forms of abuse by authorities, as well as research and advocacy on criminal defense reforms. The project will also provide literature and training designed to strengthen work on disability rights.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $35,700
Project Title: Supporting Civic Engagement on Fundamental Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To support civic engagement on fundamental rights in Hong Kong by promoting dialogue on political reform and strengthening the capacity of civil society to advocate for guaranteed rights. The institute will build on past public opinion research to engender discussion on political reform. In addition, it will help to develop organizational management and advocacy capacities of an emerging legal advocacy group working to defend Hong Kong citizens' civil liberties.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $300,000
Project Title: Strengthening Worker Rights and Representation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To educate workers about labor rights, to empower them to use legal means to protect their rights, and to advocate for labor rights in China. The organization will report on labor rights violations and educate workers on labor law and rights defense through trainings and the production and distribution of written materials. In addition, the organization will seek to expand leadership roles and opportunities for women in the labor rights movement through targeted, NGO staff trainings.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $90,000
Project Title: Humanitarian Assistance for Human Rights Defenders
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To provide financial assistance to human rights activists, rights defenders, and political thinkers who face repression and financial hardship due to their work. Human rights activists and families facing harassment and arrest will receive short-term, emergency aid through the group's networks.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Ensuring Free and Open Access to Online Information
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To ensure continued access to online information, and to facilitate access to banned or censored media, news, and information websites. Activities will include the development and maintenance of a censorship-circumvention web-browser application that will give Chinese citizens access to objective information about developments within their own borders and current events and perspectives around the world, and help foster the use of websites that focus on democracy, human rights, and civil society.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $199,969
Project Title: Providing Information and Analysis on China's Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To raise the profile of human rights defenders and public intellectuals and to provide analysis on political developments in China. The organization will translate commentaries and interviews from leading intellectuals and rights defenders from Chinese into English, provide brief summaries of daily events and timely reports on human rights abuses, and write original profiles and opinion pieces about the human rights and democracy movements.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $86,400
Project Title: Advancing Women's Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To advocate for and raise international awareness of women's rights in China. Project activities will include holding lectures, conducting workshops, undertaking international advocacy, and launching a social media campaign to increase international awareness on women's rights issues in China.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $60,000
Project Title: Tibet-China Democracy Networking Program
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To improve understanding of human rights and democracy-related concerns in Tibet among the Chinese public, both in China and abroad, and to increase communication between Tibetans and Chinese people. The grantee will facilitate interaction between Tibetan and Chinese officials, academics, and others through meetings, conferences, cultural events, and exchange visits. Additionally, it will produce publications in Mandarin about the Dalai Lama's Chinese outreach efforts and will coordinate dialogue sessions between the Dalai Lama and Chinese youth.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $33,000
Project Title: Raising Public Awareness of Civil Society Developments in China
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To enable NGO practitioners to monitor civil society developments and to build the capacity of civil society organizations. The project will track and gauge the impact of recent regulatory developments on civil society organizations; support independent journalism by civil society voices on issues important to NGOs; and provide training sessions for NGOs to improve their capacity.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $215,643
Project Title: Worker Rights Awareness
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To strengthen the capacity of workers and advocates to defend worker rights in China. The center will support efforts of grassroots workers and independent worker rights advocates to raise workers' awareness about their rights, to promote strengthened labor law enforcement, and to advocate for pro-worker policies.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $335,650
Project Title: Combating Censorship and Supporting Free Expression
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide access to uncensored news and commentary about China, and about the Chinese government's efforts to control the information space. The grantee will work to increase access to information in Chinese cyberspace and nurture a community of influential Internet users. The group will also provide content in English and Chinese to give readers access to important political and social commentary.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $340,000
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