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Project Title: Providing Reliable Information on the Extractive Industries
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information about resource extraction, land rights, and environmental issues. A bi-monthly journal will focus on the nexus between politics, development, and the environment and will seek to promote greater transparency in extractive industry decision making and operations and encourage rights awareness among affected communities.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Burmese Democracy Activists
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen citizen participation in the process of democratization and development. The project activities will include organizing awareness-raising campaigns for workers, farmers, and members of the informal sector of the Burmese economy. Additional activities will include publishing a report targeting farmers and workers, building the organizational capacity of the network's members, and supporting activists to organize and conduct human rights and democracy initiatives.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Local Communities on Legal Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the legal rights and responsibilities of citizens and to participate in peaceful efforts to promote democracy. The activities will include trainings to develop strategies both to pressure the government to respond to the people's needs as well as for citizen's constructive engagement with the government at the local, state, and national levels.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Youth Leaders in Chin State: Chin Institute of Social Science
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To empower and strengthen the capacity of youth leaders in Chin State and to increase participation in the social and political movement for democratic change in Burma. The activities will center on an intensive training course focused on civic education, community engagement, critical thought, and skills for dialogue. The program will also allow Chin youth from geographically disconnected areas to meet one another, discuss common issues and problems, and build linkages to create a network of empowered youth leaders.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Enhancing Shan Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To increase women's participation in Burma's democracy movement and to provide Shan women with the skills necessary to assume decision-making positions in their communities and organizations. Projects will include political outreach, women's empowerment and capacity building workshops, documentation and advocacy on the situation of women in Shan State; and the provision of basic social services for Shan women and refugees.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Independent News and Information in Mon State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information to the Mon people about political, social, and economic developments in Mon State and southern Burma. The activities will include the publishing of a weekly Mon-language newspaper, which seeks to inform the Mon people about current events and exposes them to the basic principles of human rights and democracy.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society's and Women's Roles in Burmese Politics
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To expand civil society's role in Burma's transition and to promote women's rights in Burma. The project activities will include advocacy on a variety of issues affecting civil society, particularly women's issues; maintenance of a women's center; a series of workshops designed to empower women and develop their leadership skills; and public talks and seminars about women's rights and the role of women in Burmese society.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Student and Youth Participation in the Democratization Process
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness among a diverse network of student and youth activists about human rights, democracy, and democratic federal systems. The activities will include a series of intensive workshops and networking trips designed to establish trust and increase engagement, understanding, and coordination between Burman and ethnic youth activists throughout Burma, particularly in Karenni and Kachin States.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Building Trust between Burman and Ethnic Activists
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build trust and working relations between Burman and ethnic activists throughout the country. The activities will include networking trips for Burman activists to Burman and ethnic areas to maintain and coordinate a nationwide network of activists committed to the values of tolerance and diversity, a respect for basic rights, and building a genuine federal union of Burma.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Burmese Democracy Activists
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen citizen participation in the process of democratization and development. The project activities will include organizing and awareness-raising campaigns for workers, farmers, and members of Burma's informal economic sector. Additional activities will include publishing a report targeting farmers and workers, building the organizational capacity of the network's members, and supporting activists to organize human rights and democracy initiatives.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Shan State Youth through Social Justice and Leadership Education
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build the capacity of youth from Shan State and to increase youth participation in the movement for social and political change as part of Burma's democratic transition. The project activities will include two-month and two-week intensive residential courses, along with a series of digital security trainings for both Shan State-based civil society and political organizations.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Parliamentary Monitoring Program
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To serve as an independent source of information on parliamentary proceedings and freedom of information legislation. The project activities will include a website that features a parliamentary watch database, bill tracking, and budget monitoring; and research and advocacy on freedom of information legislation.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society's and Women's Roles in Burmese Politics
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To expand civil society's role in Burma's transition to democracy and promote women's rights in Burma. The project activities will include advocacy on a variety of issues affecting civil society, particularly women's issues; maintenance of a women's center; a series of workshops designed to empower women and develop their leadership skills; and public talks and seminars about women's rights and the role of women in Burmese society.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Political Awareness of Ethnic Minority Perspectives
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote political awareness of ethnic minority perspectives in Burma. The organization will publish a quarterly journal focused on ethnic rights, public policy, and federalism; run a resource center to provide a library, research, and information services to elected officials; and host quarterly policy and political dialogues among members of parliament.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Building Trust Between Burman and Ethnic Activists
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build trust and working relations between Burman and ethnic activists throughout the country and to maintain and coordinate a nationwide network of activists committed to the values of tolerance and diversity, a respect for basic rights, and building a genuine federal union of Burma. The activities will include a series of networking trips and forums designed to establish trust and increase understanding and coordination between Burman and ethnic activists throughout Burma.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Enhancing Shan Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote increased understanding among the Shan community, particularly women, of citizens' electoral rights and responsibilities, along with tools for informed participation. The organization will mobilize a network of ethnic Shan volunteers, largely women, for a series of awareness raising workshops aimed at increasing electoral and political participation. In addition, the activities will also include advocacy campaigns to increase the number of women in decision-making positions within political parties and as elected officials.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Fostering Alliances and Coordination among Democratic Activists
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen the coordination among a diverse cohort of democratic activists in civil society, political parties, and the think tank community by providing a neutral space for dialogue, strategy building, and increased engagement with constituents. The series of activities will be aimed at increasing civil society coordination and alliance-building, and encouraging more meaningful engagement between civil society, political parties, and the general public, particularly ethnic minorities.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Parliamentary Monitoring Program
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To serve as an independent source of information on parliamentary proceedings and freedom of information legislation. The project activities will include a website that features a parliamentary watch database, bill tracking, and budget monitoring, and research and advocacy on freedom of information legislation.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society's and Women's Roles in Burmese Politics
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To expand civil society's role in Burma's transition to democracy and promote women's rights in Burma. The project activities will include advocacy on a variety of issues affecting civil society, particularly women's issues; maintenance of a women's center; a series of workshops designed to empower women and develop their leadership skills; and public talks and seminars about women's rights and the role of women in Burmese society.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Values and Countering Religious Nationalism
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Conflict Resolution
Description: To strengthen the role of religious and community leaders, as well as civil society and youth activists, in building a more coordinated effort to promote democratic values, expand media literacy, and counter religious nationalism. The activities will include a series of exposure trips, strategy meetings, and an innovative online media campaign in order to broaden and diversify public access to this discussion.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Independent Journalism in Arakan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote credible and independent reporting and to foster an appreciation for the basic principles of media freedom, human rights, and democracy among journalists and communities in Arakan State in Arakan State. The activities will include publishing a bi-monthly journal, maintaining a website and social media platform, and producing multimedia broadcasts to serve as a primary news source for both domestic and international audiences for breaking and investigative news from Arakan State.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Political Awareness of Ethnic Minority Perspectives
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote political awareness of ethnic minority perspectives in Burma. The organization will publish a quarterly journal focused on ethnic rights, public policy, and federalism; run a resource center to provide a library, research, and information services to elected officials; and host quarterly policy and political dialogues among members of parliament.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Promoting Transparency in Politics and Policymaking
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote transparency and structural change by raising awareness of networks of political corruption and tools for instituting democratic reform. The activities will include a series of investigations. The project activities will include a series of interrelated investigation examining the role funding from moneyed interested plays in hampering democratic reform in Burma, with a particular focus on political party financing.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Raising Awareness Among Local Communities of Their Legal Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the legal rights and responsibilities of citizens and to participate in peaceful efforts to promote democracy. The activities will include trainings to develop strategies both to pressure the government to respond to the people's needs as well as for citizen's constructive engagement with the government at the local, state, and national levels.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Strengthening the Political Leadership and Coordination of Shan State Civil Society
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To bolster the capacity of emerging leaders from Shan State and to increase minority youth participation in the country's struggle for democracy and accountability. The project activities will include a series of workshops on community organizing and social justice aimed at increasing the strength and cooperation of a diverse community of primarily Shan State-based civil society, political, and religious figures.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Supporting Activists Working to Empower Farmers
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To increase coordination among networks of farmers seeking to protect their rights and livelihoods. The project will focus on initiatives to increase land ownership, improve the legal framework regarding the protection of farmland, highlight land grabbing issues, and focus attention on agricultural and fishery problems. Additional activities will include the publication of a report focusing on farmers' rights, building the organizational capacity of network members, and supporting activists to organize human rights and democracy initiatives for farmers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Policy-Oriented Research and Analysis
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To provide policy-oriented research and analysis to the Burmese general public and policymakers. The project activities will include a series of high-level roundtables and workshops; the publication of a quarterly analytical journal; mentoring of emerging researchers and a study on governance; and the dissemination of news and analysis through a website and social media outlets, all of which will be designed to contribute to an informed debate about the most important public policy issues in the country.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Local Communities on Legal Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the legal rights and responsibilities of citizens and to participate in peaceful efforts to promote democracy. The activities will include legal awareness and land rights training workshops as well as efforts to empower Burmese citizens to engage in democratic governance at the local, state, and national levels.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $49,982
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society in Mon State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To empower and build the capacity of Mon community leaders and human rights defenders to advocate for civil and political rights and support communities in raising their voices to policymakers. The activities will include supporting information and outreach campaigns conducted by fledgling civil society organizations and supporting activists to organize and network.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $49,793
Project Title: Promoting Ta'ang Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen the capacity of Ta'ang women to engage and participate in the political sphere by promoting their understanding of human rights, democracy, community development, and the fundamental rights of women. The project activities will consist of a series of trainings and a consultation centered on women's empowerment and providing practical skills in human rights documentation and research, preventing gender-based violence and human rights violations, and political awareness to increase the number of ethnic Ta'ang female political candidates and civil society leaders.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $49,658
Project Title: Promoting the Fundamental Human Rights of the Rohingya
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To foster a civil dialogue among the Burmese government and population about the fundamental human rights of the Rohingya minority and to provide accurate and reliable information about the human rights situation in Arakan State and within Rohingya communities. Project activities will include a series of advocacy meetings with targeted diplomatic missions, political parties, and human rights organizations, as well as media briefings.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $49,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights and Empowerment in Kachin State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To narrow the gender gap between Kachin women and men in decision-making at all levels of society and equip grassroots activists with the knowledge and skills to become effective advocates for women's rights, democratic governance, and peace building. The project activities will include workshops on gender and politics, voter education, networking activities, and advocacy initiatives on meaningful women's participation in decision-making at all levels of society.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $48,815
Project Title: Karen State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To inform Karen communities about events and news in Karen State and eastern Burma, and to expose them to basic principles of media freedom, human rights, and democracy. The project will include the publication of a monthly newsletter and maintenance of a website in Burmese, Karen, and English to serve as primary news sources for Karen communities across Burma, in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border, and abroad.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Karen State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To inform Karen communities about events and news in Karen State and eastern Burma, and to expose them to basic principles of media freedom, human rights, and democracy. A monthly newsletter, a website, and multimedia broadcasts in Burmese and Karen will serve as primary news sources for Karen communities across Burma, among displaced populations along the Thai-Burma border, and abroad.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Karen State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To inform Karen communities about events and news in Karen State and eastern Burma, and to expose them to basic principles of media freedom, human rights, and democracy. The activities will include publishing a monthly journal, maintaining a website, and producing multimedia broadcasts in Burmese and Karen to serve as a primary news sources for Karen communities in Burma, displaced populations along the Thai-Burma border, and abroad.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Karen State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To inform Karen communities about events and news in Karen State and eastern Burma, and to expose them to basic principles of media freedom, human rights, and democracy. The activities will include publishing a monthly journal, maintaining a website, and producing multimedia broadcasts in Burmese and Karen to serve as primary news sources for Karen communities in Burma and abroad, as well as displaced populations along the Thailand-Burma border.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $48,000
Project Title: Karen State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To inform Karen communities about events and news in Karen State and eastern Burma, and to expose them to basic principles of media freedom, human rights, and democracy. The activities will include publishing a monthly newsletter, maintaining a website, and producing multimedia broadcasts in Burmese and Karen to serve as primary news sources for Karen communities across Burma, among displaced populations along the Thai-Burma border, and abroad.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $47,951
Project Title: Encouraging Political Participation Among Mon Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To encourage youth to take a more active role in the advancement of peace, equality, and liberty and become local leaders in different sectors in Mon State. The project activities will include the production of a quarterly Mon- and Burmese-language journal on youth issues and managing a capacity-building and community-organizing program designed to encourage cooperation, understanding, and leadership among Mon youth.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $47,400
Project Title: Encouraging Political Participation Among Mon Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To encourage youth to take a more active role in the advancement of peace, equality, and liberty and become local leaders in different sectors in Mon State. The project activities will include the production of a quarterly Mon and Burmese-language journal on youth issues and managing a capacity building and community-organizing program designed to encourage increased cooperation, understanding, and leadership among Mon youth.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $47,000
Project Title: In-Depth Investigative Journalism
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide the Burmese people with high quality, in-depth, and ethical investigative journalism. The project activities will include the publication of a monthly, Burmese-language current affairs magazine, which will focus on investigative news pieces and the maintenance of a companion website to the magazine in an effort to build a larger readership.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $46,776
Project Title: Providing Reliable Information on Extractive Industries
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information about resource extraction, land rights, and environmental issues. A bi-monthly journal will focus on the nexus between politics, development, and the environment to promote greater transparency in extractive industry decision-making and operations and rights awareness among affected communities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $46,366
Project Title: Journalism Training School
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To enhance journalists' understanding of issues critical to Burma's political development, such as democratic governance, elections, social development, economics, human rights, and ethnic rights. The program will include four long-term basic trainings for approximately 80 journalists from throughout the country at its school in Rangoon and two six-day trainings outside Rangoon.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Shan State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information to the Shan and wider Burmese communities, as well as Thai and international audiences, about political, social, and economic developments in Shan State. Program activities will include a monthly Shan-language news journal, a TV and radio news program, and a multilingual website and social media news platforms.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Rights-Based Solutions to Deep-Rooted Social and Political Problems
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human rights through education, capacity building, community organizing, and advocacy. Project activities will include a series of human rights education trainings and community organizing workshops, advocacy campaigns, programs to increase individual and women's rights.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower women to participate in politics and assume decision-making positions in their own communities and organizations. The activities will include the publication of a quarterly magazine on democracy and women's rights, and political empowerment trainings for women.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Peace and Political Awareness in Arakan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote peace and political awareness among youth in Arakan State. The project activities will include an intensive youth leadership program focused on peace and civic education at its youth education centers, an outreach and education program designed to promote tolerance and civic engagement among diverse communities, and various public activities which seek to build positive relationships among disparate populations.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Shan State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information to the Shan and wider Burmese communities, as well as Thai and international audiences, about political, social, and economic developments in Shan State. Program activities will include publishing a monthly Shan-language news journal, broadcasting TV and radio news programs, and maintaining a multilingual website and social media news platforms.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $45,000
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. The program 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.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Empowering Shan State Youth through Social Justice and Leadership Education
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build the capacity of actively-engaged youth from Shan State and to increase participation in the movement for social and political change as part of Burma's democratic transition. The project activities will include several intensive residential courses, along with a series of week-long field-based trainings focused on social justice, community development, leadership, and human rights.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Rights-Based Solutions to Deep-Rooted Social and Political Problems
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human rights through education, capacity building, community organizing, and advocacy. Project activities will include a series of human rights education trainings and community organizing workshops, advocacy campaigns, and programs to increase child rights, gender, and women's rights, and to expand anti-trafficking efforts throughout the country.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights and Empowerment in Kachin State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To narrow the gender gap between Kachin women and men in decision making at all levels of society and equip grassroots activists with the knowledge and skills to become effective advocates for women's rights, democratic governance, and peace building. The project activities will include workshops on gender and politics, a networking series, and advocacy initiatives on women, peace, and security.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting and Advocating for Human Rights of Karen Communities
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To develop and strengthen Karen human rights advocacy networks to improve and increase the protection of villagers in southeastern Burma. The activities will include carrying out a domestic and international human rights campaign to build networks among advocacy partners, increasing the distribution of its human rights reporting among relevant media and political actors, and facilitating workshops to empower grassroots organizations and communities to better understand their rights.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Rights-Based Solutions to Deep-Rooted Social and Political Problems
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human rights through a unique mix of research, documentation, training, community organizing, and advocacy. Project activities will include a series of country-wide human rights education trainings and community organizing workshops, advocacy campaigns, and programs to advance child rights, gender and women's rights, and anti-trafficking efforts; along with building linkages across diverse civil society networks.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting and Advocating for the Human Rights of Karen Communities
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To inform the organization's advocacy networks internationally and within the Burmese democracy movement domestically of the human rights situation in southeastern Burma through the promotion and protection of grassroots community voices. The activities will include carrying out a domestic and international human rights campaign to build networks among advocacy partners and local community leaders, informing key stakeholders of pressing human rights issues through credible reporting and analysis, and facilitating workshops to empower grassroots organizations and communities with tools to redress rights violations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Mon Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower women to participate in politics and assume decision-making positions in their communities and organizations. The program seek to transmit the concerns of local communities, especially women, to key political stakeholders so that they will be able to address these issues and problems effectively if they are elected in the nation-wide elections scheduled for late 2020.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Rights-Based Solutions to Deep-Rooted Social and Political Problems
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote human rights through education, capacity building, community organizing, and advocacy. Project activities will include a series of human rights education trainings and community organizing workshops, advocacy campaigns, and programs to advance women's rights.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights and Empowerment in Kachin State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To narrow the gender gap between Kachin women and men in decision making at all levels of society and equip grassroots activists with the knowledge and skills to become effective advocates for women's rights, democratic governance, and peace building. The project activities will include workshops on gender and politics, voter education, networking activities, and advocacy initiatives on meaningful women's participation in decision making at all levels of society.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Civic Engagement and Political Mobilization among Shan State Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote civic engagement and political mobilization among Shan State youth and emerging political leaders. The project activities will include a series of targeted political education trainings and thematic discussions; a three-month intensive training program focused on empowering ethnic minority youth in subjects including civic education, political analysis, and leadership; and activities aimed at strengthening the organization's alumni network.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Voter Education and Participation in Arakan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To enable citizens in Arakan State to become more active and informed participants in their country's political processes and to foster collaboration in strengthening the integrity and credibility of Arakan State's electoral processes, including the empowerment of a locally led network of election monitors. An alliance of civil society organizations will conduct a range of activities including a voter education program and the initial preparations for an election monitoring and reporting mission.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $45,000
Project Title: Promoting Peace and Political Awareness in Arakan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote peace and political awareness among youth in Arakan State. The project activities will include an intensive youth leadership program focused on peace and civic education at its youth education centers, an outreach and education program designed to promote tolerance and civic engagement among diverse communities, and various public activities which seek to build positive relationships among disparate populations.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $44,892
Project Title: Promoting Freedom of Expression and Political Awareness in Chin State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote freedom of expression and political awareness in Chin State. Program activities will include a skills training for a state-wide journalist network, the production and publication of a bi-monthly magazine focused on political and human rights awareness, and public dialogues and debates with various political leaders, members of parliament, and civil society activists.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $44,000
Project Title: Kachin State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information to the Kachin and Burmese publics and stakeholders about political, social, and economic developments in Kachin State and northeastern Burma. The activities will include publishing a weekly Burmese-language newspaper and maintaining a Burmese-language website and social media pages.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $44,000
Project Title: Documenting Corruption Within the Extractive Industries
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To research and promote public awareness of corruption within Burma's extractive industries and to advocate for good governance. The project activities will include conducting research and publishing reports on various forms of corruption within the extractive industries and related investment projects, creating a platform to increase public awareness and support media campaigns, and facilitating advocacy efforts for transparent and accountable governance.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $43,047
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring and Advocacy for Burma's Muslim Minorities
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To monitor and raise awareness of human rights abuses committed against Burma's Muslim minorities and to promote international support for greater respect for minority rights in Burma. The multi-faceted project will include monitoring and documenting human rights abuses committed against Burmese Muslim communities, conducting a series of advocacy meetings with key diplomatic missions and human rights organizations, and producing periodic reports.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $42,000
Project Title: Promoting Political Awareness of Ethnic Minority Perspectives
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To promote political awareness of ethnic minority perspectives. The project will publish a semi-annual journal focused on ethnic rights, public policy, and federalism; run a resource center to provide a library, research, and information services to elected officials; and host monthly policy and political dialogues among members of parliament.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $42,000
Project Title: Promoting Ta'ang Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To improve the capacity of Ta'ang women to participate in political developments and promote understanding among the Ta'ang of human rights, democracy, the environment, community development, and the rights of women. The program activities will include human rights documentation and research, workshops on preventing gender-based violence, and human rights and political empowerment trainings.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $41,938
Project Title: Promoting Ta'ang Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To improve the capacity of Ta'ang women to participate in political developments and promote understanding among the Ta'ang public of human rights, democracy, the environment, community development, and the rights of women. The project activities will focus on supporting women's empowerment and will include human rights documentation and research, workshops on gender-based violence and human rights, and political empowerment trainings for ethnic women.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $41,439
Project Title: Creating a Network of Youth Leaders
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build the leadership skills of youth, encourage them to take a more active role in the advancement of peace and equality, and establish a network of young human rights activists. The program will include a series of networking trips to establish trust and increase understanding and coordination among the youth. The program will consist of workshops to build the capacity of youth in the areas of human rights and democracy, along with a community-organizing program designed to encourage increased cooperation among young people.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $41,000
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society in Mon State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote increased understanding of human rights, democracy, the environment, and community development in Mon State. The project will support information and outreach campaigns conducted by fledgling civil society organizations and support activists to organize and network.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Human Rights and Political Training for Ta'ang Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen a network of human rights activists in Ta'ang areas of Shan State and to increase ethnically diverse citizen participation in politics and civil society. The program will include two training-of-trainers workshops; two-month training courses designed to build the capacity of Ta'ang youth in the areas of human rights, democracy, and community organizing; and ten youth exchanges organized by former trainees in their respective communities.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society in Mon State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To encourage youth to take a more active role in the advancement of human rights and democracy and the development of civil society organizations. The project will include the production of a Mon- and Burmese-language journal on youth issues and a civic education and community organizing program designed to encourage increased cooperation and understanding among youth in Mon State.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Supporting the Re-Integration and Political Mobilization of Ex-Political Prisoners in Upper Burma
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To support the re-integration and political mobilization of ex-political prisoners in Upper Burma. The project will include a series of trainings focused on women's leadership, civic education, and transitional justice to promote civic activism and to help educate and mobilize ex-political prisoners in the country's evolving democratic transition.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Kachin State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information for Kachin and Burmese audiences about political, social, and economic developments in Kachin State and northeastern Burma. A Burmese-language newspaper published three times a month will provide independent news, features, and opinion for local audiences.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Empowering Shan State Youth through Social Justice and Leadership Education
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build the capacity of youth from Shan State and to increase youth participation in the movement for social and political change leading toward a genuine democratic Burma. Civil society and political leaders will be empowered through six-month and two-week intensive residential courses as well as weeklong field-based trainings focused on social justice, community development, leadership, and human rights.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $40,000
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. Project activities will include the gathering of firsthand information about human rights violations, the production and distribution of thematic advocacy reports and media alerts on significant human rights issues, and a corresponding advocacy campaign targeting regional and international actors. The program will also organize a human rights documentation training to expand its coverage and activist networks.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Human Rights and Political Training for Ta'ang Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To establish a network of human rights activists in Ta'ang areas of Shan State and to increase ethnic participation in politics and civil society. The focus of the program will be 25 one-week training courses designed to build the capacity of Ta'ang youth in the areas of human rights, democracy, and community organizing.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Civil Society in Kachin State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote increased understanding among the Kachin of human rights, democracy, the environment, and community development. The project activities will include supporting information and outreach campaigns conducted by fledgling civil society organizations, and promoting efforts by activists to organize and network to increase understanding of the constitution, political processes, and the peace process.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Kachin State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information to the Kachin and Burmese populations about political, social, and economic developments in Kachin State and northeastern Burma. Activities will include publishing a weekly Burmese-language newspaper and maintaining a Burmese-language website and social media pages.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Engagement in the Policy Reform Process
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen the capacity of staff and partners to engage meaningfully in the policy reform process focusing on human rights-related legislation and policies, including the rights to health, association, expression, and information. The program activities will include trainings on human rights norms and related policy advocacy; the development of a system for monitoring and documenting human rights violations; and networking with counterparts in the region.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Empowering Shan State Youth through Social Justice and Leadership Education
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build the capacity of youth from Shan State and to increase youth participation in the movement for social and political change. The project activities will include three-month and two-week intensive residential courses as well as week-long field-based trainings focused on social justice, community development, leadership, and human rights.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Encouraging Political Participation Among Mon Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To encourage youth to take a more active role in the advancement of human rights and democracy and become local leaders in different sectors in Mon State. Project activities will include the production of a quarterly Mon- and Burmese-language journal on youth issues, and managing a capacity-building and community-organizing program designed to encourage cooperation, understanding, and leadership among Mon youth.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Human Rights and Political Training for Ta'ang Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To establish a network of human rights activists in Ta'ang areas of Shan State and to increase ethnic participation in politics and within civil society. Activities will include training courses and forums designed to build the capacity of Ta'ang youth in the areas of human rights, democracy, community organizing, and the role of youth in promoting peace in fourteen different townships in the Ta'ang area
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Kachin State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information to the Kachin and Burmese publics and stakeholders about political, social, and economic developments in Kachin State and northeastern Burma. The activities will include publishing a weekly Burmese-language newspaper and maintaining a Burmese-language website and social media pages.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Encouraging Citizens' Participation in Burmese Politics
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To encourage citizens' participation in Burmese politics. The activities of this pilot project will include a series of workshops that will focus on building the capacity of community members from civil society organizations to monitor local government services and present recommendations on good governance and accountability to members of parliament and government officials in an effort to promote a dialogue between Burmese citizens and their elected representatives.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Human Rights and Political Training for Ta'ang Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To establish a network of human rights activists in northern Shan State and to increase ethnic participation in politics and within civil society. Activities will include training courses and forums designed to build the capacity of youth in the areas of human rights, democracy, community organizing, and the role of youth in promoting peace in different townships in northern Shan State.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Mon Women's Political Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower Mon women to both participate in the political arena and to assume decision-making positions in their communities and civil society organizations. The program will include a range of activities to support Mon women to more meaningfully engage in the democratic transition, including a series of human rights, democracy, and women's empowerment trainings.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Peace and Diversity Among Politically Engaged Citizens and Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To educate politically engaged citizens about human rights and democratic values, and to encourage greater citizen participation in the democratization process. Project activities will include a series of trainings, workshops, and group discussions designed to create a more active and engaged citizenry and promote greater understanding and cooperation among diverse religious and ethnic groups.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Encouraging Citizens' Participation in Burmese Politics
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To encourage citizens' participation in Burmese politics. The activities of this project will include a series of workshops that will focus on building the capacity of community members and civil society organizations (CSOs) to monitor local government services and present recommendations on good governance and accountability to members of parliament and government officials in an effort to promote a dialogue between Burmese citizens and their elected representatives.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Kachin State News and Information Service
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide accurate and reliable information about political, social, and economic developments in Kachin State and northeastern Burma. The activities will include publishing a bi-monthly Burmese-language newspaper and maintaining a Burmese-language website and social media pages.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights in Southern Shan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build up and establish a network of emerging youth democracy and human rights advocates in southern Shan State to promote democratic principles and provide local communities with tools for redress. Using a complementary media and civic engagement model, the activities will include a set of intensive trainings and workshops; community-based dialogues and gatherings; and an online platform to both disseminate credible information and hold decision-makers to account.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Peace and Diversity Among Politically Engaged Citizens and Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To educate politically engaged citizens about human rights and democratic values, and to encourage greater citizen participation in the democratization process. Project activities will include a series of training workshops, and group discussions designed to create a more active and engaged citizenry and promote greater understanding and cooperation among diverse religious and ethnic groups as well as to conduct objective and impartial monitoring of the campaigns of political parties.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Strengthening the Civic and Political Participation of Ta'ang Youth
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To expand and strengthen a network of youth activists in the Ta'ang areas of Shan State and to increase youth participation in politics and within civil society. Activities will include workshops and forums designed to build the capacity and cooperation of Ta'ang youth in the areas of human rights, democracy, community organizing, and the role of youth in promoting peace and engaging decision-makers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Voter Education and Participation in Shan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To enable a greater and more diverse number of citizens in Shan State to become more active and informed participants in their country's political processes and to foster collaboration in strengthening the integrity and credibility of Shan State's electoral processes, including the empowerment and capacity building of a locally led network of election monitors. The southern Shan civil society alliance will conduct a range of activities including a voter education program and the preparation for an election monitoring and reporting mission.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Engagement in the Policy Reform Process
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen the capacity of staff and network members to engage meaningfully in the policy reform process focusing on human rights-related legislation and policies, including the rights of association, expression, and information. The project activities will include organizing workshops and meetings on human rights advocacy, monitoring the process of implementation of legislation, and networking with counterparts in the region.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Engagement in the Policy Reform Process
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen the capacity of staff and network members to engage meaningfully in the policy reform process focusing on human rights-related legislation and policies, including the rights of association, expression, and information. The project activities will include organizing workshops and meetings on human rights advocacy, monitoring the process of implementation of legislation, and networking with counterparts in the region.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $39,726
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights and Empowerment in Kachin State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To narrow the gender gap between Kachin women and men in decision making at all levels of society; and to equip grassroots activists with the knowledge and skills to become effective advocates for women's rights, democratic governance, and peace building. Activities will include a series of workshops on gender and politics and networking and advocacy activities on women's rights.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $38,513
Project Title: Advancing Awareness and Respect for Human Rights in Shan State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of and respect for human rights in Shan State. The project will consist of the gathering of firsthand accounts of human rights violations, the production and distribution of thematic advocacy reports and media alerts on significant human rights issues, and the conducting of a corresponding advocacy campaign targeting regional and international actors. Two human rights documentation trainings will also be organized to expand the grantee's geographical coverage and activist networks.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $36,000
Project Title: Promoting Citizen Engagement in the Policy Reform Process
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To strengthen the capacity of democracy advocates to engage meaningfully in the policy reform process, focusing on HIV/AIDS and health-related legislation and policies as a pilot to develop a model for future policy advocacy on political issues. The multi-pronged project will include trainings on human rights advocacy concentrating on HIV/AIDS-related human rights violations and the development of a system for monitoring and documenting these human rights violations.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $35,786
Project Title: Promoting and Advocating for Human Rights of Karen Communities
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To develop and strengthen human rights advocacy and documentation efforts to improve the protection of Karen villagers in eastern Burma. A Rangoon-based human rights campaign will be expanded by strengthening reporting and documentation, building networks among advocacy partners, conducting human rights documentation trainings, and increasing the distribution of in-depth reports among relevant media and political actors.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Women's Rights and Empowerment in Kachin State
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Burma
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To narrow the gender gap between Kachin women and men in decision making at all levels of society, and to equip grassroots activists with the knowledge and skills to become effective advocates for women's rights, democratic governance, and peace building. The multi-pronged program will include series of trainings on gender and politics and networking and advocacy activities on women's rights.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $35,000
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