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Displaying records 11-20 of 51 results
All results totalling $4,572,831
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Project Title: The Women's Rights Wave Project
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To network nascent and established elements of the Iranian women's rights community to advocate mutually held policy reforms during the lead up to parliamentary elections. Project activities will include providing support to civil society actors working on women's rights to assemble a report regarding promising advocacy tactics and networking mechanisms.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $400,000
Project Title: Deepening Political Process Monitoring Skills for Increased Public Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To improve local cultures of accountability and civic engagement in Iran. The project will build the capacity of Iranian citizens to conduct community-level political process monitoring through a focused training program, including conducting workshops on monitoring and training skills, delivering Farsi-language materials and developing new resources, and mentoring participants.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $140,000
Project Title: Empowering Iranian Women To Demand Economic Rights II
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Developing Market Economy
Description: To empower civil society to advocate for the increased legal rights of women and decrease obstacles to their integration and full participation in the national discourse. The project will increase the capacity of local civic actors to lead efforts for increased legal rights of businesswomen in Iran and advocate to reform laws that discriminate against women.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $170,000
Project Title: Post-Election Accountability Initiative
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To support civic activists in advocating for the advancement of anti-domestic violence legislation in Iran's parliament. Project activities will include assisting Iran's women's rights movements to agree on and propose policy recommendations to strengthen the legislation and advance reforms through direct advocacy with members of Iran's Majlis and other government stakeholders.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $250,000
Project Title: Empowering Iranian Women to Demand Economic Rights
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower civil society to advocate for the increased legal rights of women and decrease obstacles to their integration and full participation in the national discourse. The project will increase the capacity of local civic actors to lead efforts for increased legal rights of businesswomen in Iran and advocate to reform laws that discriminate against women.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $351,532
Project Title: Expanding Political Process Monitoring for Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To improve local cultures of accountability and civic engagement in Iran. The project will build the capacity of Iranian citizens to conduct community-level political process monitoring through a focused training program, including conducting workshops on monitoring and training skills, delivering Farsi-language materials and developing new resources, and mentoring participants.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $200,000
Project Title: Promoting Legal Debate
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To raise awareness through debates among Iranian lawyers and civil society actors about the rule of law and fundamental rights and to strengthen a network of democratic jurists and human rights defenders in Iran. The project will produce Farsi-language content to serve as a resource for Iranian lawyers, law students, and clerics.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $22,500
Project Title: Engaging Civil Society in Environmental Accountability
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote environmental accountability and transparency. The organization will raise awareness of environmental challenges in Iran and offer policy and scientific solutions to address them. The project will strengthen civil society's ability to understand the root causes of Iran's environmental issues, and will advocate for greater environmental accountability and transparency.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $32,400
Project Title: Strengthening Independent Journalism
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To provide Farsi-speaking journalists with resources and online tools to establish and maintain journalism associations, and to enhance reporting skills of Farsi-speaking journalists to press for greater transparency and accountability. The program will develop online tools and resources, help Farsi-speaking journalists utilize digital public data on establishing and maintaining journalism associations, and enhance their skills through an online network.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Good Governance
Project Region: Middle East & North Africa
Project Country: Iran
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote issue-based socioeconomic discourse and to enhance accountability, transparency, and participation as core values within Iranian society. The grantee will fact-check data released by the Iranian government and publish a series of briefs analyzing the accuracy of public statements and publications. The grantee will also produce thematic reports summarizing its fact-checking analyses on timely topics related to good governance.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $30,000
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