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Project Region: Asia
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Displaying records 1-25 of 278 results
All results totalling $37,166,073
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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. The organization will organize lectures, conduct a training workshop, undertake international advocacy, and launch campaigns to increase international awareness on women's rights issues in China through various available platforms and established networks. Utilizing its strong, country-based network and resources, the organization will continue to inform and influence the Chinese women's rights movement, domestically and abroad.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $90,166
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 and abroad. It will also conduct outreach to Chinese citizens, collaborate with other civil society organizations to raise awareness about the ongoing human rights crisis in East Turkistan, and engage in international advocacy.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $300,000
Project Title: Advocating for Uyghur Human Rights through Artistic Interaction
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise awareness of the Uyghur human rights crisis in the international community, and to provide Uyghur and human rights advocacy groups with a new tool to engage policymakers and other relevant members of the international community. The project will produce an immersive and interactive examination of China's repressive policies toward the Uyghur people that will educate and mobilize supporters and help strengthen the outreach and advocacy efforts of Uyghur and human rights organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $55,000
Project Title: Amplifying Voices From Tibet
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To amplify the voices of Tibetans in Tibet and increase understanding of political and social conditions in the country from the Tibetans' point of view. The organization will translate articles written by thought leaders, artists, and writers in Tibet and China from Tibetan and Mandarin into English, and disseminate them to an international audience to encourage accountability and highlight Chinese government policy in Tibet.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $14,550
Project Title: Building International Solidarity and Support for Freedom in Hong Kong
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To build international solidarity and support to defend fundamental freedoms and rule of law. The organization will inform international stakeholders on the deteriorating political situation in Hong Kong, advocate for strategic actions using available international and national mechanisms, and expand an international network of supporters through outreach, advocacy, and media engagement.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $76,568
Project Title: Building Regional Solidarity and Empowering the Hong Kong Movement
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To strengthen the Hong Kong movement through regional strategy and network building and to cultivate the next generation of Hong Kong activists. The organization will work to support Hong Kong's democracy movement by connecting it with like-minded actors within civil society networks in Asia, facilitating strategy and capacity-building opportunities, and raising awareness and solidarity through various regional platforms in Asia.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $150,000
Project Title: Combating Censorship, Countering Propaganda, 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's influence in the information space, to monitor and document the use of surveillance and censorship technologies domestically and internationally, and to disseminate these data to civil society activists in other regions. The organization will share information through its online platforms, partnerships, and networks, and will provide local and international partners with perspective on China's methods, strategies, and growing global influence as they impact democratic institutions and human rights.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $125,000
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: $444,998
Project Title: Defending and Assisting Rights Defenders
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To support, aid, and defend human rights defenders and their families. The organization will provide legal aid and direct assistance to human rights defenders and their families, work with other civil society organizations to improve litigation strategies and methods, and advocate on their behalf, by utilizing its extensive network of lawyers, activists, and other civil society organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $48,596
Project Title: Defending and Assisting Rights Defenders
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To support, aid, and defend human rights defenders and their families. The organization will provide legal aid and direct assistance to human rights defenders and their families, work with other civil society organizations to improve litigation strategies and methods, and advocate on their behalf, by utilizing its extensive network of lawyers, activists, and other civil society organizations.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $120,000
Project Title: Defending Property Rights and Empowering Entrepreneurs
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To raise awareness among local entrepreneurs and their employees about personal and property rights, and empower them to protect those rights. The organization will work with lawyers and community activists to develop and carry out training designed to provide entrepreneurs and their employees with legal tools and strategies to defend their personal and property rights, and will build a network among training participants to encourage the sharing of knowledge and coordinate strategies to increase equitable application of the rule of law.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $120,000
Project Title: Developing Digital Technology Networks to Support Civil Society
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To foster cooperation and communication among human rights defenders (HRDs), technologists, and other stakeholders in order to inform global policy deliberations and improve support provided to civil society inside China. The organization will conduct a comprehensive survey and needs assessment of HRDs in country, and design and construct an information- and resource-exchange hub network. This hub will improve cross-sector coordination, and enable those HRDs to directly inform resource development and engage with international working groups focused on issues related to digital technology and internet governance.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $114,995
Project Title: Documentation and Research for Human Rights Advocacy
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To research, document, and analyze China's influence operations leveraged against Uyghurs in the diaspora and in East Turkistan. The organization will expand a digital database of human rights abuses, and produce a report analyzing and identifying Beijing's policies targeting Uyghurs in and out of China; both the report and the database will support advocacy efforts by the organization and the Uyghur diaspora.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $130,000
Project Title: Documenting Human Rights Violations for Accountability in Hong Kong
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To fortify accountability initiatives addressing human rights violations. The organization will create a database to archive video, audio, and photographic documentation of human rights violations, and make it available to civil society seeking to facilitate access to redress and rehabilitation. The organization will also use the database to support legal and advocacy efforts through local and international mechanisms for justice.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Documenting Human Rights Violations in East Turkistan
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description:
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $147,000
Project Title: Empowering a New Generation of Tibetan Leaders
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To empower and train Tibetans, the organization will develop educational tools that focus on democracy, nonviolent tactics, and the promotion and protection of human rights and the rule of law. Additionally, the organization will provide strategic guidance on movement-wide campaigns and strengthen Tibetans' and the Tibetan advocacy network's use of secure online communications through trainings, knowledge hubs, and support networks.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
Project Title: Empowering Citizen Journalists to Defend Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To foster debate on public policy issues through journalism, analysis, and art and to increase the capacity of citizens to report on human rights issues. The project will document human rights violations, advocate for human rights, work with and support citizen journalists to increase their reporting, analysis, and writing skills, and promote the use of art in political commentary.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $63,000
Project Title: Empowering Environmental Rights Activists
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To support a network of environmental groups to monitor, document, and conduct advocacy and public outreach, and to promote citizen engagement and government accountability. The project will help local partners coordinate initiatives to promote citizen engagement in efforts to protect the environment, to ensure compliance by local governments and businesses, to increase access to justice, and to empower new activists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $183,000
Project Title: Empowering Independent Journalists and Protecting Freedom of Information
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To expand the skills of experienced journalists and to train citizen journalists to strengthen freedom of information in Hong Kong. The organization will provide seasoned journalists with the skills and access to support services necessary to function safely and effectively, identify and train citizen journalists on best practices and professional standards, and develop an independent media network to protect freedom of information in Hong Kong.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $110,000
Project Title: Empowering Religious and Ethnic Minorities and Calling for Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower an international advocacy network to hold the Chinese government accountable for egregious human rights violations through documentation, coordination, and strategic action across democratic institutional mechanisms. The organization will develop resources through documentation of state-directed or -facilitated human organ harvesting, build a network of members of the targeted communities and other stakeholders to raise international awareness about this issue and call for accountability.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $98,799
Project Title: Empowering Women and Youth for Advocacy and Civic Participation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Xinjiang / East Turkistan (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To empower women and youth from the Uyghur diaspora to participate in advocacy to protect human rights. The organization will train Uyghur women and youth in advocacy skills and civic participation, and foster greater engagement through advocacy campaigns and collaboration with other organizations. The organization will also increase awareness about the Uyghur crisis among local, non-Uyghur communities and grassroots organizations through outreach by the newly-trained women and youth activists.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $170,000
Project Title: Empowering Workers to Press for Accountability and Defend Their Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To closely monitor and analyze Chinese labor activism, and to support workers in organizing to protect their constitutional and labor rights. The organization will monitor, document, and disseminate information about labor strikes and incidents in China. It will also work to empower workers to hold unions and local governments accountable through training and providing access to information.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $170,000
Project Title: Enhancing Capacity and Facilitating Regional Solidarity of Human Rights Defenders
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance the capacity of Chinese human rights lawyers and activists to effectively advocate for marginalized and vulnerable groups, and to create and strengthen regional networks of rights defenders and their allies. The organization will arrange seminars, site visits, and networking opportunities for Chinese human rights lawyers to engage with peers and counterparts in Japan. Following these exchanges, the organization will take steps to ensure these networks will be sustained over time and result in cooperation in human rights advocacy regarding government abuses in China.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,614
Project Title: Expanding Access to Justice in Hong Kong
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: Rule of Law
Description: To expand and improve access to justice in Hong Kong for activists. The organization will identify and coordinate legal service providers for democracy activists, provide legal training for students and civil society members to empower them to defend themselves and their rights in legal fora, and develop a sustainable network among legal, medical, and social actors to respond rapidly and effectively to the needs of the democracy activist community.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $110,000
Project Title: Human Rights Monitoring and Documentation
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 organization will conduct research on the human rights, political, and legal landscape in Tibet to produce a variety of advocacy reports and develop tools to strengthen Tibetan activists' ability to monitor and advocate for human rights in Tibet.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $78,000
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