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Project Region: Asia
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All results totalling $37,166,073
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Project Title: International Advocacy for Human Rights in Tibet
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To strengthen coordination and engagement on Tibet issues at the United Nations. The organization will work closely with a coalition of Tibet support groups to monitor, document, and highlight human rights violations in Tibet and use this information for advocacy at the UN. The organization will also strengthen other nongovernmental organizations' skills in UN advocacy in an effort to pressure the Chinese government to adhere to universal human rights norms.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Monitoring Media Censorship
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote awareness among Chinese and Western stakeholders about the Chinese government's efforts to control media and information and to provide information on ongoing and potential responses to challenge and counter such control. The organization will produce the Chinese and English versions of the China Media Bulletin, a monthly digest that reports on censorship in China and its global influence.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $100,000
Project Title: Promoting Accountability through Preserving the Record of the COVID-19 Outbreak
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Accountability and Governance
Description: To promote accountability and map the CCP's domestic information manipulation ecosystem through documenting, analyzing and translating digital data generated during the onset and progression of the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization will collect and archive data before it is censored, and analyze those data to establish timelines and identify methods by which the CCP changed narratives, shifted public opinion, or cracked down on individuals; the resulting resource will empower activists to push for accountability.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $90,000
Project Title: Promoting Awareness of Tibetan Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: The organization will convene a series of regional workshops to build support for stronger legislative and policy action on Tibet in Canada. Bringing together Canadian and Tibetan experts in the fields of climate change, economic cooperation, and democratic accountability, the workshops will explore these topics with the aim of defending and promoting the rights of Tibetans in Tibet.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $38,000
Project Title: Promoting Democratic Ideals and Values
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: To educate and train civil society activists from mainland China and Hong Kong on democratization and social movements, and to provide a platform for youth to engage in discussion of democratic ideas and civil society activism, fostering critical cross-Strait links among those who support democracy. The organization will hold seminars, workshops, and trainings to facilitate the exchange of ideas and cooperation among activists in Hong Kong, mainland China, and Taiwan.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $159,297
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 within mainland China. The organization will continue its outreach through its website, distribution of information on China, and frequent interviews with the international and Chinese press, and staff will engage in advocacy efforts with international institutions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Promoting Informed Voting among the Tibetan Electorate
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To build the capacity of Tibetans to engage in more informed decision-making for elections. The organization will convene a series of community dialogues to foster issue-based discourse and identify the key policy priorities of the electorate. Based on these priorities, a candidate questionnaire will be devised and disseminated to all candidates with their responses posted on a public website for voters to review.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $40,000
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 liberal intellectuals, and to provide analysis on political developments in China. The organization will translate Chinese commentaries and interviews from leading intellectuals and rights defenders into English, provide brief summaries of daily events and timely reports on human rights abuses, and write original profiles and opinion pieces about China's human rights and democracy movements.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $80,000
Project Title: Strengthening Awareness about the Panchen Lama
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: The organization will research, publish, and disseminate a comprehensive publication about the Chinese government's enforced disappearance of the 11th Panchen Lama. Through a series of awareness-raising events at strategic fora around the world, the organization will strengthen international awareness and support for the 11th Panchen Lama while defending and promoting the rights of the Tibetan people to practice their religion freely without interference from the Chinese government.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $62,000
Project Title: Strengthening Civil Society for Policy Accountability
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
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: 2020
Award Amount: $150,000
Project Title: Strengthening International Support for Democracy and 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, provide capacity building trainings for members, and increase cooperation among Tibet support groups.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $120,000
Project Title: Strengthening the Tibetan Movement - Campaigning, Training, and Strategic Organizing
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To raise international awareness of rights-based issues in Tibet, and strengthen Tibetan activists' skill in media advocacy, communications and technology, grassroots organizing, and leadership. The organization will conduct campaigns at the grassroots, national, and international levels on language rights, political prisoners, and the environment. It will also work to bolster multilateral mechanisms that can bring pressure to bear on the Chinese government to peacefully resolve the issue of Tibet.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $150,000
Project Title: Strengthening Tibet Monitoring and Information Networks
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To enhance the capacity for human rights monitoring, documentation, and reporting on the situation inside Tibet by strengthening information-gathering networks within the Tibetan community and incorporating strategic satellite monitoring of key sites in Tibet. The organization will use information obtained and verified through these sources to produce credible, in-depth, and timely reporting on human rights violations in Tibet.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $53,305
Project Title: Strengthening Worker Rights and Representation
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To increase workers' rights awareness and legal knowledge to protect and advocate for themselves. The organization will produce investigative reports on rights violations, facilitate dialogues among female labor activists, and support workers on labor laws, promotion of rights defense, and emerging issues of concern. Additionally, the organization will support the expansion of women's leadership roles in the labor rights movement.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $205,000
Project Title: Supporting Civil Society Advocacy and Sustaining Pro-Democracy Social Movements
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 and civil society activism, fostering critical cross-Strait links among those who support democracy. The organization will also support to facilitate the exchange of ideas and cooperation among activists in the Asia region.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $125,000
Project Title: Supporting Free Expression, Combating Information Manipulation, and Countering Global Authoritarianism
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To strengthen freedom of expression, provide access to uncensored news and commentary, to document the use of surveillance and censorship technologies, both domestically and internationally. The organization will increase access to information in Chinese cyberspace, document and analyze material relevant to the Chinese Communist Party's manipulation of information to disseminate globally, and develop and support an international network of relevant stakeholders, including journalists, scholars, and policymakers, to share knowledge and expertise on China's growing global influence as it impacts democratic institutions.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $1,200,000
Project Title: Supporting Grassroots NGOs
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To build the capacity of non-governmental organizations, support seasoned activists, and engage new activists, equipping them with skills to be effective human rights defenders and to reduce the risks they face in an increasingly repressive environment. The project will support groups focused on human rights education, access to justice, direct assistance to human rights defenders and their families, and policy advocacy by providing assistance with administrative work and strategic direction.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $42,400
Project Title: Supporting Grassroots NGOs
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To build the capacity of NGOs, support seasoned activists, and engage new activists, equipping them with skills to be effective human rights defenders and to reduce the risks they face in an increasingly repressive environment. The organization will support groups focused on human rights education, access to justice, direct assistance to human rights defenders and their families, and policy advocacy by providing assistance with administrative work and strategic direction.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $57,300
Project Title: Supporting Hong Kong's Pro-Democracy Movement
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Hong Kong (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To build the capacity of Hong Kong activists-in-exile, and to raise awareness of and garner support for Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement. The organization and its partner will leverage their extensive existing networks to support exiled activists and to sustain and grow activist communities remaining in Hong Kong, providing training to empower these communities to engage in effective advocacy. The organization will also strengthen regional and international support for the pro-democracy movement by coordinating with other rights NGOs, hosting outreach events, and implementing social media campaigns.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $90,000
Project Title: Supporting Labor Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Association
Description: To promote consistent enforcement of labor protection standards related to occupational safety and health (OSH), and strengthen the ability of workers to protect their rights. The project will include educational workshops, facilitation of mutual support networks among OSH victims and their families, casework promoting enforcement of labor laws, and policy advocacy to improve labor conditions for vulnerable workers.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $61,000
Project Title: The Future of Tibet Initiative
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Democratic Ideas and Values
Description: The organization will convene a series of interactive regional workshops to discuss the future of Tibet. By providing a forum for Tibetans in exile and Tibetans inside Tibet to express their opinions on critical issues concerning the future of the Tibet movement, the organization will encourage greater discussion and debate and promote democratic discourse in the Tibetan community.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $41,000
Project Title: The Tibet Museum
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To preserve, protect, and promote Tibetan identity and counter Chinese propaganda about Tibet's political and cultural history through the launch of a new Tibet museum. The organization will collect and document material related to modern Tibetan history and present it in professionally curated museum exhibitions accessible to visitors, academics, activists, and media from around the world.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $35,000
Project Title: Tibet Event - Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To promote awareness of recent legal scholarship that challenges the People's Republic of China's historical claim to Tibet. Through press engagements, panel discussions, and parliamentary activities, the organization will coordinate activities that build support for stronger legislative and policy action on Tibet, the resumption of the Sino-Tibetan dialogue, and increased collaboration among international parliamentarians on global Tibet initiatives.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $20,800
Project Title: Voice of Tibet: Independent Shortwave Tibetan Radio
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Tibet (China)
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To encourage and sustain independent public opinion inside Tibet and to familiarize Tibetans with the ideals of democracy and human rights. The organization, an independent shortwave radio station, will broadcast daily news about Tibet, the Tibetan exile community, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the Tibetan government-in-exile, to audiences in Tibet, China and neighboring countries.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $50,000
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: $60,000
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