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Search results for Organization Name: freedom house
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Displaying records 1-11 of 11 results
All results totalling $2,017,578
Total may include redundant amount due to supplements.



Project Title: Deepening Understanding of Global Authoritarianism
Project Region: Global
Project Country: _ Global
Project Focus: Human Rights
Description: To deepen understanding of global authoritarian influence and inform international policy dialogue, debate, and advocacy, and to strengthen protection of human rights defenders. The group will conduct extensive research and produce reports on transnational repression and on the global media influence of authoritarian regimes. In addition, the group will conduct an assessment of regional trends in defense and protection of human rights defenders and civil society in Latin America and the Caribbean to examine potential approaches and entry points for mid-term support and technical assistance in the region.
Year: 2020
Award Amount: $900,000
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: 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-language versions of the China Media Bulletin, a monthly digest that reports on censorship in China and its global influence.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $95,000
Project Title: Promoting Electoral and Political Reforms in Upcoming Elections
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Ethiopia
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To enable civil society organizations and human rights activists to better coordinate their engagements in political and electoral reform processes. The organization will support Ethiopian civil society organizations to hold strategy sessions to assess the ongoing political reforms, identify the challenges and opportunities for engagement and agree on the role, objectives, and activities for civil society in electoral reform discussions and elections. The organization will support civil society-hosted forums with political parties.
Year: 2019
Award Amount: $89,999
Project Title: Monitoring Media Censorship
Project Region: Asia
Project Country: Mainland China
Project Focus: Freedom of Information
Description: To promote awareness among Chinese and international stakeholders about the state's control of information and media, and to provide information about ongoing and potential responses to that control. The organization will produce a monthly publication that reports on censorship in both Chinese and English online versions to challenge censorship and counter the government's propaganda efforts.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $83,950
Project Title: Promoting Civic Education and Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Kazakhstan
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote democratic ideas and values among youth. The organization will update its civic education curriculum and conduct one training-of-trainers activity to expand its cadre of trainers. The organization will then monitor and assist these teams in conducting three additional iterations of its civic education course. Finally, the organization will digitalize and publish Russian and Kazakh-language versions of the course in an online format.
Year: 2018
Award Amount: $199,349
Project Title: Increasing the Capacity of Grassroots Actors to Promote Democratic Ideas and Values
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Eswatini
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To increase the capacity of rural communities to demand more accountable and responsive governance in Swaziland, the organization will assist community-based organizations and activists to establish community action groups that will address local development needs, thereby demonstrating the value of democratic processes at the community level. The organization will partner with a Zimbabwean organization, Habakkuk Trust, to mentor and train the community action groups according to Habakkuk's own successful model of sustainable community organizing in Zimbabwe.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $25,700
Project Title: Promoting Civic Education and Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Kazakhstan
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote democratic ideas and values among youth in Kazakhstan. The organization will conduct a national civic education campaign aimed at mobilizing a new generation of young activists. Through a series of lectures on basic human rights and civic activism, practical exercises, and small youth-led civic initiatives, the program will aim to stimulate civic participation among youth at the local level, particularly in remote regions of the country.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $197,026
Project Title: Increasing the Capacity of Grassroots Actors to Promote Democratic Ideas and Values
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Eswatini
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To increase the capacity of rural communities to demand more accountable and responsive governance in Swaziland, the organization will assist community-based organizations and activists to establish community action groups that will address local development needs, thereby demonstrating the value of democratic processes at the community level. The organization will partner with a Zimbabwean organization, Habakkuk Trust, to mentor and train the community action groups according to Habakkuk's own successful model of sustainable community organizing in Zimbabwe.
Year: 2017
Award Amount: $56,834
Project Title: Increasing the Capacity of Grassroots Actors to Promote Democratic Ideas and Values
Project Region: Africa
Project Country: Eswatini
Project Focus: NGO Strengthening
Description: To increase the capacity of rural communities to demand more accountable and responsive governance in Swaziland, the organization will assist community-based organizations and activists to establish community action groups that will address local development needs, thereby demonstrating the value of democratic processes at the community level. The organization will partner with a Zimbabwean organization, Habakkuk Trust, to mentor and train the community action groups according to Habakkuk's own successful model of sustainable community organizing in Zimbabwe.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $153,826
Project Title: Promoting Civic Education and Human Rights
Project Region: Eurasia
Project Country: Kazakhstan
Project Focus: Civic Education
Description: To promote democratic ideas and values among youth in Kazakhstan. The organization will conduct a national civic education campaign aimed at mobilizing a new generation of young activists. Through a series of lectures on basic human rights and civic activism, practical exercises, and small youth-led civic initiatives, the program will aim to stimulate civic participation among youth at the local level, particularly in remote regions of the country.
Year: 2016
Award Amount: $115,894