Strengthening the empowerment, leadership, well-being and autonomy of women human rights defenders in Uganda. Transforming the context to defend human rights in Uganda. Responding to specific individual or collective cases of WHRDs at risk. Their mission is to ensure a safe and secure work environment for women HRDs in order to increase the quality and quantity of…
The Human Rights League of the Horn of Africa (HRLHA) defends freedom of thought and expression, due process and equal protection of the law as well as to promote the development of a vigorous civil society. HRLHA is a non-governmental organization established with the aim to monitor and promote observance of nationally, regionally and internationally…
Ethiopian Initiative For Human Rights (EIHR) is a non-governmental, non-profit making and independent organization certified to monitor and report the situation of human rights, rule of law and good governance in Ethiopia.
The Human Rights Council (HRCO) is a membership-based, non-partisan, non-political, non-governmental, not for profit and independent human rights group in Ethiopia. HRCO stands for democracy, the prevalence of the rule of law and respect of human rights in Ethiopia. From its inception on October 1991, HRCO remains the only human rights monitoring and reporting group…
Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly National Economic and Social Rights Initiative) envisions a just world where everyone is treated with dignity, everyone’s human needs are met, and everyone can thrive and reach their full potential. They work to build this world by addressing the harms of the past, ensuring people have a meaningful role in…
The Best Practices Policy Project (BPPP) is dedicated to supporting organizations and advocates working with sex workers, people in the sex trade and related communities in the United States. They produce materials for policy environments, address research and academic concerns and provide organizations and advocates with technical assistance. Everything that they do is guided by principles that…
Established in 1987, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) is a voluntary health organization that gives those affected by suicide a nationwide community empowered by research, education and advocacy to take action against this leading cause of death. AFSP is dedicated to saving lives and bringing hope to those affected by suicide. AFSP creates…
TWOCC’s work is led by the narratives, leadership and voices of community members who exist at the nexus of state sanctioned violence; sex workers, poor people, homeless people and folk experiencing housing insecurity, folks deeply entrenched in complex, seemingly inescapable traumatic environments. Through healing and restorative justice, they are building a network of trans, non-binary…
Transgender Law Center (TLC) changes law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression. Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Grounded in…
The Black Legal Action Centre (BLAC) is a not-for-profit corporation set up under the laws of Ontario in 2017. BLAC delivers legal aid services to low and no income Black Ontarians. They work to combat individual and systemic anti-Black racism by: Providing legal representation, summary legal advice and brief services to individual clients. Engaging in…
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