Opportunity Fund Round 2

The WJP identified 12 outstanding multidisciplinary rule of law programs to receive seed grants through the second round of the Opportunity Fund. These proposals demonstrated great regional and disciplinary diversity: discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, access to public health information, and natural resource decision-making were some of the diverse rule of law issues addressed. The 12 selected proposals cover 28 countries and a broad spectrum of disciplines, including initiatives to:

• Provide victims and women at risk of domestic violence with counseling and pro-bono legal services;
• Leverage the ability of the world’s religious groups and indigenous spiritual traditions to translate the moral imperatives of legal empowerment into community actions; and
• Confront barriers to gaining land titles by farmers by training local community members on land titling process.