Welcome to our Program Library!
The WJP helps to incubate programs by bringing together stakeholders—just like you—from different sectors and professions to work collaboratively to address rule of law issues in their communities. By working with diverse leaders—from the arts, to engineering, to public health—we are able to help create programs that advance the rule of law. These range from a program in Sierra Leone to ensure that illiterate women understand their rights by broadcasting them through radio, to an effort to protect indigenous workers’ rights in Mexico, to an initiative to help farmers in Haiti strengthen their land rights in order to improve their food security.
The WJP has supported these innovative programs through its Roderick B. Mathews Opportunity Fund. Since its launch in 2008, the Opportunity Fund has provided over $1,000,000 in seed grants to programs that address some of the world’s most challenging issues.
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You can search for a program in a particular country, a geographic region, or both, using the drop-down menus below. You can also search for programs that address a particular rule of law factor (such as limited government powers, absence of corruption, etc.), or search for programs that focus on a particular issue (such as arts and culture, business, education, etc.) by clicking one or more boxes below. If you know the year that a program was implemented, the partners involved in the program, or the program title, you can also search by typing that information into those boxes. You can use any combination of these categories to search for a program.
There is widespread corruption in India, where anti-corruption laws are rarely implemented. A study conducted by Transparency International in...
Pervasive corruption in Cameroon’s public health system has left millions of at-risk adults and children without access to basic health services....
China has the largest number of internal migrant workers in the world, estimated well over 200 million. This number will likely swell to over 500...
In Bogotá, Colombia, thousands of children live on the streets, where they are easily lured into high-risk activities such as prostitution and the...
The protracted conflict in the Malay/Muslim-majority southernmost provinces of Thailand constitutes South East Asia’s most violent internal...
The Capital city of the Brazilian state of Ceará, Fortaleza is one of the largest urban areas in Latin America, with an estimated population of...
Kivalina is an indigenous whaling community situated off the northwestern coast of Alaska. Like many coastal communities, Kivalina’s future is...
Street Law Zambia (SLZ) believes that education is the central tool to empowerment. As WJP’s Rule of Law Index indicates, there is much...
China’s rapid development is polluting the country’s air, water, and soil. Often already marginalized communities like the elderly, rural...
Children with learning disabilities in Ghana’s public schools do not receive adequate support, putting them at high risk of dropping out of school...
Eyewitness misidentifications and false confessions are the most frequently used types of evidence. They are also among the leading sources of...
Once separate from the Jewish population, Arab populations are now publically and residentially integrated in Israel. However, while they may be...
Violence against women is a pervasive problem in Sierra Leone. Despite three landmark acts designed to expand women’s rights,most women remained...
The Central Plateau of Haiti suffers from chronic food insecurity. In the absence of registries and records, farmers often hold their land on the...
Mexico’s indigenous population is at the highest risk of discrimination in the workplace. The marginalization of indigenous people is pervasive...
The sexual exploitation of children is a problem with serious and often life-threatening consequences for the physical, psychological and social...
Few government officials in Benin have the experience or knowledge to effectively design environmental laws and programs that take into account...
The end of civil war in Sri Lanka in 2009 paved the way for new economic development. Much of that development potential came from extractive...
A very high rate of investment, coupled with limited controls and safeguards, is eroding Peru’s ecosystem and endangering the livelihood of...
Improving access to justice for low-income communities is often a low priority item on the agendas of developing countries. The urban poor are...
In developing countries, intellectual property laws and their enforcement can often be quite weak. Moreover, many artists and musicians,...
Yunnan Province has millions of migrant workers seeking to transition from agricultural to industrial work. While the provincial government has...
Women in developing countries rarely hold secure rights to any property. Most critically, few have rights to land. In developing countries, secure...
For developing countries, investing in women's health and nutrition has proven to generate multiple payoffs for families, their communities, the...
Nigeria is a fledgling democracy with weak institutions of government, systemic corruption and high vulnerability to political and economic shocks...
The Argentine educational system has undertaken various reforms in recent years, yet civic education is still lagging. The quality of education,...
In the face of police inability to stem surging crime waves, the people of Nigeria have turned from formal law enforcement agencies to informal...
As China’s economy continues to grow rapidly, pollution and environmental degradation have become an increasingly serious problem. Since China...
Peru has both weak institutions and low rule of law enforcement. Corruption in the legal system has led to a market failure for ethical behavior...
Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a grave issue throughout much of Africa. This is due, in large part, to the fact that religious institutions—...
Construction is cited as one of the most corrupt industries worldwide. It damages first and foremost the engineering profession, resulting in loss...
In Nigeria, women's rights violations have often been justified under the pretext of customary and Sharia law. Although the Nigerian Constitution...
How can legitimate security imperatives be accommodated within the international rule of law framework? Counter-terrorism is seen as a necessary...
In the Philippines, there are two obstacles to the implementation of the rule of law in the environmental arena. One is the lack of sufficient...
