Leading Organizations

It aims to build a progressive and democratic society that upholds freedom of expression, gender equality, and social justice. It offers legal advice services to women and men in accordance with the Islamic Family Law and the Syariah Criminal Offences Law.

Fosters networking between legal aid providors in Uganda to enhance access to justice for the most marginalized groups

Works to provide rural areas with disaster risk aversion strategies, programs on food security and is involved in the IRSOP project for restorative justice.

It is a governmental organization that hears and processes complaints of mal-administration by any Federal Government Agency.

Works to provide access to counsel and to guarantee the functioning of courts and the criminal justice system.

It contributes to the eradication of hunger and poverty in Ethiopia through the combination of modern and traditional knowledge, through sharing experiences, open dialogue, research, training, and participation to support and improve the livelihoods of local communities.

Supports programming that promotes human rights, the rule of law, democratization, civil peace, and civic participation.

WAW is a human rights organization that protects the rights of Afghan women through providing shelters, legal aid and training programs.

Works to promote democracy, through accountability mechanisms and the organization of dialogue between society and political actors.

It is the Ghanaian chapter of the international organization that has worked in the country since 1996. It protects and promotes children's rights in specific areas such as juvenile justice, violence, exploitation, trafficking, while also carrying out activities for education on human rights and children's rights.

It is a movement aimed at improving media coverage of conservation efforts in the country. Their major objective is to guarantee conservation coverage in the media. Their other roles are to advocate to the society on protecting the environment and wildlife, and strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations to address the issues that cause wildlife and environmental destruction.

Develops community programs to solve conflicts in innovative ways, along with protecting victims of abuse and raising awareness at the national level through campaigns.

The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and students, civic and religious leaders, and other interested citizens in order to help them better understand the world and the foreign policy choices facing the United States and other countries.

It promotes fundamental principles and humanitarian values to ensure a better understanding, respect, and application of the ideas and principles of the Geneva Convention and International Humanitarian law.

Works to democratize ICTs and open up freedom of expression through community and youth leadership in public policy making.

It was founded in 2001 and works predominantly in the Rift Valley. It aims to empower vulnerable groups and ethnic communities through training, advocacy, networking and linkages in areas of human and constitutional rights, cultural heritage, and equitable distribution of resources.

It seeks to contribute to the reduction of gender inequalities and discrimination against women, men, persons with disabilities, the youth, children, the elderly, minorities, and marginalized communities.

It contributes to the development of responsible tourism in Myanmar by raising awareness and facilitating informed choices for tourists, government, industry, and civil society.

The Center uses a combination of research, advocacy and strategic litigation to advance human rights in South Africa.

India Institute promotes dignity, choice and enterprise through research, advocacy and litigation. It also focuses on property rights and legal reform.

Commit2Change's mission is to create systemic and cultural change by educating abandoned and impoverished girls. It works with carefully selected local partners who rescue and rehabilitate at-risk girls and invest in initiatives to give them a chance.

Established in 1999 to alleviate the suffering of the Kachin people in Burma and Kachin refugees in Thailand, KWAT works to advance women's and children's rights and gender equality. It promotes women's participation in politics and in peace and reconciliation processes.

Provides physical and psychological care for victims of torture by security agencies and rebels in Uganda

It is a collaborative data journalism project that tracks donations made to politicians and parties. The team is comprised of journalists from Postmedia, developers from Qlik, and academics from the University of Toronto. Their goal is to provide an accessible search tool for contributions at the federal level, as well as in every province and territory.

It was founded in 2011, and registered as a national network under CAN International. It works to mobilize, advocate, and empower Tanzanian communities.