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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Malaysian Crime Watch Task Force - MyWatch Malaysia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It aims to eradicate the causes of crime and corruption, and to transform the culture and practices that allow its perpetuation in Malaysia.

Malaysian Environmental NGOs - MENGO Malaysia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a coalition of international and local organizations that works collaboratively to impact environmental decision-making policies. It promotes sustainable development and social justice, while facilitating community mobilization and participation.

Malaysian Social Research Institute - MSRI Malaysia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1959 and formerly known as the Malaysian Sociological Research Institute, MSRI works with refugees and asylum-seekers by providing education, healthcare services, shelter, and emergency support.

MALDEF United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Uses strategic litigation to advance the rights of Latino immigrants, and the Latino community in general for better education, health, work and social and economic life.

Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) Philippines
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

MAP represents a cross-section of CEOs, COOs and other top management practitioners from the largest local and multinational companies operating in the Philippines. It works with its members and partners with other business organizations, the government and civil society in conducting programs that promote good governance, global competitiveness and sustainable development.

Manifesto Jamaica Jamaica
Factor 3: Open Government

Works with young artists, entrepreneurs and activists to develop new leadership for Jamaica through capacity training, events, and job and opportunity creation.

MARG India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

MARG works for the legal empowerment of the vulnerable and the marginalized, women, children, persons with disabilities, dalits, the poor, etc. It has a muti-fold approach to legal empowerment including policy development to ensure effective safeguards are available to prevent discrimination and uphold fundamental freedoms and equality.

Maria Julia Hernandez Legal Office El Salvador
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

One of the leading organizations in the field of human rights monitoring, transitional justice and legal assistance in El Salvador.

Marsad ?????? Egypt
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Marsad is an online platform that monitors the Egyptian Security Sector. It gathers news items, analyses and reports relevant to Egyptian security sector governance (SSG) and security sector reform (SSR). Marsad seeks to contribute to an informed and inclusive debate regarding the security sector in Egypt.

Marsad - Observatory of Tunisian Security Sector ?????? Tunisia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

This website is part of an initiative dedicated to promoting the principles of good governance, transparency and accountability incumbent on stakeholders in the security sector in Tunisia.

Maruah Singapore
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to promote and raise awareness on human rights issues and bring issues of justice in human rights to the forefront of public debate.

Mass Media Defence Center ????? ?????? ???? ??? Russia
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to protect freedom of expression and offers legal protection to journalists in Russia, along with seminars , and organizes a hotline and mobile application for legal advice.

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan is a grassroots organization that was formed in 1990, working in rural Rajasthan. Its objective was to use modes of struggle and constructive action for changing the lives of its primary constituents — the rural poor.

MAZLUMDER: The Association for Human Rights and Solidarity for the Oppressed MAZLUMDER Turkey
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Mazlumder works on systematic human rights problems. The organization informs the authorities about the violations by presenting the problem and following up the events following the violations. of rights The organization's issue areas include Kurdish issue and refugees...

Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) Medya ve Hukuk Çal??malar? Derne?i Turkey
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

MLSA offers legal protection to journalists who are punished for expressing their thoughts. IIt promotes the public’s right to information, particularly by supporting good finance and science journalism. It works on rights of minority groups, with a concentration on refugees and the LGBTI community.

Media Foundation for West Africa - MFWA Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is the largest media organization in West Africa. It works with local partners to promote freedom of expression, media professionalism, media-led advocacy for peace building, and participatory governance across the region.

Media Institute of Southern Africa - Malawi Chapter Malawi
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

MISA works to protect and uphold freedom of the press in Malawi. It has been active in petitioning transparency, and against President Mutharika's media crackdown in 2011.

Media Institute of Southern Africa Zambia Zambia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

Conducts media monitoring to identify incidents of censorhip and publicize free speech violations, while also reporting on elections

Media Rights Agenda - MRA Nigeria
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1993, they work for the promotion and protection of media freedom and freedom of expression in Nigeria. The organization provides office space and resources for the Freedom of Information Coalition (FOIC), a civil society coalition that comprises more than 150 organizations.

Media Women Center for Development and Democracy Liberia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Media Women Center for Development and Democracy is a pro media, gender and policy research organization that uses media to promote and protect the rights of women, rural dwellers and the disabled.

Medica Afghanistan Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Medica Afghanistan focuses on improving the lives of women by providing direct legal aid, psychosocial counseling, and public advocacy for women and girls subjected to violence in the midst of war.

Medical Action Myanmar - MAM Myanmar
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a medical aid organization who provides quality basic healthcare services to the underprivileged through a network of clinics. Their areas of work include HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, malnutrition, and family planning services.

Meeting for Freedom of Expression in Japan ????????????? Japan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a website that supports the work of Sanae Fujita, a professor at University of Essex and a human rights researcher. She is a prominent advocate for freedom of expression rights in Japan, and through lectures and meetings she denounces the government for ignoring the recommendations of the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression.

Meeting of Citizens' Network for Quality Democracy Red Encuentro Ciudadano para la Calidad Democratica Argentina
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Network of citizens fighting for transparency and accountability in government practices, through panel discussions and the publication of guidelines.

Mekdim Ethiopia National Association - MENA Ethiopia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It works to prevent HIV/AIDS, while also protecting the basic needs and human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, their families, and dependents. Through its Social Accountability project, the organization works to strengthen citizens’ voices and promotes the accountability of public service providers.