Leading Organizations

The Centre's mission is to provide public services and advance research in the interdisciplinary area of information technology and law. Their initiatives include the Community Legal Information Centres (Youth CLIC, Senior CLIC, Family CLIC), the eQuality Project, and the Hong Kong Legal Information Institute - HKLII, among others.

It is registered in both Somalia and Kenya, and has its liaison office in Nairobi. Its work is programs based in areas such as peacebuilding, WASH, education, gender equity, environment, and Livelihoods.

Parivartan works for building organizations of deprived masses, supporting their struggles for sustainable socio-economic development through participation in planning and implementation of development process and influencing the policies for transparent, responsive and responsible governance.

It works to end the cycle of violence in the tribal lands of Eastern Africa by building peaceful and reconciled communities. Their work is based on the following pillars: non-violent societal transformation; peace, truth, justice, and mercy; integral human development and security; environmental integrity; and respect for local culture and traditions.

Founded in 1997, it is the governmental body responsible for the implementation of electoral activities across the country. The Commission's activities are primarily funded by the government, but it has also received funding from UNDP and DFID.

Works to develop the use and understanding of law, and has worked on a monitoring mechanism for human rights, strategic litigation against mining companies and provides legal assistance to incarcerated persons and their families.

Works to produce reports on new modes of social engagement and does capacity building with business, government, NGOs and citizens.

Works to help women who have been victims of domestic violence, through surgery programs, financial assistance, community projects, and public policy advocacy.

Works to guarantee the rights of all people, and to assist local governments in providing access to human rights along with protecting people who are victims of gender based violence.

The GEOC is an alliance of 10 different organizations including the Nepal Law Society (NLS). It has been involved in programs to support the institutionalization of democracy for the past 20 years. GEOC's members are independent intellectuals, legal luminaries, jurists, former government officials, social activists, human rights workers, professors, senior media persons and so on.

Works to promote awareness and proactivity around HIV prevention nationally and internationally through advocacy and health promotion.

Works to protect women and children from abuse which empowers women to contribute to development

Founded in 2012, it advocates for the defense of LGBTI people's rights. Its initiatives include the provision of training for community leaders, research, and legal assistance in cases of sexual orientation based discrimination through paralegal services.

Youth For Change is a youth-led project with the objective of ending gender-based violence in Tanzania. It was founded in 2014, and currently has teams based in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, the UK, and Tanzania.

A non-governmental, non-profit working to actively defend and promote human rights in Venezuela.

CCAGG is a local based organization that works in the rural, remote, mountainous province of Abra. It was established in 1987 as an outgrowth of a wider democratization movement in the Philippines. CCAGG works to contribute to increasing the technical capacity of other organizations, promote good governance, and fight corruption.

Azad Foundation provides livelihoods with dignity for resource-poor women living in urban areas in India. It's aim is to level the employment field for disadvantaged women by providing bold livelihoods options that enhance women’ economic status, dignity, and decision-making within their families. To achieve this, our Women on Wheels programme empowers women with minimal economic and social capital to become professional commercial drivers. It helps qualified women drivers secure employment opportunities in partnership with its for-profit sister organization of Azad Foundation.

Founded in 1981, it works to defend and protect the right to freedom of expression in Canada and the world. CJFE monitors, defends, and reports on free expression and access to information.

The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent research institute based in Kabul seeking to provide quality research and analysis to inform public policy decisions.

Maitri's work is organized under two main categories: violence against women and migrant workers. The organization has been addressing the issue of violence against women and acts as a catalyst to enable access to basic rights to some of the most marginalized and vulnerable populations in India.

It advocates for fair agriculture and trade policies affecting the livelihoods of small scale farmers. Its programs increase agricultural production and build capacities of Ghanaian farmers.

Works to develop a transformative program for inmate to reintegrate into society and reduce recidivism, through skills training and its Prison Diaries program.

Monitors agencies delivering public services, services to children, and community services to imporve the conduct of those agencies.

Think tank working with business, political and civil society organizations in order to regulate and open up the space for the energy sector in Ukraine.

It represents different sectors of Coastal Muslim communities in Kenya. Their work is focused on the following areas: peace and security development, social accountability, access to justice, and land and advocacy. They also promote the health rights of drug users, especially related to HIV infection.