Organization Name | Organization Name (Local Language) | Country | Factors | Organization Description |
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Women's Information Center | ????? ???????????? ??????? ???? | Georgia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Promotes and protects women's rights, and advocates for legislation against sexual harrassment and inclusion of gender issues in the electoral and political process. |
Women's Development Foundation | Sri Lanka |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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An organisation aimed at empowering women economically, socially, and legally. |
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Women's Center for Change - WCC | Malaysia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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It works to eliminate violence against women and children, and to promote gender equality and social justice. Their services include hospital support and training for medical personnel, shelters, legal counseling, and court representation for victims of GBV. |
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Women Transforming the World | Mujeres Transformando el Mundo - MTM | Guatemala |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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Founded in 2009, it combats violence and discrimination against women and children through strategic feminist oriented litigation. Additionally, it advocates and promotes legal reforms for the eradication of all forms of violence against women and children. |
Women Solidarity | Solidarités Femmes | France |
Factor 5: Order and Security
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Works to defend women who have been victims of domestic violence, and has set up a hotline for domestic violence and abuse. |
Women Judges Association of Malawi (WOJAM) | Malawi |
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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Judges working to promote the rights of women judges, women and children in the legal system in Malawi, and strengthening the accessibility of Malawi's legal system. |
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Women in the Media Sierra Leone - WIMSAL | Sierra Leone |
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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It was founded in 2007 and aims to improve the conditions for female journalists, while also advocating for the rights of all women in Sierra Leone. It is a member of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, and has approximately 200 members distributed throughout the country. |
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Women in Peacebuilding Network (WIPNET) | Liberia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
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Group of women who worked to resolve the Liberian conflict and now provide courses to women on equality and gender based violence, and work with the government to change policy on gender violence and womens' rights. |
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Women in Need | Sri Lanka |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
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WiN aim to combat violence, especially gendered violence, in order to promote a conflict-free society in which the law protects women and they may access justice equally and fairy. |
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Women in Law Japan | Japan |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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It is a networking platform for women in the legal profession in Japan. It fosters activities to address current issues related with women and law, such as human trafficking and modern slavery in Japan. It also provides legal assistance for refugee applications. |
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Women in Law Hong Kong - WILHK | Hong Kong S.A.R., China |
Factor 3: Open Government
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WILHK is a legal community that provides a platform for private practice lawyers, in-house counsel, and other legal professionals. Through networking events, mentorship programs, trainings, and the promotion of best practices, it aims to provide opportunities for collaboration, education, exchange of ideas, and support. |
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Women in Law and Development in Africa - WiLDAF | Ghana |
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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It is a Pan-African women’s rights network that promotes strategies that link law and development to increase women’s participation in decision making processes. Their access to justice program provides legal services to the underprivileged, while other initiatives include legal literacy volunteers, mobile legal outreach, and community reconciliation committees. |
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Women in Law and Development in Africa | Zambia |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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A network of organizations working to develop policies and a positive legal environment to promote and protect women's rights |
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Women for Women's Human Rights | Kad?n?n ?nsan Haklar? | Turkey |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR) aims to promote women’s human rights, equality and non-discrimination in Turkey and on the international level. |
Women for Life Forum | Foro Mujeres por la Vida | Honduras |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Work to defend and promote womens rights in the face of violence and insecurity in Honduras. |
Women for Afghan Women (WAW) | Afghanistan |
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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WAW is a human rights organization that protects the rights of Afghan women through providing shelters, legal aid and training programs. |
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Women Citizenship Center | ????? ??????? ???? | Iran |
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Advocates for the promotion of women's civic rights such as campaigning and popular mobilization in the form of statements, peaceful gatherings, or the creation of alliances among women and other social groups. |
Women and Citizenship Association | ????? ?????? ????????? ?????? | Tunisia |
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
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AFC works to fight for women's rights and promote civic values, convinced that Tunisia cannot be a just or democratic society without the recognition of women's full citizenship, their economic, social and cultural rights and their contribution to Tunisian development. |
Women and Children Legal Research Foundation | Afghanistan |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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It is an NGO that works to promote women and children's rights through research, public awareness and advocacy. |
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Women Aid Trust (WAT) | Pakistan |
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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The organization provides legal aid and rehabilitation services for imprisoned women, undertakes research and advocacy efforts to improve the country's legal and judicial system for the rights of women, and offers a range of community welfare, education, health and emergency relief services. |
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Woman Inc. | Jamaica |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
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Works to protect and promote the rights of women and their place in Jamaican society. The run a crisis centre and hotline for victims of rape, abuse and domestic violence. |
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Wits Justice Project | South Africa |
Factor 8: Criminal Justice
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Inspired by the Medill Justice Project, it works to investigate miscarriages of justice along with promoting change and innovation in the criminal justice system. |
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Winkler Institute for Dispute Resolution | Canada |
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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It is an is an independent center of innovation, research, and reform-based practical application. Its mandate is to advance accesible justice and pursue innovation in the justice system and alternative dispute resolution. The Institute is afiliated with York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School. |
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Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WISSA) | South Africa |
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
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Implements programs for environmental management, risk assessment and conservation all across South Africa. |
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White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable | United States |
Factor 7: Civil Justice
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Brings together 22 federal agencies in order to coordinate their work and engagement with civil society, to provide better access to justice to the poor and vulnerable in the United States. |