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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) United States
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to provide assistance to victims of assault through its hopline and to coordinate programs to bring perpetrators to justice.

Malawi Defence Force Malawi
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to defend the Malawi population and the interest of the country as well as maintaining order.

Human Rights Consultative Committee Malawi
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Set up in 1995, it seeks to coordinate the activities of the various Malawian NGOs working on human rigths issues, through guiding principles and capacitation.

The Centre for Comparative and Public Law - CCPL Hong Kong S.A.R., China
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Founded in 1995 at the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Law, it aims to make the law more accessible to the community and more effective, and it works to advance knowledge on public law and human rights issues primarily from the perspectives of international and comparative law and practice.

Alliance against Trafficking in Women & Children in Nepal (AATWIN) Nepal
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Alliance against Trafficking in Women & Children in Nepal (AATWIN) has been working to raise the strong and collective voice against human trafficking. It works to bring about policy change at the local, national and international level.

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.

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

Occupational Care South Africa (OCSA) South Africa
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works alongside businesses in order to improve the health and wellbeing of employees, and produces risk assessment reports and workplace safety guidelines.

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

Naandi, which in Sanskrit means a new beginning, is one of the largest and fastest growing social sector organizations in India working to make poverty history. It focuses on enhancing the quality of life of the marginalized and less privileged in our society by addressing concerns of hunger, quality education, drinking water and livelihood opportunities.

Kanoone aalie anjomanhaye senfiye kargarane Iran (Iranian workers trade unions high council) Iran
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Defending workers' rights at the national level, and coordinating the actions of local unions.

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) Singapore
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Sets the standards for transparency and tax declaration of business in Singapore.

Legal Services Corporation United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Provides grants to legal aid services nationwide in order to ensure high quality civic aid to low income individuals.

Women in Need Sri Lanka
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

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.

Uganda Safety Council Uganda
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Ensures safe and healthy work environments and regulations

The Jammeh Foundation for Peace - JFP The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works for the improvement in the quality of life of all communities in The Gambia by providing support in the sectors of education, health, agriculture, women's rights, and youth development. The Foundation is an initiative of the former president, Alhaji Yahya Jammeh.

National Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption (Anti-Corruption Service) Kazakhstan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Anti Corruption Service is the officla body charged with investigating corruption on the national level, and enforcing regulations related to transparency. It manages a call center and reporting system for citizens to be involved in the process

Follow The Money Nigeria
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It is an initiative developed by CODE to effectively track governmental spending and funds distributed by international aid organizations. It is comprised of a network of journalists, data wranglers, and legal practitioners, among others interested in the use of open data for transparency and accountability.

Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law - CARL Sierra Leone
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It promotes a just society through the monitoring and accountability of institutions, outreach and advocacy for institutional transparency, capacity building, and empowerment the citizenry.

Centre for Independent Journalism Malaysia
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It advocates for the rights to freedom of expression and access to information, and defends the interests of media members in Malaysia.

Kenya Organic Agriculture Network Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is the national coordinating body for organic agricultural activities in Kenya. It emerged from a consultative process where organic practitioners agreed to work together to achieve the development of the organic sub-sector. The organization represents over 35,000 farmers and works with partner organizations throughout the country.

P.R.I.M.E Finance International
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

A dispute resolution and judicial capacity building entity for complex financial disputes that is based in The Hague and affiliated with the Permanent Court of Arbitration. 

Ubora Institute Ghana
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a Pan-African organization, headquartered in Ghana, with operations in Ethiopia, India, Malawi Namibia, Nigeria, and Liberia. They work to empower and equip health systems in Africa to offer optimal healthcare for every child, woman, and man.

Peace Education And Development (PEAD) Foundation Pakistan
Factor 5: Order and Security

A non-profit training and advocacy organization, which has been engaged in de-radicalization and counter-extremism efforts in Pakistan since 2002, with a special focus on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).

National Institute for Medical Research Tanzania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is the largest public health research institution in Tanzania. It seeks to generate scientific information required in the development of better methods and techniques in disease management, prevention, and control in the country.

The Women's Legal Aid Centre Tanzania
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It works to empower women to attain their rights and to improve vulnerable population’s access to justice across Tanzania, such as juvenile offenders. They address gender-based violence, domestic abuse, or any other form of discriminatory practice perpetrated against women.