Leading Organizations

Maiti Nepal protects Nepali girls and women from crimes like domestic violence, trafficking, child prostitution, child labor and various forms of abuse, exploitation and torture. It also actively works to provide justice for the victimized girls and women through criminal investigation and legal representation.

Founded in 1995, it is one of the leading independent research institutions in Tanzania. It specializes in policy research on socio-economic and development issues, with research projects covering every district.

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.

Aims to share the political social and economic experiences of people to activate and initiate social change and justice through workshops talks and initiatives.

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 organization works to strengthen the relationship between public decision making and social justice. Their main areas of work include transparency and participation in public finance management, poverty reduction, and rights enhancement.

Seeks to decrease the role of race in the 8. Criminal Justice system and to promote a fair system of participation for African Americans in the democratic process.

IHRDA has been working since 1998 to strengthen the African human rights system through offering pro bono legal counsel to victims of human rights abuses, conducting training workshops, and other capacity building activities for lawyers and other human rights defenders.

Works to monitor and reform electoral processes to promote good governance, democracy, and human rights through election monitoring and civic education

Advocates for abolishing the death penalty, through raising awareness with debates, conferences, film screenings and forums.

Works to end human trafficking and exploitation through a national hotline and dedicated outreach programmes.

It has 40 years of experience working in Sub-Sahara Africa promoting social justice and development through the power of collective action and locally rooted citizen movements.

Founded in 1992, it is the premier human rights organization in Kenya. It works to foster human rights, democratic values, human dignity, and social justice through programs such as transformative justice, economic and social justice, political pluralism and diversity, and institutional support and development.

81 NGOs working to improve and further education in Malawi, along with consolidating its network to uphold the Education for All Goal.

Undertakes research on policy impact assessment and implement solutions on capacity strengthening for communities, especially disadvantaged communities, through surveys on transparency and governance.

PILDAT is an independent, non-partisan and not-for-profit indigenous think tank focussed on political and public policy research and legislative strengthening. As an indigenous institution, Its mission is to strengthen democracy and democratic institutions in Pakistan.

Established in 1987, LRC works for the recognition and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples and upland rural poor communities to land and other natural resources. The Center seeks to bridge the gap between the informal articulation of the aspirations of these marginalized communities on the one hand, and the formal, technical, bureaucratic and legal language used by the state.

ACFOP is raising awareness regarding corruption through seminars, and educates people on how to identify its factors, and what steps should be taken to eradicate it.

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

Seeks to foster public participation in the electoral and democratic process, through the setting up of election points and access to information.

NEFAD is a network of district based associations of families of the missing and disappeared in Nepal. The national network aims to provide support, advocacy and relief for the families of the disappeared.

A professional, youth led non-profit organization that promotes human and people's rights. Their areas of interest include legal aid, energy and climate change health, agriculture, gender, employment, and education.

It promotes the efficient administration of justice, contributing to the development of jurisprudence, the respect for human rights, and the rule of law. It advances legal education and provides free legal aid to those who are economically and socially underprivileged.

Founded in 1959, it is dedicated to empowering women and girls in Tanzania and promoting a fully inclusive world where justice, peace and security, freedom, human dignity, good governance, health for all, and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women's leadership.

Since 1992 it has worked to strengthen the practice of midwifery in Ethiopia. It contributes to the expansion of the midwifery profession through the development of evidence based practices and empowering professionals to reduce maternal, newborn and child morbidity and mortality, and to improve sexual and reproductive health.