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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
IAGRI - Innovative Agricultural Research Initiative Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is a Feed the Future project funded by USAID, and developed in partnership with six U.S. land grant universities. The project aims to prepare teachers, researchers, and extension practitioners in Tanzania to cooperatively and effectively address needs of small landowning farmers, the growing agribusiness sector, and to improve food security.

Rethink Thailand Thailand
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Rethink Thailand seeks to guarantee basic human rights by creating a new thinking space that encourages problem acknowledgement and discussions on real solutions. It uses a collaborative approach to develop audiovisual initiatives and content in partnership with graphic designers, animators, scholars, researchers, and civil activists.

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - Vietnam Vietnam
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

To contribute to the achievement of security and justice for all by making the world safer from drugs, crime, corruption and terrorism.

Zambia Institute for Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) Zambia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Researches various legal areas and provides legal education

Central Investigation Bureau, Nepal Police Nepal
Factor 5: Order and Security

Nepal Police has a special unit viz. CIB to investigate crimes of complex nature.

Afghanistan Independent Defenders (AID) Afghanistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Organization for Afghanistan Independent Defenders (AID) provides legal assistance in criminal, civil, and commercial cases to marginalised communities. AID defended more than 30,000 cases over the course of its history.

Women's Re Entry Network United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Creates opportunities for holistic rehabilitation of women out of the criminal justice system into society.

Citizen's Commission for Human Development (CCHD) Pakistan
Factor 3: Open Government

CCHD works to empower people to demand and shape better policies, express grievances, seek justice and hold leaders and private sector to account.

Philippine Legislators' Committee on Population and Development (PLCPD) Philippines
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to provide interaction between civil society advocates and government on the development of public policy through consultation on the legislative process, drafting of bills and monitoring.

Citizens United for Peace and Stability - CUPS Nigeria
Factor 5: Order and Security

It seeks to address and expose human rights violations in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria. It advocates for unity, peace, and security through the media and their website.

Center for Youth and Development (CYD) Malawi
Factor 3: Open Government

Grassroots organization seeking to empower rural communities through education and environmental projects from a bottom up perspective.

The institute of Peace Studies and International Relations Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

Founded in 2004, it aims to build a society respectful of human dignity, human rights, and justice. Its research is focused on peacebuilding, international relations, policy research, conflict monitoring, foreign policy analysis, and advocacy.

SEND Ghana Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 5: Order and Security

It works in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to promote good governance, equality, and peoples' rights. Their programs are aimed to foster citizen participation, the improvement of transparency and accountability, and to ensure sustainability and food security.

Africa Centre for Energy and Mineral Policy Uganda
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Advocates for equity, good governnace, and shared benefits in the exploitation of mineral and petrolium resources to further sustainable development

Health: Dialogue, Creativity, Practice - HDCP Ltd. Sierra Leone
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It mobilizes communities for improved health and wellness services through community health research, the dissemination of results, and collaborative program design. They work utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that considers the social and economic dimensions of health. Ebola Survivor Corps is their main initiative in Sierra Leone.

Future Hope Foundation Uganda Uganda
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Promotes equal treatment and wellbeaing of marginalized youth through job creation, health care projects, and education

AIDHA Singapore
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Provides training courses for migrant women in Singapore in financial literacy and self development with the goal of enabling to develop ventures in Singapore and send money home.

Louisiana Justice Institute United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to represents communities of color and vulnerable parts of Louisiana in respect of their human rights and for social justice.

Tanzania Organic Agriculture Movement - TOAM Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is an umbrella organization that coordinates and promotes the development of organic farming among distributors, consumers, and producers, through networking and the sharing of information. It has 115 members including various types of institutions and organizations, such as farmers associations and cooperatives, NGOs, organic operators, companies, distributors, researchers, and trainers.

The Boldness Project Rural and Remote Access to Justice Canada
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: Justice Collaboratory - Project Title: Access to Justice in Rural and Remote Communities
Funded by Legal Aid Ontario, it is an initiative of the Boldness Project and the Rural and Remote Community Legal Clinics. It aims to solve the legal needs of people living in rural and remote communities in Canada.

Peace Management Initiative Western Jamaica
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to reduce and eradicate violence in communities in Jamaica, along with detect, diffuse and prevent potentially violent situations in communities and build respect between communities and police.

Accountability Institute South Africa (AISA) South Africa
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to promote good standards on accountability for NGOs, government and business, in order to promote ethics and transparency.

The Association for Supporting the Prisoners (Central Chapter) Iran
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Offers Protection, Financial Assistance and Activities for Prisoners and their Families.

Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) Nepal
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) has been at the forefront of land and agrarian rights campaign in Nepal. CSRC collaborates with National Land Rights Forum (NLRF), a people's organization of landless, tenants and smallholder farmers and its branches at districts and the community level.

Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee Afghanistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) independently monitors and evaluates national and international efforts to fight corruption in Afghanistan. It reports to the public, Parliament, President, and international community.