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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Rainfall Gender Study Organization Myanmar
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It was founded in 2011 by a group of feminist Burmese women who confront all forms of discrimination. It works to advance gender equality and women's rights through research, the publication of the Myanmar Feminist Magazine, and by establishing public dialogue with events and workshops throughout the country.

Corruption Watch South Africa
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Uses a texting hotline and social media to promote citzen corruption reporting and leads investigation on the cases reported.

Odhikar Bangladesh
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to monitor human rights violations such as extrajudicial killings, violence against women and forced dissapearance along with providing training for Human Rights Defenders and running election monitoring stations.

COLANDEF Ghana
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It provides capacity building for organizations and actors in the land and natural resources sector through interventions, research, and advocacy. Their programs aim to facilitate land governance with a gender perspective.

Asia Justice and Rights Sri Lanka
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Organisation based in Indonesia, with offices in Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Burma, who advocate for strengthening democracy in these locations by utilising local programs and engaging local actors to engender a grassroots culture of justice and accountability as these governments move toward a more human-rights conscious ethos.

Ugandan Association of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Uganda
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Promotes women's rights and advances access to justice for women

Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF) United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Uses strategic litigation to advance the rights of Latino immigrants, and the Latino community in general for better education, health, work and social and economic life.

The African Institute for Capacity Development (AICAD) Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

The AICAD links knowledge to application within communities in partner countries in Africa in order to reduce poverty through local program approaches.

National Network of Families of Disappeared and Missing Nepal (NEFAD) Nepal
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

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.

Young in Prison South Africa
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

2019 World Justice Challenge Applicant - Project Title: YouthLab: Championing the Voice of Youth Deprived of their Liberty
Works to provide art and music therapy in prisons, and to accompany offenders on the path to economic and social reintegration through business ideas developed while in incarceration.
WJP Program Grantee Title: Construction of Society Through Hip-Hop (2013-2014)

Center for International Investment and Commercial Arbitration (CIICA) Pakistan
Factor 7: Civil Justice

CIICA is Pakistan's first international arbitration center that offers arbitration, mediation and a wide range of other dispute avoidance and resolution services.

Philippine Center on Transnational Crime Philippines
Factor 5: Order and Security

Philippine Center on Transnational Crime is the national law enforcement agency which carries investigations beyond the borders of the Philippines on any crime which impacts the stability and security of the Philippines.

PRS Legislative Research India
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

PRS Legislative Research aims to deepen and broaden the legislative process by providing Members of Parliament with the necessary data and analysis for debates in Parliament. It synthesizes feedback from a range of stakeholders to provide legislators with comprehensive information on an issue.

Young Lawyers Foundation Tanzania
Factor 7: Civil Justice

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.

Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding Liberia
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to develop a multi stakeholder approach in organizing access to information in Liberia on a variety of projects, along with its traditional role in defending freedom of the press.

Federation of Women Lawyers - FIDA Kenya Kenya
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a women’s rights organization that offers free legal aid in matters such as custody and maintenance, matrimonial disputes, discrimination in employment, participation in public positions, and sexual violence. FIDA also conducts education and advocacy programs, which impact structural, institutional, and legal reforms in Kenya.

African People & Wildlife Fund Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a field-based organization with its regional headquarters in Tanzania (Tanzania People & Wildlife). It specializes in empowering and engaging local people in conservation and sustainable development projects. Its programs emphasize reducing conflicts with wildlife, wildlife-based income generation, environmental education and training, and sustainable community development.

We Believe in Second Chances Singapore
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to assist prisoners and to advocate for the abolishment of the death penalty in Singapore.

She Should Run United States
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to increase the democratic participation and political leadership of women through local initiatives.

Zambia Land Alliance Zambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Created in 1997 in a government attempt at land reform, it advocates for policies and land laws that take into consideration the needs of the poor

Connected Development - CODE Nigeria
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Founded in 2012, CODE´s mission is to strengthen local communities by enabling informed debate and accountability. They principally create platforms for dialogue and capacity building of citizenry. They also developed the initiative "Follow The Money."

Sisters in Islam - SIS Malaysia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It aims to build a progressive and democratic society that upholds freedom of expression, gender equality, and social justice. It offers legal advice services to women and men in accordance with the Islamic Family Law and the Syariah Criminal Offences Law.

Legal Access through Women for Equality Rights and Social Justice - LAWYERS Sierra Leone
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Founded in 1997, it is a lawyer's group (affiliated with FIDA), that works for the protection of women and children's rights. It advocates for the reform of discriminatory laws to ensure that women's rights are enforced. It provides free advice and representation for victims of domestic violence, and offers training and sensitization for stakeholders, and the public.

Stanford Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law United States
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to advance the rule of law through research, training and leadership courses.

Tanganyika Law Society Tanzania
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It promotes access to justice for all with sustained professional standards, and five core values: professionalism, transparency, voluntarism, equity, and professional solidarity. Their projects include "Children in conflict with the law project in Mbeya" and "Developing legal aid providers manual for paralegal training project description.".