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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Movement Against Conflict (MAC) Bangladesh
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to develop conflict resolution and peaceful modes of redress, while advocating for the installation of these mechanisms at the national level through policy changes.

Reach for a Change Africa Ghana
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is the African chapter of the Swedish non-profit organization that works in Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Senegal, and Rwanda. It supports social entrepreneurs and innovators through the construction of partnerships between private and governmental organizations.

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) International
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

International development and environment policy research organisation.

The Ethiopian Economics Association - EEA Ethiopia
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 1991, EEA specializes in the analysis of the Ethiopian economy, through training, public dialogue, and research. In 2000, the Association established the Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEPRI) as a subsidiary, which is organized in four areas: macro economy, trade and industry, poverty, and human resources.

The Medical Research Council The Gambia - MRCG The Gambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is one of two research units established in Sub-Saharan Africa by the MRC UK and represents the MRC’s single largest investment in medical research in a low and middle income country.

Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization (AHRDO) Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

AHRDO is an organization that promotes human rights mainly through a variety of arts and theatre-based programs.

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.

General Prison Administrator El Salvador
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Government unit working to manage and improve the prison system.

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.

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

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.

CHANGE Trust - The Africa Center for Children’s Human Rights Kenya
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works to reduce the vulnerability of African youths to restraints created by poor governance, laws, or policies. Their programs include policy research and documentation, child protection, and adoption and foster care.

The Uwiano Platform Kenya
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is a conflict prevention initiative that enhances collaboration between peace actors in the country. It was founded in 2010 to provide space for coordination of electoral-violence reduction initiatives.

Citizen Voice Pakistan
Factor 3: Open Government

Citizen Voice is a civil society organization that works to empower women and children in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) of Pakistan to acitively engage is social life.

Bangalore Political Action Committee India
Factor 3: Open Government

The Bangalore Political Action Committee was established to promote a good quality of life for all citizens of Bangalore City. It has launched Spotter, which is a crowd-sourcing initiative to gather crucial information about various aspects of safety, traffic, cleanliness, mobility etc. and prevail upon the civic agencies to change.

Philippine Information Agency (PIA) Philippines
Factor 3: Open Government

The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) directly serves the Presidency and the Executive Branch on the national, regional and provincial levels through its sixteen (16) regional offices and seventy-one (71) provincial information centers.

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.

Young Innovations Nepal
Factor 3: Open Government

Young Innovation is a technology company that creates innovative and powerful solutions to global development problems. It specializes in global development and builds partnerships and technology that help development organizations to change the way the world looks.

Tanzania Youth Vision Association Tanzania
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

2019 World Justice Applicant - Project Title: Digital Advocacy Campaigns - Project Title: Youth Employment Initiative Dar es Salaam (YEID)
It is a youth led organization focusing on raising youth awareness and empowerment. It engages youths and advocates for policy changes in the areas of civic education and good governance with a focus on female and male empowerment in shaping the next constitution.

Independent Jamaican Council for Human Rights (ICJHR) Jamaica
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to defend and uphold human rights in Jamaica, through policy advocacy and legal aid and representation to victims of human rights violations.

Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation Malawi
Factor 3: Open Government

Set up in 1995, its goal is foster democratic participation and promote democratic values in Malawi society through training, research and advocacy.

Justice Without Borders - JWB Singapore, Hong Kong S.A.R., China, Indonesia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

JWB empowers victims of human trafficking and exploitation to pursue legal remedies against their abusers in targeted host countries. JWB focuses on civil litigation in the host jurisdictions of Singapore and Hong Kong. They also have regional level operations through collaboration with local organizations along key migration routes to ensure victims have access to legal aid, irrespective of their location.

Islamic Renaissance Front Malaysia
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is an intellectual movement and think tank that works towards peace and harmony, and to advance a democratic Islam. It promotes intercultural understanding and dialogue as a means to contribute to the establishment of an inclusive and just Malaysian nation.

SEND Sierra Leone Sierra Leone
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It fosters good governance and equality, empowering communities through education in political participation, social accountability, and gender issues. Their programs promote the engagement of women in governance and the improvement of livelihoods through infrastructure development.

Community MIgrant Resource Center Australia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is a community based organization that protects the rights of newly arrived migrants and refugees by providing services for these peoples and enhancing community awareness of migrant issues.