Leading Organizations

A group of activist lawyers who help communities and civil society organisations in South Africa to realise the Constitutional right to a healthy environment by advocating and litigating for environmental justice.

It is an alliance of civil society and private sector organizations concerned with biodiversity conservation, with an special emphasis on agricultural biodiversity for food security and sovereignty. It is working to support farmers in making their voices heard by policy makers and donors who drive the commercial seed agenda.

Works to produce quality research on issues such as the SDG compliance mechanisms, governance, environmental norms for a more inclusive and progressive Bangladesh.

It is and independent news enterprise based in the United States that defends freedom of expression and speech in Ethiopia. It fosters community engagement around social justice issues, human rights, democracy, community health, and childhood welfare.

It provides legal assistance to those whose access to justice is most inaccessible to advance social justice. They advocate for equal access fair legal proceedings, with a focus on Aboriginal peoples.

A Network of human rights organizations working to advance child rights, women's rights, and civil and poliitcal rights

Founded in 2017, it seeks to assist The Gambia with standard healthcare across all communities by providing medical supplies, education, training, advocacy, and support.

Works to provide guidance and legal assistance to women and children that have suffered violence and to eradicate gender based violence and promote the human rights of women in El Salvador

Founded in 2008, it has a membership of approximately 150 organizations, advocating for quality healthcare in Sierra Leone. Their programs include the Independent Monitoring of the Free Health Care Initiative and the Drug Distribution and Supervising Unit.

PNCC is a non-profit making organization of committed returnee migrant workers dedicated to protecting and promoting migrant workers' rights at national, regional and international levels.

It carries out research to provide evidence for policy-making. The Institute is supported by the Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the sovereign wealth fund of the government of Malaysia. Some of their research programs include wealth inequality, economic policy, and urban governance.

Their areas of work include the monitoring and observation of electoral processes, regional cooperation for citizen election observation, among others. They aim to develop a strong network of members, that will entrench domestic observation, and inclusive governance in Kenya.

It aims to transform water supplies, sanitation and environmental services in close partnership with communities in Kenya’s urban centers. Their organization comprises academics, geo-informatics, urban planning, human rights, civil engineering, social scientists, environmental, gender, and young professionals.

Detects government corruption, promotes dialogue surrounding good governance, and develops ways to successfully deal with corruption

Naz India, is a New Delhi-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) working on HIV/AIDS, sexual health and recently pioneering the cause of the fight for rights of the LGBT community in India.

PCRF works for just, transparent, accountable and participatory governance. In the process of achieving these goals it strives to ensure equitable opportunities for development for the underprivileged and the marginalized.

National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW) is a statutory body that is mandated to examine policies, programs and other measures taken by the Government for women's development and gender equality.

FDC Philippines is a nationwide multi-sectoral, non-sectarian and pluralist coalition conducting policy advocacy work and campaigns to realize a common framework and agenda for economic development.

Works to protect and inform citizens' consumer rights, and monitoring government regulation on consumer products.

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.

It is a network of civil society groups, faith-based organizations, and professional associations that monitor Ghanaian elections. It mobilizes citizens to actively participate in electoral processes and it complements the efforts of the Electoral Commission in ensuring transparent, free, fair, and peaceful elections.

Advocates for policy on prostitution and gives assistance and support to sex workers and victims of sex trafficking.

Provides free legal consultation in civil cases to those who cannot afford to hire an attorney.

Works to inform the population about legislation and issues regarding human rights in Malawi, and to assess and monitor government legislation and regulation of human rights policy.

The Akshaya Patra Foundation strives to fight issues like hunger and malnutrition in India. It has also partnered with the government to implement the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in government schools and government aided schools. Today, it serves over 1.4 million children from 10,948 schools across 10 states in India.