Leading Organizations

FPE was created by and for the Philippine NGOs and peoples' organizations. FPE envisions itself as a dynamic, relevant, proactive and growing organization enabling civil society and other stakeholders towards effective biodiversity conservation and sustainable development.

PCW is recognized as the government authority that champions women's empowerment and gender equality. The PCW acts as a catalyst for gender mainstreaming, authority on women’s concerns, and lead advocate of women’s empowerment, gender equity, and gender equality in the country.

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.

PCIJ is an independent, nonprofit media agency that specializes in investigative reporting. It was founded in 1989 by nine Filipino journalists who realized the need for newspapers and broadcast agencies to go beyond day–to–day reportage.

PAHRA was established through a Congress in which more than a hundred organizations from all over the Philippines participated. It was formed as an alliance of individuals, institutions and organizations committed to the promotion, protection and realization of human rights in the Philippines.

It is an innovation laboratory that advances the use of technology to accelerate change and development in Myanmar. In partnership with Open Development Mekong, they developed Open Development Myanmar to promote open data in the country. Other initiatives include Tech for Peace, Digital Rights, and Open Hluttaw in partnership with Myanmar Fifth Estate.

It is a fact-checking initiative that verifies numbers quoted by public figures across East Africa. It is a project supported by International Budget Partnership, The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), and Code for Africa affiliates in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.

SOPESO is the leader in security and health standards for work environments, designing strategies and policies in risk prevention for workers and the public.

SPDA works to defend fundamental enviromental rights of people, through monitoring and strategic litigation, while lobbying for environmental rights to be recognised and taken into account in national legislation.

The CPDH has been investigating human rights abuses in Nicaragua for over 30 years and is one of the most important organizations within Nicaraguan civil society.

Multilateral and multisectorial organization seeking to defend human rights and redress justice, through legal assistance and consultative processes in matters of human rights abuses from environmental regulation to access to justice.

Founded in 1976, APDHB is a civil, pluralist, and democratic entity, independent of political and religious affiliations. APDHB seeks the exercise and full validity of human rights in Bolivia.

The organization principally focuses on the defense and promotion of human rights, representation of victims of state crimes, assistance for political prisoners, and others deprived of liberty. They also support organizations that have been criminalized for protesting states actions and private corporations.

Peoples Union for Civil Liberties envisions itself as an organization free from political and economic ideologies. PUCL defends human rights by mobilizing public opinion, conducting investigations, publishing findings, and filing petitions.

People's Watch is a Program Unit of the Centre for Promotion of Social Concerns. It's mission is to protect human rights through monitoring human rights violations, intervention and building solidarity with peoples’ struggle for human rights.

Founded in 2013, it is a domestic election observer group based in Yangon that seeks to strengthen democratic institutions in Myanmar through safeguarding citizen rights and promoting public participation in the electoral process.

Works to creat people-centered policies and creates rural community based programs to enhance the voices of rural citizens

PSPF focuses on assisting urban refugees in Bangkok and contributes to the development of ASEAN civil society. Their Center for Asylum Protection (CAP) provides legal advice, representation, and protection for people making asylum applications to UNHCR Thailand. PSPF also provides ethical, sustainable, and safe livelihood opportunities for vulnerable women in Bangkok through their social initiative CHAMALiiN.

Protects, informs and advocates for justice for people who are victims of gender based violence, along with developing knowledge about womens' issues.

Founded in 2009, it advocates for the elimination of sexual violence against women and children in Japan, especially in cases of pornography and sexual exploitation. PAPS fosters the creation of a culture of respect towards women and children, and fights against legal forms of pornography that are prevalent in everday life.

Foro Penal is a Venezuelan human rights organization comprised of more than 100 lawyers and approximately 4000 human rights activists and volunteers that offer legal assistance to victims of arbitrary detentions and human rights violations.

Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) is a democratic and militant movement of landless peasants, small farmers, farm workers, rural youth and peasant women. It has effective leadership over a total of 1.3 million rural people with 65 provincial chapters and 15 regional chapters nationwide.

It advocates for fair agriculture and trade policies affecting the livelihoods of small scale farmers. Its programs increase agricultural production and build capacities of Ghanaian farmers.

It supports people in distress and threatened by conflict or poverty globally. Its headquarters are located in Japan and it works in the north-eastern (Tohoku) and the western (Hiroshima) parts of the country.