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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Parliamentary Network for Good Governance in Mineral Resources Réseau Parlementaire pour la Bonne Gouvernance des Ressources Minérales (RGM) Senegal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Parliamentary group working to monitor and review government contracts, and agencies working to exploit mineral resources.

Parliamentary Monitoring Group South Africa
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Coalition of NGOs working to monitor parliament activity, transparency and accountability.

Parliamentary Committees Nepal
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Works to investigate the matters of different ministries, in order to make government functionaries responsible towards the Legislature-Parliament.

Parliamentary Commission for enforcing principle 90 of the Constitution (Article 90 Commission) Iran
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Deals with complaints of the public about the work of executive, legislative or judicial power under article 90 of the Constitution.

Parivartan India
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

Parivartan works for building organizations of deprived masses, supporting their struggles for sustainable socio-economic development through participation in planning and implementation of development process and influencing the policies for transparent, responsive and responsible governance.

Paralegal Alliance Network Zambia
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Improves relationships and coordination between legal aid service providors in Zambia

Paralegal Advisory Service Institute (PASI) Malawi
Factor 7: Civil Justice

PASI has deployed trained paralegals to provide legal education, advice and assistance throughout the criminal justice processes, from arrest to appeal, along with developing community justice mechanisms for access to justice for the poorer and more vulnerable persons in Malawi.

Panamanian White Cross Cruz Blanca Panameña Panama
Factor 5: Order and Security

Founded in 1978 to prevent and treat drug abuse, it has programs designed to educate and mitigate risk factors. It builds partnerships with private enterprises for the advancement of prevention campaigns and corporate social responsibility initiatives. It also provides healthcare services and counseling for patients prosecuted for drug possession.

Panamanian Open Data Datos Abiertos de Panamá Panama
Factor 3: Open Government

It is a government initiative that facilitates the publication of information and data by various institutions to strengthen accountability and democracy.

Panamanian Institute of Law and New Technologies Instituto Panameño de Derecho y Nuevas Tecnologías - IPANDETEC Panama
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It works in Panama and throughout Central America to promote the use and regulation of information and communication technologies and the defense of human rights in the digital environment.

Panamanian Center for Research and Social Action Centro de Estudios y Acción Social Panameño - CEASPA Panama
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1977, it works with underprivileged communities through popular education, research, and social action. It promotes sustainable development, the respect for human and women's rights, and to combat corruption.

Panamanian Association against Human Trafficking and Exploitation Asociación Panameña de Lucha Contra el Tráfico y Trata de Personas (X-ella's) Panama
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Formed as a response to the increase of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Panama, it provides shelter, psychological, and legal assistance to victims. It advocates for legal reforms to address human trafficking through the establishment of direct links between actors from civil society and the governments of Dominican Republic, Panama, and Spain.

Panama Fist World Foundation Fundación Panama Primer Mundo Panama
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

It fosters activities to stimulate transparency in the public and private sectors, as well as strengthening the administration of justice and development in Panama.

Pan African Lawyers Union Tanzania
Factor 3: Open Government

It works in partnership with a range of governmental and non-governmental actors to achieve shared goals and objectives. It is one of the most prominent and active external partners of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR).

PAMS Foundation Tanzania Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security

It helps to sustain and conserve biodiversity, wilderness, habitats, and ecological processes through actions that benefit nature and communities. Their work is based on ranger training and an intelligence-based approach to anti-poaching.

Pakistan Workers Federation Pakistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

The Pakistan Workers Federation is the largest Workers Federation in Pakistan working to promote and protect workers' rights and to campaign for legislative changes.

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) Pakistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to develop an independent media in Pakistan by conducting training program for journalists, carrying out projects in research and documentation and campaigning to defend and promote freedom of the press.

Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency Pakistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

PILDAT is an independent, non-partisan and not-for-profit indigenous think tank focussed on political and public policy research and legislative strengthening. As an indigenous institution, Its mission is to strengthen democracy and democratic institutions in Pakistan.

Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) Pakistan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

It is a union of journalists representing journalists from all across the country. It is working for press freedom in Pakistan.

Pajhra India
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

PAJHRA stands for Promotion and Advancement of Justice, Harmony and Rights of Adivasis. It works to empower members of Adivasi community and their institutions by building their capacity, self esteem and by advocating for their rights.

Pacific Women's Route Ruta Pacífica de las Mujeres Colombia
Factor 5: Order and Security

It is a feminist social movement that works towards the pacific conflict resolution in Colombia, and to make visible the consequences of war in the lives of women. It is composed of more than 300 organizations and groups representing nine regions of the country.

P.R.I.M.E Finance International
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

A dispute resolution and judicial capacity building entity for complex financial disputes that is based in The Hague and affiliated with the Permanent Court of Arbitration. 

Oxfam Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Oxfam has been working to promote gender equality in Afghanistan.

Overseas Development Institute International
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Institute seeks to strengthen countries through policy and practice and public/private partnerships for their development and the alleviation of poverty.

OUT South Africa
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

21 years working to defend the rights of the LGBTI community and advocating for social change on the issues surrounding the community.