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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Aurat Foundation Pakistan
Factor 3: Open Government

The goals of the Foundation are to: 1) To enable women to acquire great access to knowledge, resources and institutions; 2) To influence attitudes and behavior for a social environment responsive to women’s concerns and people-centred issues; 3) To facilitate citizens' active participation in the process of social change and governance at all level.

Australia Defense Association Australia
Factor 5: Order and Security

A non-partisan think tank on national security and defense with the mission of representing public interest and holding governmental agencies accountable.

Australian Council for International Development Australia
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

It focuses on connecting various non government organizations within Australia in order to strengthen national and international development. It promotes knowledge surrounding these issues and leads dialogue to inspire change.

Australian Crime Prevention Council Australia
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It is a group of individuals and organizations from various branches of the criminal justice system that aims to aid in the prevention of crime by providing awareness and a forum for the free discussion of such issues.

Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Australia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to promote awareness and proactivity around HIV prevention nationally and internationally through advocacy and health promotion.

Australian Human Rights Commission Australia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to enhance and protect awareness of human rights. It also aims to maintain accountability within the government to uphold these rights.

Australian Law Reform Commission Australia
Factor 3: Open Government

It is a government agency that collects inquiries about various areas of the law for the purpose of reporting back the government to allow for law reform.

Australian Open Government Partnership Civil Society Network Australia
Factor 3: Open Government

It is a network of individuals and civil society organizations that works to promote transparency and accountability. They provide a platform for reformers to talk about ways to improve transparency and to agree to commitments for reform.

Australian Women Against Violence Alliance Australia
Factor 5: Order and Security

Funded by the national government to bring various women's organizations together to combat violence against women, namely those who are disproportionately abused.

Australian Youth Climate Commission Australia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Largets youth run organization in Australia that empowers and educates people on global climate change. A current campaign is stopping a silencing bill on climate change by the Australian government.

Autonomia Foundation Autonómia Alapítvány Hungary
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It supports civil society initiatives and promotes governmental and European program efficiency for the improvement of labor market conditions of Roma and underprivileged people. It also contributes to the implementation of the National Roma Integration Strategy’s (NRIS) in Hungary.

Autonomy Foundation Fundacja Autonomia Poland
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 2007 to create a society capable of stopping discrimination and violence based on gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, age, disability or any other factor, it provides educational programs on antidiscrimination, human rights, and gender-based violence prevention.

Azad Foundation India
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Azad Foundation provides livelihoods with dignity for resource-poor women living in urban areas in India. It's aim is to level the employment field for disadvantaged women by providing bold livelihoods options that enhance women’ economic status, dignity, and decision-making within their families. To achieve this, our Women on Wheels programme empowers women with minimal economic and social capital to become professional commercial drivers. It helps qualified women drivers secure employment opportunities in partnership with its for-profit sister organization of Azad Foundation.

Azrou Center for Community Development Centre d’Azrou pour le Développement Communautaire Local Morocco
Factor 3: Open Government

Provides quality access to medical consultations, advice on sexual and reproductive health along with providing community training programmes and workshops for women to learn their legal rights.

Bahamestan - Forum for Right to the City ???????? (???? ?? ?? ???) Iran
Factor 3: Open Government

Advocates for the equal right of all to the city, empowerment of all city residents and in particular the most vulnerable and the most marginalized in the process or urban development.

Balay Alternative Legal Advocates for Development in Mindanaw, Inc. - BALAOD Mindanaw Philippines
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

BALAOD Mindanaw works with marginalized sectors and communities in Mindanaw through alternative lawyering and paralegalism, stressing active non-violence as an integral part thereof in the advancement of justice, gender equality, and resource tenure improvement in the context of active people's participation in Governance.

Balay Rehabilitation Center Philippines
Factor 5: Order and Security

Balay Rehabilitation Center, Inc. is a non-governmental organization committed to human rights, peace building, and the protection of civilians affected by armed conflict and socio-natural disaster. It supports victims of torture and internal displacement in seeking redress, justice, and rehabilitation. .

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.

Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) Bangladesh
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 5: Order and Security
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to support and implement projects related to security and counterrorism, transparency, accountability and anti corruption, along with good governance and regulatory development through its research center and fund.

Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) Bangladesh
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to deliver environmenal justice and rights to people in affected areas and ensure the protection of the environment through due process, litigation and public awareness.

Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust (BLAST) Bangladesh
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to provide legal aid on civil, criminal and social justice to the most vulnerable along with using strategic litigiation to advance human rights in Bangladesh and trainings for lawyers and capacity building of the judicial system.

Bangladesh Women's Health Coalition (BWHC) Bangladesh
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to provide sexual and reproductive health services to women in Bangladesh and to advocate for these rights at the national level through consultations and partnerships.

Banja la Mtsogolo (BLM) Malawi
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works on promoting and upholding sexual and reproductive rights to women in Malawi.

Basel Institute on Governance, International Centre for Collective Action (ICCA) International
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

An independent not-for-profit competence centre working around the world with the public and private sectors to counter corruption and other financial crimes and to improve the quality of governance.

Basic Needs Services  Philippines
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 2005 as a partner organization of the worldwide BORDA network, Basic Needs Services is a non-government organization, conducting projects that promote poverty reduction, conservation of natural resources, and environmental protection.