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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Development Aid from People to People Zambia (DAPP) Zambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Focuses on community mobilization to develop solutions in areas of public health, education, environmental conservation, and women empowerment

Online RTI India
Factor 3: Open Government

Online RTI allows one to file RTI in any government or public department, by filling up the details online..

National Law College (NaLC) Nepal
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

NaLC was established with a mission to uplift legal education in Nepal. NaLC is affiliated with Tribhuvan University of Nepal. NaLC's aim is to create excellent legal professionals in the country by bestowing best teaching methods with multidisciplinary and rigorous approach.

Global Witness Afghanistan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Global Witness is campaigning to break the link between Afghanistan’s natural resources and the conflict by 1) investigating and exposing the scale and nature of the problem, by 2) researching possible policy solutions, and by 3) working with the Afghan government and donors to put them into practice.

Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi (FEDOMA) Malawi
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to uphold the rights of people with disabilities and include their specific needs in public policy making. Supported the tripartite election process as a monitoring organisation.

Anti-Corruption Front Sri Lanka
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

ACF is an independent organisation founded in 2015 aimed at disclosing financial irregularities, cases of bribery, and corruption within government; it launched the 'A Corruption Free Country by 2020' campaign and gathered complaints from citizens on corruption within government.

Black Sash South Africa
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Black Sash works to provide legal assistance to citizens in all areas of public administration, through their helpine and team, with 59 years of experience.

National Forum of People Living with HIV/AIDS Networks in Uganda (NAFOPHANU) Uganda
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Aims to give those with HIV/AIDs a productive life in a sustainable way by providing services, peer support, and advocacy

The Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio - ESAT Ethiopia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It is an independent media outlet that promotes freedom of the press, democracy, the respect for human rights, and the rule of law in Ethiopia. It was founded in 2010 by a group of exiled journalists, living in the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA) International
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

An international human rights organization dedicated to deterring torture and other severe human rights abuses around the world and advancing the rights of survivors to seek truth, justice and redress.

International Federation of Women Lawyers - FIDA Ghana Ghana
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It was the first organization to offer free legal aid services in Ghana in 1985. They promote the rights of women, children, and vulnerable individuals. It offers legal literacy programs, legal assistance, counseling, mediation, and court representation through volunteer lawyers.

Think Young Women - TYW The Gambia The Gambia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 2010, it aims to address issues affecting young women by building their skills and strengthening their voices to create more impact and support for achieving women’s rights.

Initiative for the Americas Fund (FIAES) El Salvador
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to protect and regulate environmental conservation in El Salvador through public and private funds and experts

Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) Pakistan
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) is an independent quasi-regulatory, quasi-judicial body that helps ensure healthy competition between companies for the benefit of the economy.

Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) Philippines
Factor 7: Civil Justice

The Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW) is a registered civil society network that was established in 1995 to encourage the recognition, protection and fulfillment of Filipino migrants' rights - both in the Philippines and abroad during the entire migration proces.

Sunlight Foundation United States
Factor 3: Open Government

Seeks to use technology in order to push for more democratic participation in the accountability process, and provide platforms for access to information.

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.

Cordaid Sierra Leone
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It works in all 14 districts of the country, strengthening healthcare systems with an emphasis on adolescent sexual and reproductive health services.

Citizens' Network for a Better Malaysia - CNBM Malaysia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

CNBM is the advocacy project of Community Excel Services. It raises awareness and provides a platform for policy action and societal transformation. Their areas of work include elections, poverty, good governance and anti-corruption, and the rights of indigenous communities.

Kenya Association of Manufacturers - KAM Kenya
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Founded in 1959, it provides co-operation, dialogue and understanding with the Government by representing the views and concerns of its members. It promotes trade and investment, upholds standards, encourages the formulation, enactment, and administration of policies for a competitive and sustainable local manufacturing sector.

Equal Justice Initiative United States
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Works to battle inequality and discrimination in the justice system and to defend children in prisons and prisoners on the death penalty. Advocate for reform of the 8. Criminal Justice system to end mass incarceration.

Tanara Generation Romania
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to prevent human trafficking and address the issues of vulnerable people in Romania, especially refugees and victims of abuse.

Futures Without Violence United States
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to end domestic violence and abuse through community training programmes and assistance to victims of violence.

Naz Foundation India
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

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.

Emergency Medicine Association of Tanzania Tanzania
Factor 5: Order and Security

Their aim is pioneering, promoting, and advocating the development of emergency medicine in Tanzania. It is one of the leading emergency medical research pioneers in Tanzania.