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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Association Najdeh ????? ?????? ?????????? Lebanon
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Promotes citizenship, democracy, social justice, and equality by supporting the empowerment of women and Palestinian refugees and other vulnerable groups.

Association of Businesswomen ?????????? ??????? ?????? ?????????? Kazakhstan
Factor 3: Open Government

The Association aims at promoting the place of women in business, but also to foster development, civil society and democracy throughout Kazakhstan. Through its extensive regional network and membership, the Association organizes roundtables, trainings, consultings and programs with civil society

Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia (AFELL) Liberia
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Work to defend and promote the rights of women inside and outside the traditional fear, such as fighting for inheritance rights in order for women to become fully independent.

Association of Free Development and Rights Protection ?????????? ????????????? ?? ????????? ?????? ????????? Georgia
Factor 3: Open Government

Works to develop local participation mechanisms, through engagement programs to foster participation in marginalised areas of Georgia.

Association of Magistrates and Judicial Civil Servants Asociación de Magistradores y Funcionarios de la Justicia Nacional Argentina
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to uphold the positions of all personnel involved in the Justice Process along with accompanying legal reform, monitoring judiciary power and guaranteeing access to justice.

Association of Mayan Lawyers and Notaries of Guatemala Asociación de Abogados y Notarios Mayas de Guatemala - NIM AJPU Guatemala
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

NIM AJPU was formed by a group Mayan legal and social sciences professionals to provide technical, legal, and scientific services to indigenous communities and individuals. Their areas of work include land and territory, cultural and economic rights, discrimination, indigenous justice, and the criminalization of indigenous communities, to name a few.

Association of Media Women in Kenya - AMWIK Kenya
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

It seeks to inform and promote a resourceful society for the enhancement of the status of women in Kenya. It organizes and facilitates community radio listening groups and journalist trainings.

Association of New Men and Women of Panama Asociación Hombres y Mujeres Nuevos de Panamá Panama
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Founded in 1996, it was the first organization to defend LGBT rights in Panama. It strives to improve the quality of life of sexually diverse people through education, counseling, and healthcare services.

Association of Participatory Radio Broadcasting of El Salvador (ARPAS) El Salvador
Factor 3: Open Government

Coordinates and runs the activites of various national and local radios for freedom of expression and incidence in public policy.

Association of Private Health Facilities in Tanzania - APHFTA Tanzania
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It was founded in 1994, and it serves as a public forum for the private healthcare sector, providing a comprehensive array of advocacy, knowledge-sharing, and networking products and services. It has member facilities all over Tanzania (hospitals, health centers, dispensaries, clinics, laboratories, etc.).

Association of Senegalese Lawyers Association des Juristes Sénégalaises Senegal
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Works to promote the rights of women and children, and marginalised people in general. Law Clinic and Helpline.

Association of Support and Awakening Pugsada Association d'Appui et d' Eveil Pugsada Burkina Faso
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

The association works to improve the status and living conditions of girls and women through education and empowerment.

Association of the Frameworks for Testing, Inspection and Auditing in the Tunisian Public Structures ??????? ? ?????? ? ??????? ???????? ???????? Tunisia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Develops relationships between all control frameworks, inspection and audit in public structures.

Association of Women Business Ethiopia - AWiB Ethiopia
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is a networking platform for mid-level career women and business owners to address current issues, raise awareness on pertinent topics, disseminate knowledge, and point out new trends in the business and investment world.

Association of Women for Dignity and the Life of the Dignified El Salvador
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Works to eradicate violence against women, for equality, through training, research and legal assistance . Through its Observatory, it also monitors public policy on gender issues

Association of Women Jurists of Burkina Faso Association des Femmes Juristes du Burkina Faso Burkina Faso
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

A group of women lawyers who run a legal clinic that includes pyscho-social support measures as well as free law counseling.

Association of Young Economists of Georgia ??????????? ?????????? ??????????? ????????? Georgia
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Work to increase public accountability mechanisms through citizen training for the monitoring of local government initiatives.

Association We Do Democracy Asociación Hagamos Democracia Nicaragua
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Hagamos Democracia is a leader in the field of government accountability, transparency and citizen participation in Nicaragua, through engagement, barometers of transparency in the electoral and legislative process and citizen journalism.

Asylum Access Asylum Access Mexico
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

International NGO working in several Mexican cities to provide legal assistance to refugees, and in Mexico city to influence nationa legislature on refugees' access to justice.

Ateneo Human Rights Center Philippines
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Works to defend human rights through strategic litigation, research, adovacy and legal reform.

Atlatszo Atlatszo Hungary
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government

It is an online newspaper for investigative journalism that promotes transparency, accountability, and freedom of information in Hungary. It produces investigative reports, and supports freedom of information lawsuits. Their initiatives include Magyarleaks, Kimittud, and Fizettem.

Attorney-General's Chamber of Singapore Singapore
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

To defend Singapore citizens through civil and criminal litigation, translating laws from parliament and providing open access to laws and decisions to citizens.

Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan Republik Indonesia Indonesia
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

Government body working to regulate government and public official expenses and investigate cases of corruption.

Audit Bureau ????? ???????? Jordan
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Improves utilization and management of Jordan's public resources and works to realize community-based sustainable development by conducting comprehensive and independent public audits.​

Auditor General of Pakistan Pakistan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

The Auditor General's organization is the prime institution in the country for ensuring public accountability and fiscal transparency in governmental operations. The organization is expected to bring about improvements in the financial discipline and internal control environment in the executive departments for minimizing the possibility of waste and fraud.