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Organization Name Organization Name (Local Language) Country Factors Organization Description
Global Rights Alert Uganda
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 7: Civil Justice

Ensures that citizens are the ones benefitting from the extraction of natural resources through transparency and institutional development

The Akanksha Foundation India
Factor 3: Open Government

The Akanksha Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide children from low-income communities with a high-quality education, enabling them to maximize their potential and transform their lives.

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.

Transparency International Bangladesh Bangladesh
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Works to prevent and fight corruption, especially through its Young Professionals against Corruption program; and fosters civic engagement through various local and rural initiatives, and drives policy and integrity around climate and water governance in Bangladesh.

National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (ANBCC) Romania
Factor 3: Open Government

Network of Advice Bureaux for citizens to have access to information and offers assistance services for people to understand their rights.

Claremont Institute United States
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers

Seeks to preserve the American Founding ideas and train young leaders to preserve these ideals and the constitutional guarantees of the American Revolution.

The Medical Research Council The Gambia - MRCG The Gambia
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is one of two research units established in Sub-Saharan Africa by the MRC UK and represents the MRC’s single largest investment in medical research in a low and middle income country.

General Prison Administrator El Salvador
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Government unit working to manage and improve the prison system.

Egypt Justice Project Egypt
Factor 3: Open Government

The Egypt Justice Project has two objectives. The first is to engage in an ongoing project of serious study of the Egyptian judiciary and its jurisprudence, with all its rich history and currents and crosscurrents. The second is to educate to help close the gap between popular perception and reality regarding the Egyptian judiciary, and to open up English language access to the Egyptian judiciary's jurisprudence.

Institute for Liberty and Democracy International
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

ILD has been working for 30 years on establishing, fighting for, and promoting property rights in Peru. The organization has evolved into a leading model of conflict resolution regarding natural resources and against absurd regulations impeding the livelihood of ordinary citizens.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines’ National Secretariat for Social Action, Justice, and Peace (CBCP-NASSA) Philippines
Factor 5: Order and Security

NASSA was created by the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) in 1966 as a response to the call of the Universal Church for renewal and social transformation through social justice.

Rethink Thailand Thailand
Factor 3: Open Government
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights

Rethink Thailand seeks to guarantee basic human rights by creating a new thinking space that encourages problem acknowledgement and discussions on real solutions. It uses a collaborative approach to develop audiovisual initiatives and content in partnership with graphic designers, animators, scholars, researchers, and civil activists.

Zambia Institute for Advanced Legal Education (ZIALE) Zambia
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

Researches various legal areas and provides legal education

Africa Mental Health Foundation - AMHF Kenya
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is an organization dedicated to research in mental and neurological health and substance use. Its aim is to generate evidence for policies and best practices in the provision of affordable, appropriate, available, and accessible mental health services.

Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) Ghana
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

HRAC mission is the protection and promotion of the rights of all Ghanaians through increasing awareness, fostering a sustainable human rights culture, and enhancing democracy, good governance, and accountability.

Alliance against Trafficking in Women & Children in Nepal (AATWIN) Nepal
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Alliance against Trafficking in Women & Children in Nepal (AATWIN) has been working to raise the strong and collective voice against human trafficking. It works to bring about policy change at the local, national and international level.

Medica Afghanistan Afghanistan
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 5: Order and Security

Medica Afghanistan focuses on improving the lives of women by providing direct legal aid, psychosocial counseling, and public advocacy for women and girls subjected to violence in the midst of war.

Shakti Samuha Nepal
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

Shakti Samuha is established in Nepal and is run by survivors of trafficking. The goal of Shakti Samuha is to establish a progressive society, devoid of trafficking and other forms of violence against women. It's objective is to advocate and lobby for necessary changes in the law. It also coordinates with local, national and international organizations.

Mhair Educational and Human Rights Organization (MEHRO) Afghanistan
Factor 3: Open Government

MEHRO provides public awareness of human rights, women rights, gender, conflict resolution and anti- corruption through engaging local communities in awareness rising sessions mostly targeting youth and women.

Yangon Justice Center Myanmar
Factor 7: Civil Justice
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

It provides free legal assistance to the disadvantaged within Yangon region. It also offers legal training to selected paralegals who thereby support their communities.

Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania Tanzania
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 6: Regulatory Enforcement

It is Tanzania’s largest provider of disability and rehabilitation services. Through advocacy, training, and clinical services, it seeks to empower people with disabilities and their families, improve their quality of life, and ensure access to medical and rehabilitative treatment.

Commission for the Investigation of Abuse of Authority (CIAA) Nepal
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

CIAA is a distinctive anti-corruption agency in South Asia simultaneously performing the roles of investigator, prosecutor as well as ombudsman--even if Nepal does not have an ombudsman per se. CIAA hears citizens' complaints and documents abuse of authority also.

Women's Development Foundation Sri Lanka
Factor 4: Fundamental Rights
Factor 8: Criminal Justice

An organisation aimed at empowering women economically, socially, and legally.

Uganda Women Parliamentary Association Uganda
Factor 1: Constraints on Government Powers
Factor 3: Open Government

Mobilizes women to be a part of political processes and to close the gender gap within politics

National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Pakistan
Factor 2: Absence of Corruption

The National Accountability Bureau is Pakistan's apex anti-corruption organization. It is charged with the responsibility of elimination of corruption through a holistic approach of awareness, prevention and enforcement.