Leading Organizations

A network for community legal centres which aims to advocate for and protect the rights of marginalized groups in Australia.

A coalition of community based women's organizations in Uganda that aim to equalize the social, economic, and political rights of women

Community Self-Reliance Centre (CSRC) has been at the forefront of land and agrarian rights campaign in Nepal. CSRC collaborates with National Land Rights Forum (NLRF), a people's organization of landless, tenants and smallholder farmers and its branches at districts and the community level.

The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) independently monitors and evaluates national and international efforts to fight corruption in Afghanistan. It reports to the public, Parliament, President, and international community.

Provides assistance to rape victims through safepoints, a hotline, medical and psychological assistance in combination with government services.

Founded in 2001, it is an independent policy research and consulting institute committed to the basic values of parliamentary democracy, human rights, and a market economy. Their areas of research include democratic institutions, radicalism and extremism, and electoral systems, to name a few.

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

It seeks to address and expose human rights violations in the fight against terrorism in Nigeria. It advocates for unity, peace, and security through the media and their website.

Karuna Center for Peacebuilding empowers people divided by conflict to develop mutual understanding and to create sustainable peace. It innovates approaches for transforming conflict by supporting people in all sectors of society to discover their shared capacity for building peace.

Works to increase access to justice and protect human rights through capacity building, legal awareness, legal aid, legal research, and advocacy programs.

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.

Established in 1996, Tebtebba seeks to promote and disseminate indigenous peoples worldviews, their perspectives on key issues such as individual and collective human rights, sustainable development, climate change, biodiversity, traditional knowledge, customary laws and governance, conflict transformation, gender, etc.

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.

It works in Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone to promote good governance, equality, and peoples' rights. Their programs are aimed to foster citizen participation, the improvement of transparency and accountability, and to ensure sustainability and food security.

Provides training courses for migrant women in Singapore in financial literacy and self development with the goal of enabling to develop ventures in Singapore and send money home.

Works to represents communities of color and vulnerable parts of Louisiana in respect of their human rights and for social justice.

It was founded in 2003 to engage and influence public policy for the creation of a sustainable business environment. Through The KEPSA Foundation they offer resources to social programs and activities that focus on youth empowerment, peace and national cohesion alongside corporate social responsibility.

It protects the rights of Ethiopian workers and advances their interests through capacity building, education, and training. It seeks to strengthen organizational capacities, democratic relationships, and solidarity.

Works to collect information, investigate cases and prevent corruption within government services.

Works on community outreach and protection around HIV/AIDS, food security and justice through its church services and departments.

Containts 17 civil society organizations that empower citizens to demand transparency and a government free from corruption

Organization for Afghanistan Independent Defenders (AID) provides legal assistance in criminal, civil, and commercial cases to marginalised communities. AID defended more than 30,000 cases over the course of its history.

It is a grassroots initiative that raises awareness concerning violence against the Mak Nyah (trans women) community in Malaysia. Their campaigns collect funds to finance the defense of transgender individuals who have been charged in Syariah court.

The ICF is based in Hong Kong and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is organized jointly by the Asia and Pacific Alliance of YMCAs (APAY), the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA), and Bread for the World Germany. It supports an interfaith movement for justice and transformation and is focused on marginalized communities, confronting the root causes of violence, while promoting justice in the economic, political, and social spheres.