Equal Rights and Non-Discrimination protections have weakened globally during the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbating the existing marginalization of minority groups and vulnerable populations. These projects strengthen equal rights protections and dismantle systemic inequities.

World Justice Forum 2022

World Justice Forum 2022

Finalists

Project

Country

Sub-Themes

DC Justice Lab
DC Justice Lab: fighting for racial justice in DC's criminal legal system

🇺🇸 United States of America

Criminal Justice Reform
Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Documenta, Análisis y Acción para la Justicia Social, A.C.
Justice Facilitators: a double channel of support for persons with disabilities and justice officials

🇲🇽 Mexico

Disability Rights

EcoCiclo
EcoCiclo: Creating opportunities for vulnerable women in Brazil through sustainable menstrual justice

🇧🇷 Brazil

Environmental Justice
Public Health
Women's Rights

Racist Violence Recording Network
Racist Violence Recording Network: a unified framework of civil society actors monitoring hate crimes

🇬🇷 Greece

Migration
Racial and Ethnic Minorities
SOGI

Samuel Ioron Foundation
Rural Urban Rightful: creating awareness campaigns to protect internally displaced people in Nigeria.

🇳🇬 Nigeria

Education
Migration
Women's Rights

Speak Up
Speak Up: empowering victims to combat sexual harrasment and gender-based violence in Egypt

🇪🇬 Egypt

Women's Rights

The International Legal Foundation (The ILF); Public Defender Society of Nepal (PDS-Nepal)
Decriminalizing Poverty and Marginalization in Nepal: ending unjust fines and debtors' prisons

🇳🇵 Nepal

Children and Youth
Criminal Justice Reform
Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Youth LGBT Organization Deystvie
Rainbow Shield: Guaranteeing legal protection of LGBTI people in Bulgaria

🇧🇬 Bulgaria

Children and Youth
Migration
SOGI
Women's Rights

Honorable Mentions

Project

Country

Sub-Themes

Child Rights and You
Local Child Protection Committees: ensuring children's access to protection, education, and justice in the state of Odisha

🇮🇳 India

Children and Youth
Migration

Fundación Multitudes
Women's Observatory Against Disinformation and Fake News: Combatting disinformation as a form of digital gender-based violence

🇨🇱 Chile

Political Process Monitoring
Women's Rights

UNDP Pakistan
Decentralization, Human Rights, and Local Governance: improving data systems and collection processes in Pakistan

🇵🇰 Pakistan

Political Process Monitoring
Technology