Equal Rights and Non-Discrimination | World Justice Project

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.

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