Previous Grants

2010

Sao-Sao-Ed

$37,500 For general support of this organization, whose activities include organizing training workshops and strategy development meetings to build the capacity of activists to promote LGBT rights more effectively and to develop a strategic litigation program to challenge discrimination against LGBT people

Center for Protection and Revival of Local Community Rights / CPRLCR

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal aid to indigenous victims of rights abuses and building the capacity of affected communities to defend their land and resource rights.

Environmental Litigation and Advocacy for the Wants / ENLAW

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pursuing test case litigation in support of environmental and health rights, training affected communities in human rights laws and constitutional protections, and mentoring a new generation of public interest lawyers.

Human Rights and Development Foundation / HRDF

$15,000 For HRDF's Migrant Justice Program, whose activities include pursuing test case litigation, documenting abuses, and strengthening the capacity of communities to monitor, report and document abuses of migrants' labor rights.

Human Rights Development Foundation / TCLR

$10,000 For HRDF's project, in collaboration with the Thai Center for Labor Rights, to build the capacity of Thai and migrant workers to promote and protect their own labor rights.

The Council of Work and Environment Related Patients' Network of Thailand / WEPT

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting occupational health and safety protections and building the capacity of workers to monitor labor rights violations.

Teso Women Peace Activists / TEWPA

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include monitoring, documenting and reporting human rights violations against women; grassroots organizing, and providing legal aid to women victims of violence.

World Peasants/Indigenous Organization / WPIO

$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating urban and rural communities on indigenous people's rights, and documenting and reporting human rights violations against indigenous populations.

2009

Center for Protection and Revival of Local Community Rights / CPRLCR

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal aid to indigenous victims of rights abuses and building the capacity of affected communities to defend their land and resource rights.

Environmental Litigation and Advocacy for the Wants / ENLAW

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pursuing test case litigation in support of environmental and health rights, training affected communities in human rights laws and constitutional protections, and mentoring a new generation of public interest lawyers.

Human Rights and Development Foundation / HRDF

$15,000 For HRDF's Migrant Justice Program, whose activities include pursuing test case litigation, documenting abuses, and strengthening the capacity of communities to monitor, report and document abuses of migrants' labor rights.

Human Rights Development Foundation / TCLR

$10,000 For HRDF's project, in collaboration with the Thai Center for Labor Rights, to build the capacity of Thai and migrant workers to promote and protect their own labor rights.

The Council of Work and Environment Related Patients' Network of Thailand / WEPT

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting occupational health and safety protections and building the capacity of workers to monitor labor rights violations.

Teso Women Peace Activists / TEWPA

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include monitoring, documenting and reporting human rights violations against women; grassroots organizing, and providing legal aid to women victims of violence.

World Peasants/Indigenous Organization / WPIO

$5,000

For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating urban and rural communities on indigenous people's rights, and documenting and reporting human rights violations against indigenous populations

2008

Center for Protection and Revival of Local Community Rights/ CPRLCR
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal aid to victims of rights abuses and building capacity of affected communities to defend their own rights.

Environmental Litigation and Advocacy for the Wants/ ENLAW
$10,000 For general support of this environmental rights organization, whose activities include pursuing test case litigation, documenting court proceedings, providing legal aid to victims of abuses, and mentoring a new generation of environmental rights lawyers.

Human Rights and Development Foundation/ HRDF
$10,000 For HRDF's Migrant Justice Program, whose activities include pursuing test case litigation, documenting abuses, and strengthening the capacity of communities to monitor, report and document abuses of migrants' labor rights.

Thai Center for Labor Rights/ TCLR

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include building the capacity of Thai and migrant workers to promote and protect their own labor rights.

The Council of Work and Environment Related Patient's Network of Thailand/ WEPT
$10,000 For general support of this labor rights organization, whose activities include pursuing test case litigation and bulding the capacity of workers to monitor rights violations.