Grants for 2010

Asociacion Jalisciense de Apoyo a Grupos Indigenas A.C. (AJAGI)

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing for the establishment of an indigenous-controlled protected nature reserve to protect the land rights of the Huichol people.

Centro Apoyo al Trabajador (CAT)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating workers in the maquila sector about their labor rights, training them in how to secure those rights, and documenting government violations and abusive corporate practices to present as evidence before national and international courts

Centro de Derechos de la Mujer de Chiapas, A.C. (CDMCH)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing indigenous leaders and municipal authorities to respect and protect women's right to inherit, own and control the use of land.

Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres A.C. (CEDEHM)

$15,000For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal aid to female victims of violence and campaigning for state policies that increase women's access to justice.

Centro de Derechos Humanos Victoria Diez A.C. (Victoria Diez)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing for public policies that prevent and punish gender-based violence in the state of Guanajuato.

Centro Derechos Humanos Fray Matias de Cordova (Fray Matias de Cordova)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting human rights abuses and providing legal aid to Central American migrants in the Mexico - Guatemala border region.

Centro Mexicano de Derecho Ambiental (CEMDA)

$20,000 For CEMDA's project to bring national and international legal cases to promote the right to a healthy environment, and to provide human rights organizations and local communities with training in how to use environmental law to defend human rights.

Centro Mujeres 

$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include mentoring young female community leaders, providing training on health rights for service providers and government representatives, and pressing for government policies that protect and promote reproductive and sexual rights.

Colectivo de Atencion para la Salud Integral de la Familia A.C. (CIFAM)

$20,000 For CIFAM's project to  promote youth sexual and reproductive rights, including access to information and health care services, for marginalized urban and rural communities in Chiapas.

Comisión de Derechos Humanos y Laborales de Tehuacán (Tehuacan Labor Commission)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting abuses committed against young, indigenous workers in the state of Puebla.

Comision Mexicana de Defensa y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (COMISION)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include bringing representative legal cases at the national and international levels to promote justice reform and protect human rights in the context of the drug war.

Elige, Red de Jovenes por los derechos sexuales y reproductivas (ELIGE)

$20,000 For Elige's project to promote youth sexual and reproductive rights in Mexico City by educating young people about their rights and pressing city agencies and government to guarantee access to sexual and reproductive health services.

Foro para el Desarrollo Sustentable, A.C. (FORO)

$20,000 For the Forum's project to promote land and enviromental rights in Chiapas by helping indigenous communities to challenge land privatization and development projects that threaten their ability to earn their livelihoods through the sustainable use of natural resources.

Frente Civico Sinaloense, A.C. (Frente Civico)

$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include monitoring prison conditions, documenting human rights abuses committed by the police, and pressing for public policies that would prevent the use of torture in the violence-ridden state of Sinaloa.

Instituto de Derecho Ambiental (IDEA)

$20,000 For IDEA's project to promote the right to a healthy environment by providing legal assistance to communities affected by the pollution of Lake Chapala and to activists targeted for harassment and violence for refusing to be displaced by the construction of hydroelectric dams.

Instituto Mexicano de Derechos Humanos y Democracia, A.C. (IMDHD)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include challenging discrimination against women, indigenous people and LGBT individuals through policy proposals and training for government officials.

Instituto para seguridad y la democracia (INSYDE)

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include challenging police abuse and corruption by building civil society capacity to monitor, analyze and develop concrete proposals for public security reform.

Justicia para Nuestras Hijas (Justicia)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal aid to the families of victims of gender-based violence in Chihuahua, and working to raise the national and international profile of this human rights crisis.

Mexico Solidarity Center Red de Defensores Comunitarios por los Derechos Humanos (CCDN)

$20,000 For CCDN's project to provide legal training to community-based, indigenous human rights defenders who work to facilitate access to justice for their communities and promote their economic, social and cultural rights.

Miguel Augustin Pro Juarez Human Rights Center (PRODH)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include challenging human rights abuses committed by state actors through strategic lititgation and generating international pressure for justice reform.

Otros Mundos, A.C. 

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities including pressing local governments to protect the economic, social and cultural rights of indigenous communities by providing access to drinking water and electricity.

Proyecto de Derechos Economicos, Sociales y Culturas (PRODESC)

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to organizations in Puebla to challenge labor rights abuses before national and international courts.

Red Nacional de Organismos Civiles, "Todos los Derechos para Todos" (Todos los Derechos para Todos)

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include building the capacity of its fifty-seven member organizations based throughout the country and feeding the local concerns and proposals of its members into the national policymaking debate.

Servicios del Pueblo Mixe (Colectivo Oaxaqueño)

$20,000 For SerMixe's project, in collaboration with Colectivo Oaxaqueño to provide legal and strategic support to a coalition of indigenous land rights groups in southern Mexico.

Servicios del Pueblo Mixe A.C. (Sermixe)

$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include protecting indigenous land rights by challenging aspects of the government land privatization program that undermine rights and $20,000 for its project to provide legal and strategic support to a coalition of indigenous land rights groups in southern Mexico.

Tlachinollan Human Rights Center (THRC)

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting and prosecuting legal cases on human rights violations against indigenous people in the state of Guerrero and conducting workshops for indigenous communities on human rights and conflict resolution.