2009
Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement / Amal (Amal Association for Women and Development)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence in El Hajeb and mentoring community-based organizations in isolated surrounding rural areas.
Association Beni Znassen pour la Culture, le Développement et la Solidarité / ABCDS (Beni Znassen Association for Culture, Development and Solidarity)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting and reporting human rights violations against sub-Saharan migrants at the border with Algeria, and providing them with humanitarian and legal aid.
Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc / ADFM (Democratic Association of Moroccan Women)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing technical assistance to local women's rights organizations and compiling local documentation of violence against women in order to press for the full implementation of laws promoting women's rights.
Association des Jeunes Avocats à Khemisset / AJAK (Khemisset Young Lawyers Association)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating judges, lawyers and civil society organizations about laws protecting the rights of women, migrants and children; promoting the independence of the judiciary, and providing legal aid to victims of discrimination.
Association El Amane pour le Développement de la Femme / El Amane (El Amane Association for Women's Development)
$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing for the full implementation of the revised Mudawana (Family Code) in Marrakech and surrounding rural areas by educating women about their rights, facilitating access to the legal system, and working with other human rights organizations to inform policymakers about continuing violations of women's rights.
Association Marocaine des Déficients Moteurs / AMDM (Moroccan Association for Disabled People)
$5,000 For general support of this disability rights organization, whose activities include education, pressing for legal and policy reforms, and providing medical, social and legal support to people with disabilities.
Association Marocaine des Droits Humains / AMDH (Moroccan Association of Human Rights)
$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include mobilizing 8,000 grassroots members across the country to demand government policies protecting human rights, and its project to promote the right to water.
Association Tawaza pour le Plaidoyer de la Femme / Tawaza (Tawaza Association for Women's Rights)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating women on the rights recognized by the revised Mudawana and providing legal assistance to female victims of violence.
Forum Marocain pour la Verité et la Justice / FMVJ (Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice)
$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing psychological and legal support to victims of serious human rights abuses committed between 1956 and 1999, and promoting institutional reforms that will prevent such state-sponsored abuse from recurring.
Groupe Antiraciste d'Accompagnement et de Défense des Étrangers et Migrants / GADEM (Antiracist Group of Support and Defense of Foreigners and Migrants)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include challenging violations of migrants' rights through education, monitoring/documentation/reporting, mentoring, and campaigning for policy reform.
Initiative pour la Protection des Droits de la Femme Meknès / IPDFM (Initiative for the Protection of Women’s Rights)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and pressing local and regional authorities in Meknès to implement laws that protect women's rights.
La Ligue Démocratique pour les droits de la femme – Ouarzazate / LDDF (Democratic League for Women's Rights)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal and psychological support to female victims of violence in Ouarzazate, and promoting new legal protections for women.
Réseau Amazigh pour la Citoyenneté (Amazigh Citizenship Network)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting government policies that respect and protect the rights of Tamazigh-speaking Berber communities.
Tafoukt Souss pour le Développement de la Femme (Tafoukt Souss Women's Development)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include education and legal aid in Agadir to promote women's rights.
2008
Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement/ Amal (Amal Association for Women and Development)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence in El Hajeb and mentoring community-based organizations in isolated surrounding rural areas.
Association Beni Znassen pour la Culture, le Développement et la Solidarité/ ABCDS (Beni Znassen Association for Culture, Development and Solidarity)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting and reporting human rights violations against sub-Saharan migrants at the border with Algeria, and providing them with humanitarian and legal aid.
Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc/ ADFM (Democratic Association of Moroccan Women)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing technical assistance to local women's rights organizations and compiling local documentation of violence against women in order to press for the full implementation of laws promoting women's rights.
Association des Jeunes Avocats à Khemisset/ AJAK (Khemisset Young Lawyers Association)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating judges, lawyers and civil society organizations about laws protecting the rights of women, migrants and children; promoting the independence of the judiciary, and providing legal aid to victims of discrimination.
Association El Amane pour le Développment de la Femme (El Amane Association for Women’s Development)
$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing for the full implementation of the revised Mudawana (Family Code) in Marrakech and surrounding rural areas by educating women about their rights, facilitating access to the legal system, and working with other human rights organizations to inform policymakers about continuing violations of women's rights.
Association Homme et Environnement/ HE (Man and Environment)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include helping poor communities to challenge infrastructure development projects that threaten their rights to a healthy environment, to water and to livelihoods, as well as providing humanitarian and legal support to sub-Saharan migrants.
Association Marocaine des Déficients Moteurs/ AMDM (Moroccan Association for Disabled People)
$10,000 For general support of this disability rights organization, whose activities include education, pressing for legal and policy reforms, and providing medical, social and legal support to people with disabilities.
Association Marocaine des Droits Humains/ AMDH (Moroccan Association of Human Rights)
$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include mobilizing 8,000 grassroots members across the country to demand government policies protecting human rights, and its new project to promote the right to water.
Association Tawaza pour le Plaidoyer de la Femme/ ATPF (Tawaza Association for Women’s Rights)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating women on the rights recognized by the revised Mudawana and providing legal assistance to female victims of violence.
Forum Marocain pour la Verité et la Justice/ FMVJ (Morrocan Forum for Hope and Justice)
$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing psychological and legal support to victims of serious human rights abuses committed between 1956 and 1999, and promoting institutional reforms that will prevent such state-sponsored abuse from recurring.
Groupe Antiraciste d'Accompagnement et de Défense des Étrangers et Migrants/ GADEM
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include challenging violations of migrants' rights through education, monitoring/documentation/reporting, mentoring, and campaigning for policy reform.
Initiative pour la Protection des Droits de la Femme Meknès/ IPDFM
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and pressing local and regional authorities in Meknes to implement laws that protect women's rights.
La Ligue Démocratique pour les droits de la femme-Ouarzazate/ LDDF (Democratic League for Women’s Rights)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal and psychological support to female victims of violence and promoting new legal protections for women.
Réseau Amazigh pour la Citoyenneté/ Réseau (Amazigh Citizenship Network)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting government policies that respect and protect the rights of Tamazigh-speaking Berber communities.
Tafoukt Souss pour le Développement de la Femme/ Tafoukt (Tafoukt Souss Women’s Development)
$10,000 For general support of this women's rights organization, whose activities include human rights education, awareness campaigns and capacity building of human rights defenders.
2007
Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement (Amal Association for Women and Development)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and vulnerable women in El Hajeb and mentoring community-based organizations in nearby isolated rural areas.
Association Amna pour la Protection des Femmes Victimes de Violence (Amna Association for the Protection of Female Victims of Violence)
$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating women in the northern city of Tangier and surrounding rural areas about their rights and providing legal assistance to female victims of violence to help them bring charges against their attackers.
Association Beni Znassen pour la Culture, le Développement et la Solidarité /ABCDS (Beni Znassen Association for Culture, Development and Solidarity)
$12,000 For general support of this organization, which documents and reports human rights violations towards sub-Saharan migrants, provides them with humanitarian and legal aid and promotes the enforcement of laws protecting their rights.
Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc /ADFM (Democratic Association of Moroccan Women)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing technical assistance to local women’s rights organizations and compiling local documentation of violence against women in order to press for the full implementation of laws promoting women’s rights.
Association El Amane pour le Développement de la Femme (El Amane Association for Women’s Development)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, which seeks to ensure the full implementation of the revised Mudawana (Family Code) in Marrakech and surrounding rural areas by educating women about their rights, facilitating access to the legal system, and working with other human rights organizations to inform policymakers about continuing violations of women’s rights.
Association Épanouissement Féminin /AEF (Women’s Development Association)
$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s right to education in marginalized areas of Casablanca and providing legal support to poor women to facilitate their access to the justice system.
Association des Jeunes Avocats à Khemisset (Khemisset Young Lawyers Association)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, which educates judges, lawyers and civil society organizations about laws protecting the rights of women, migrants and children; promotes the independence of the judiciary, and provides legal aid to victims of discrimination.
Association Marocaine de Lutte contre le SIDA /ALCS Marrakech (Moroccan Association to Fight AIDS—Marrakech)
$15,000 For ALCS’s project to document cases of discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS, especially marginalized groups such as sex workers, men having sex with men, migrants and street children, and use this documentation to promote their rights.
Association Marocaine des Déficients Moteurs /AMDM (Moroccan Association for Disabled People)
$11,000 For general support of this organization, which promotes the rights of people with disabilities through education, by proposing legal and policy reforms, and by providing medical, social and legal support to people with disabilities.
Association Marocaine des Droits Humains/ AMDH (Moroccan Association for Human Rights)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include mobilizing 8,000 grassroots members across the country to demand government policies protecting human rights.
Association Tawaza pour le Plaidoyer de la Femme (Tawaza Association for Women’s Rights)
$12,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s rights in the northern city of Martil and surrounding rural areas by educating women on the rights recognized by the revised Mudawana and by providing legal assistance to female victims of violence.
Forum Marocain pour la Verité et la Justice / FMVJ (Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice)
$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing psychological and legal support to victims of serious human rights abuses committed between 1956 and 1999, and promoting institutional reforms that will prevent such state-sponsored abuse from recurring.
Homme et Environment (Man and Envrionment)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include helping poor communities to challenge infrastructure development projects that threaten their rights to a healthy environment, to water and to livelihoods, as well as providing humanitarian and legal support to sub-Saharan migrants.
Initiative pour la Protection des Droits de la Femme Meknès /IPDFM (Initiative for the Protection of Women’s Rights in Meknès)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and pressing local and regional authorities in Meknes to implement laws that protect women’s rights.
Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains /OMDH (Moroccan Organization for Human Rights)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting the rule of law by providing legal aid to victims of human rights abuse, conducting public education and making policy recommendations.
Réseau Amazigh pour la Citoyenneté (Amazigh Network for Citizenship)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting government policies that respect and protect the rights of Tamazigh-speaking Berber communities.
2006
Amal Association for Women and Development (Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and promoting women’s empowerment among vulnerable populations in El Hajeb.
Amazigh Network for Citizenship (Réseau Amazigh pour la Citoyenneté)
$10,000 For Réseau’s project to promote government policies that respect and protect the rights of Tamazigh-speaking Berber communities through the creation of a Monitoring Office of Amazigh Linguistic and Cultural Rights.
Amna Association for the Protection of Female Victims of Violence (Association Amna pour la protection des femmes victims de violence)
$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating women in the northern city of Tangier and surrounding rural areas about their rights and providing legal assistance to female victims of violence to help them bring charges against their attackers.
Aquarium Theatre Company
$15,000 For general support of this organization, which promotes greater awareness through theater of women’s rights recognized by the reformed family code and of the problem of violence against women.
Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc - ADFM)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing technical assistance to local women’s rights organizations and compiling local documentation of violence against women in order to press for the full implementation of laws promoting women’s rights.
El Amane Association for Women’s Development (Association El Amane pour le Développment de la Femme)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, which seeks to ensure the full implementation of the revised Mudawana (Family Code) in Marrakech and surrounding rural areas by educating women about their rights, facilitating access to the legal system, and working with other human rights organizations to inform policymakers about continuing violations of women’s rights.
Friends and Families of Victims of Clandestine Immigration (Amis et Familles des Victimes de l’Immigration Clandestine – AFVIC)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to migrants from sub-Saharan Africa, promoting police compliance with Morocco’s immigration laws and providing training to human rights and development organizations regarding migrants’ legal rights.
Initiative for the Protection of Women’s Rights in Meknès (Initiative pour la Protection des Droits de la Femmes Meknès—IPDFM)
$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and pressing local and regional authorities in Meknès to implement laws that protect women’s rights.
Moroccan Association for Disabled People (Association Marocaine des Déficients Moteurs – AMDM)
$10,000 For general support of this organization, which promotes the rights of people with disabilities by proposing legal and policy reforms, and by providing education, training, and medical, legal and social support to people with disabilities.
Moroccan Association to Fight AIDS – Marrakech (Association marocaine de lutte contre le SIDA – ALCS Marrakech)
$10,000 For ALCS’s project to document cases of discrimination against persons living with HIV/AIDS, especially marginalized groups such as sex workers, gay men, migrants and street children, and use this documentation to promote their rights.
Moroccan Association for Human Rights (Association Marocaine des Droits Humains – AMDH)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include mobilizing 7,000 grassroots members across the country to demand government policies protecting human rights.
Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice (Forum Marocain pour la Verité et la Justice – FMVJ)
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing psychological and legal support to victims of serious human rights abuses committed between 1956 and 1999, and promoting institutional reforms that will prevent such state-sponsored abuse from recurring.
Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humain (Moroccan Organization for Human Rights – OMDH)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting human rights and the rule of law by conducting public education and making policy recommendations on judicial reform.
Women’s Development Association (Association Épanouissement Féminin – AEF)
$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s right to education in marginalized areas of Casablanca and providing legal support to poor women to facilitate their access to the judicial system.
Women’s Research Association for Development (Association de Recherche Féminine pour le Développement – ARFEDEC)
$5,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s rights in northern Morocco by educating women on the rights recognized by the revised Mudawana and by providing legal assistance to female victims of violence.
2005
Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (ADFM—Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc)
$15,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include providing technical assistance to local women’s rights organizations and compiling local documentation of violence against women in order to press for the full implementation of laws promoting women’s rights.
Women’s Development Association (AEF—Association Épanouissement Féminin)
$5,000 for AEF’s project to conduct women’s rights education in marginalized areas of Casablanca to help poor women understand their rights and to facilitate their access to the justice system.
Friends and Families of Victims of Clandestine Immigration (AFVIC—Amis et Familles des Victimes de l’Immigration Clandestine)
$15,000 for AFVIC’s project to provide legal support to migrants from sub-Saharan Africa to ensure police compliance with Morocco’s immigration laws, and to provide trainings to human rights and development organizations on the legal rights of migrants.
Amal Association for Women and Development (Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement)
$10,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and promoting women’s empowerment among vulnerable populations in El Hajeb.
Moroccan Association for Human Rights (AMDH—Association Marocaine des Droits)
$15,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include mobilizing 6,000 grassroots members across the country to demand government policies that protect human rights.
Amna Association for the Defense of Women against Violence (Association Amna pour la protection des femmes victimes de violence) $5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include educating women in the northern city of Tangier about their rights and providing legal assistance to female victims of violence to help them bring charges against their attackers.
Aquarium Theatre Company
$15,000 for the Aquarium Theater Company’s project to perform a play on violence against women in rural areas, violence centers and prisons throughout Morocco to expose women to information about their rights and refer them to legal services to bring charges against their attackers.
Women’s Research Association for Development (ARFEDEC—Association de Recherche Féminine pour le Développement)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s rights in northern Morocco by facilitating women’s participation in the planning and implementation of development projects and by providing legal assistance to female victims of violence.
El Amane Association for Women’s Development (Association El Amane pour le Développment de la Femme)
$15,000 for general support of this organization, which seeks to ensure the full implementation of the revised Mudawana (Family Code) in Marrakech and surrounding rural areas by informing women about their rights, facilitating access to the legal system, and working with other human rights organizations to update policymakers about continuing violations of women’s rights.
Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice (Forum Marocain pour la Vérité et la Justice)
$20,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include working to ensure that the Instance Équité et Réconciliation (Equity and Reconciliation Commission) casts light on the serious human rights abuses committed between 1956 and 1999 and that the reconciliation process leads to justice system reforms that will prevent such state-sponsored abuse from recurring.
Initiative for the Promotion of Women’s Rights in Meknes (IPDFM—Initiative pour la Promotion des Droits de la Femme Meknès)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal support to female victims of violence and pressing local and regional authorities in Meknes to implement laws that protect women’s rights.
Moroccan Organization for Human Rights (OMDH—Organisation Marocaine des Droits Humains)
$15,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting human rights and the rule of law by conducting public education and making policy recommendations on judicial reform.
Amazigh Network for Citizenship (Réseau Amazigh pour la Citoyenneté)
$10,000 for support of Réseau Amazigh’s project to promote government policies that respect and protect the rights of Tamazigh-speaking Berber communities.
2004
Moroccan Forum for Truth and Justice (Forum Marocain pour la Vérité et la Justice)
$15,000 for support of this organization’s project to document severe human rights violations committed between 1956 and 1999, to make this information available to researchers and to ensure that the public hearings and the final report of the Instance Équité et Réconciliation (the government-sponsored truth commission) cast light on these abuses and lead to justice system reforms that will prevent such state-sponsored abuse in the future.
Monitoring, Information and Evaluation Committee for the IER
(Comité de Suivi, d’Information et d’Évaluation de l’Instance Équité et Réconciliatio)
$7,500 for general support of this organization, whose activities include coordinating the participation of three major human rights organizations in the government-sponsored reconciliation process to document serious human rights abuses committed by state security forces from 1956 – 1999.
Moroccan Association for Human Rights
(AMDH—Association Marocaine des Droits)
$15,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include mobilizing its 6,000 grassroots members across the country to demand government policies that protect human rights and conducting public education to increase society’s awareness of and commitment to human rights principles.
El Amane Association for Women’s Development
(Association El Amane pour le Développement de la Femme)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, which seeks to ensure the full implementation of the new Family Code reforms by educating illiterate and semi-literate women in the Marrakech area about their rights, facilitating access to the legal system and working with other women’s rights organizations to inform policymakers about continuing violations of women’s rights.
Amal Association for Women and Development
(Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, which provides legal support to female victims of violence and promotes women’s empowerment among vulnerable groups of women in El Hajeb.
