Grants for 2011

Association Amal pour la Femme et le Développement / Amal Association for Women and Development (Amal)

$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 / Beni Znassen Association for Culture, Development and Solidarity (ABCDS)

$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 aid

Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc / Democratic Association of Moroccan Women (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

Association des Jeunes Avocats à Khemisset / Khemisset Young Lawyers Association (AJAK)

$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 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 Association for Women's Development (El Amane)

$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include pressing for the full implementation of the 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 de Lutte Contre le SIDA / Moroccan Association for the Fight Against AIDS (ALCS)

$20,000 For ALCS's project to train activists on monitoring and reporting of discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS and people at greater risk of contracting the disease and providing them with legal aid

Association Marocaine des Droits Humains / Moroccan Association of Human Rights (AMDH)

$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 (ATPF)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include educating women on the rights recognized by the Mudawana and providing legal assistance to female victims of violence

Forum Marocain pour la Vérité et la Justice / Moroccan Forum for Hope and Justice (FMVJ)

$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 and refugees' rights through education, monitoring/documentation/reporting, mentoring of human rights organizations in the Maghreb, and campaigning for policy reform

La Ligue Démocratique pour les Droits de la Femme - Ouarzazate / Democratic League for Women's Rights (LDDF)

$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 (TAFOUKT)

$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include education and legal aid in Agadir to promote women's rights