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Grants for 2009

Association d’Appui au Développement des Initiatives Communautaires/ADIC (Organization to Support Community Initiatives)

$5,000 For its project to promote women’s access to documents that enable them to vote, open a bank account, travel freely and inherit property in Mandiana prefecture (Haute Guinée)

Association pour la Défense des Droits des Enfants et des Femmes en Guinée/ ADDEF (Guinean Children and Women’s Rights Organization)
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include community organizing and education to challenge gender-based violence and discrimination in Guinea, and pressing for better policies to promote women’s rights.

Centre du Commerce International pour le Developpement (CECIDE)

$15,000 For CECIDE’s project to document and report violations of economic and social rights in communities affected by the exploitati0on of natural resources in Léro.

Centre Guinéen de Formation et d’Education pour le Développement/ CEGUIFED (Guinean Center for Development Training and Education)
$5,000 For its project to promote women’s rights in Guinée Maritime through education and grassroots organizing.

Mêmes Droits pour Tous/ MDT (Equal Rights for All)
$30,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting violations of prisoners’ human rights, providing prisoners with legal aid, and pressing for justice reform in Guinea.