Previous grants

2005

Friends of Orphans (FOO)

$5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting and defending the rights of former child soldiers, orphans and abductees in northern Uganda  by providing psycho-social support and rehabilitation, and by promoting women’s inheritance rights, health care, education, and an end to violence against women and children.

Human Rights Focus (HURIFO)

$15,000 for its project to document the abduction and rape of girls by rebel forces in Gulu (northern Uganda) and launch a related human rights campaign.

Isis – Women’s Cross-Cultural Exchange (ISIS-WICCE)

$10,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s participation in peace and reconciliation processes, and providing ongoing training, technical assistance, and networking support to women’s rights activists in Central and East Africa.

Justice and Rights Associates (Juria)

$9,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include providing pro bono legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses, with particular emphasis on northern Uganda, as well as promoting laws and policies that protect human rights at the national level.

Kaabong Women’s Group Organization (KWGO)

$7,000 for its project to promote women’s rights through human rights education, legal aid, and building the capacity of grassroots organizations to conduct human rights work in the Karamoja region of northeast Uganda.

Lady Mermaid Bureau (LMB)

$10,000 for its project to document human rights abuses committed against sex workers and to use this information to educate policymakers and the public about the need to protect the rights of this vulnerable population.

Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda (LAW)

$5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s rights through legal aid and pressing for policy and legal reforms at the national level.

Teso Women Peace Activists (TEWPA)

$5,000 for general support of this organization, based in the Teso sub-region in northeast Uganda, whose activities include promoting women’s rights through grassroots organizing, documenting rights abuses committed by Lord’s Resistance Army and Karamojong, and promoting policy reform in the areas of property, education and access to justice.