Action for Women and Awakening in Rural Environment (AWARE-Uganda)
$10,000 for its project to promote women’s rights in the economically deprived and volatile Karamoja region in northeastern Uganda through human rights education, legal aid, and grassroots organizing.
Action Group for Health, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA)
$10,000 for general support of this organization, which promotes the right to health for all Ugandans through networking, training, human rights education, and legislative and policy reform.
African Center for Treatment & Rehabilitation of Torture Victims (ACTV)
$5,000 for its project to strengthen human rights documentation and analysis of atrocities to inform national and international campaigns and present cases to the Ugandan Human Rights Commission.
Association for Reorientation & Rehabilitation of Teso Women for Development (TERREWODE)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, which aims to improve the livelihoods and status of women through grassroots organizing, education and advocacy in Teso region (Northeast Uganda).
Concerned Parent Association (CPA)
$20,000 for general support of this organization, which works to stop the use of child soldiers and promotes peace building efforts to resolve the conflict in northern Uganda.
Friends of Orphans (FOO)
$5,000 for this organization’s project to lead a human rights awareness campaign in seven internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in northern Uganda promoting the enforcement of the rule of law.
Human Rights Focus (HURIFO)
$15,000 for general support of this organization, which promotes human rights in northern Uganda through documentation and reporting, education, and legal support.
Isis – Women’s Cross-Cultural Exchange (Isis-WICCE)
$10,000 for general support of this organization, which promotes justice and empowerment of women through documenting violations of women’s rights and facilitating the exchange of skills and information to strengthen women’s capacities, potential and visibility across Africa.
Justice and Rights Associates (JURIA)
$10,000 for general support of this organization, which promotes reporting of human rights violations in Uganda, especially in internally displaced persons camps, through grassroots organizing and human rights education; provides pro bono legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses; and undertakes strategic public interest litigation.
Lady Mermaid Bureau (LMB)
$10,000 for general support of this organization, which seeks to protect the rights of sex workers in Kampala.
Law and Advocacy for Women in Uganda (LAW)
$5,000 for its project to promote women’s rights by undertaking strategic litigation challenging the constitutionality of current laws which restrict women’s rights in Uganda.
National Women’s Association for Social and Educational Advancement (NWASEA)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, which promotes women’s rights in Uganda through increased participation of women in local government, adult literacy, and women’s rights awareness campaigns.
Platform for Labor Action (PLA)
$15,000 for this organization’s project to develop a community-based framework for protecting girls engaged in petty trading within Lira District in northern Uganda against sexual assault.
Teso Women Peace Activists (TEWPA)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s rights through grassroots organizing, human rights training, conflict resolution, human rights monitoring/documentation/reporting, and policy reform in the Teso region of Northeastern Uganda.
