Action for Community and Human Development /ACOHD
$5,000 For ACOHD’s project to promote women’s rights in southeastern Liberia by helping female victims of violence seek justice in the customary and statutory legal systems.
Association of Disabled Females /ADFI
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include documenting discrimination and violence against disabled women and children, publicizing such abuses, and pressing for concrete changes at the local and national levels to afford disabled persons greater rights.
Association of Environmental Lawyers of Liberia (AELL)/Green Advocates
$25,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include building the capacity of rural communities to monitor, document and report environmental rights violations, and pursuing litigation to enforce environmental and human rights laws.
Association of Environmental Lawyers of Liberia (AELL)/Green Advocates
$26,000 For its project to build a national movement to defend and promote the right to a healthy environment by providing funding and technical support to an environmental justice network comprised of five community-based organizations in south and southeastern Liberia.
Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia /AFELL
$20,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting public policies that defend the rights of women and children and conducting education on gender-based violence through training workshops, radio programs and public fora.
Community Humanitarian Advocacy Development Organization /COHADO
$7,000 For general support of this organization, which promotes women’s rights in rural communities in Bong County by educating women about the rape law and helping female victims of violence bring legal charges against their attackers.
Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy /FOHRD
$25,000 For its project to highlight corruption and its impact on human rights, raise awareness among policymakers and the public about these issues, and propose reforms in the management of national resources, peace building and reconstruction efforts.
Justice and Peace Commission /JPC
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include providing documentation of human rights abuses to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, training paralegals to promote peaceful conflict resolution, and providing legal aid to torture survivors in rural areas.
Liberia Democracy Watch /LDW
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting public policies that protect human rights and providing civic education to rural communities to help them hold the government accountable for fighting corruption.
Movement for Peace and Reconciliation in Liberia /MOPAR
$10,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting women’s rights and participation in public life, and facilitating peace-building processes in Sinoe County through human rights training, reporting, and community organizing.
Prisoners Assistance Program /PAP
$15,000 For general support of this organization, whose activities include monitoring prison conditions in Monrovia and in rural areas to document human rights abuses and campaigning for government policies that would prevent torture.
Women and Children Advocacy /WOCAD
$5,000 For general support of this organization, which promotes women’s rights in rural Grand Cape Mount County by educating communities and traditional leaders about the dangers of early marriage and gender-based violence.
Zorzor District Women Care /ZODWOCA
$5,000 For general support of this organization, which seeks to promote women’s economic and civil rights and challenge discrimination through rights education, community organizing, and conflict resolution.
