Previous Grants

2005

Amazonian Initiative Movement (AIM)
$8,000 for general support of this organization, which promotes women’s participation in decision-making at all levels and their right to be free of all forms of violence, including sexual violence, forced marriage, and female genital mutilation; activities include grassroots organizing, legal work, psycho-social support and health/rights education.

Campaign for Good Governance (CGG)
$10,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include strengthening the capacity of civil society organizations to demand government transparency, promoting legal reforms consistent with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and documenting violence against women to press for policies that protect women’s rights.

Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CDHR)
$20,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include human rights documentation/reporting, training, education, and grassroots organizing for women’s and children’s rights in the North, as well as human rights documentation/reporting on detention centers in the North, Kono District in the East, and Moyamba District in the South of Sierra Leone.

Conflict Management and Development Associates (CMDA)
$30,000 for general support of this organization which seeks to press for implementation of recommendations by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission through public education and organizing among civil society groups for collective action.

Defense for Children International- Sierra Leone (DCI-SL)
$10,000 for its project to document human rights abuses committed against children in the criminal justice system and to pilot a children’s center in southern Sierra Leone that provides psycho-social and legal support, as well as vocational training to address the welfare and rights of street children.

Forum of African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

$20,000 for this organization’s project to challenge impunity for crimes of sexual and domestic violence and mobilize its local chapters in Sierra Leone to support implementation of recommendations by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).

Foundation for International Dignity (FIND)
$40,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include documentation, monitoring and capacity building on the protection of human rights for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
 
Legal Access through Women Yearning for  Equality, Rights and Social Justice (LAWYERS)

$15,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include conducting investigations and legal and policy initiatives to promote access to justice for women and girls in Sierra Leone.

Post-Conflict Reintegration for Development and Empowerment (PRIDE) 

$20,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include training, rights education and counseling for ex-combatants, and work with the Special Court.

Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme (SLCMP)
$10,000 for its project to promote judicial accountability by monitoring proceedings within the national court system, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Special Court.

Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association (SLLGA)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include working to end discrimination in the justice and health care systems against lesbian, gay and trans-gendered Sierra Leoneans and providing public education and outreach to government officials, police officers, prison officials, medical service providers and school administrators.

Timap for Justice (Timap)
$20,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include providing legal advice and assistance to rural communities through a network of community-based paralegals in several chiefdoms in northern and southern Sierra Leone.

United for the Protection of Human Rights (UPHR)
$5,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include providing human rights education to women in rural communities (Port Loko District) in northern Sierra Leone to press for local policies that promote and protect women’s rights.

Women’s Action for Human Dignity (WAHD)
$5,000 for general support of this organization which seeks to conduct human rights education and grassroots organizing to provide women in rural areas in northern Sierra Leone with the knowledge and tools they need to demand their rights, including the right to inherit property and the right to education.

2004

Amazonian Initiative Movement (AIM)

$5,000 for this new, dynamic organization to strengthen media and legal advocacy skills in its efforts to address gender-based violence, female genital mutilation, and other threats to women’s rights and welfare in the Mano River region.

Centre for Democracy and Human Rights (CDHR)

$15,000 for support of the leading human rights organization in northern Sierra Leone which seeks to strengthen community awareness of human rights principles and laws, reduce gender-based violence, highlight abuses of child laborers, and strengthen women’s rights at the community level. 

Forum for Africa Women Educationalists (FAWE)

$20,000 for FAWE’s project to challenge impunity for sexual and gender-based violence, strengthen its institutional capacity to address recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, provide psycho-social services and protection for potential female witnesses before the Special Court, and help rape survivors seek justice through the local courts.

Foundation for International Dignity (FIND)

$40,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include promoting the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and establishing local mechanisms for monitoring violations and strengthening protection measures in refugee and IDP camps in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.

Legal Access Through Women Yearning for Equality Rights and Social Justice (LAWYERS)

$20,000 for their project to conduct investigations and legal and policy work to promote access to justice for women and girls in detention who are detained for long periods of time, are subject to an ineffective, patriarchal justice system, and lack legal knowledge or assistance.

National Forum for Human Rights (NFHR)

$25,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include skills training for human rights activists, advocacy related to the Special Court and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and information dissemination on human rights in Sierra Leone.

Post-Conflict Reintegration for Development and Empowerment (PRIDE)

$25,000 for general support of this organization, whose activities include training, counseling and advocacy with regard to ex-combatants and peace and reconciliation processes.  New programs will focus on counseling and re-integration of female ex-combatants and the growing threat of HIV/AIDS.

2003

Grassroots Empowerment for Self Reliance (GEMS)

$15,540 to support GEMS’ project to raise awareness on the devastating impact of denying women the right to inherit property and to conduct a national campaign to establish a woman’s right to inherit. 

National Forum for Human Rights (NFHR)

$25,000 for general support for NFHR, a coalition of twenty-eight human rights organizations, and its work with member organizations to strengthen their human rights documentation and monitoring skills and in collaboration with the Special Court and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to encourage broad participation in their proceedings.

Post-Conflict Reintegration for Development and Empowerment (PRIDE)

$20,000 for general support of PRIDE, which provides rights education and counseling for ex-combatants, many of whom were recruited as children. PRIDE also seeks to generate support for the processes and goals of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court, and trains ex-combatants on the importance of these institutions in building a peaceful society. 

Forum for Africa Women Educationalists (FAWE)

$20,000 to support FAWE’s project to promote women’s human rights, with special attention to minimizing women’s risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and providing justice and support for survivors of gender-based violence.

Foundation for International Dignity (FIND)

$40,000 in general support of FIND’s work to promote the rights of refugees and internally displaced persons in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. FIND trains refugees and IDPs to act as human rights monitors in the camps and to gather information on human rights problems, and works with these communities to develop strategies to protect their rights.