Seeds of Tolerance | Issues

The Other Side of War: Women's Stories of Survival
and Hope
Photographers: Susan Meiselas, Sylvia Plachy, and Lekha
Singh
Curators: Anna Lopriore
Focus: To use photography as a medium for human rights
awareness, discussion, education
Region: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Europe, Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, Africa, Afghanistan,
Middle East, Colombia, South America
Issues: Armed Combat, Children & Youth, Gender, Human
Rights, Peacebuilding, Public Health, Poverty

Fiji Women's Rights Movement
Region: Fiji, Oceania
Issues: Gender, Human Rights
Mission Statement: The Fiji Women's Rights Movement is a multi-ethnic and multicultural non-governmental organisation committed to removing discrimination against women through institutional reforms and additional changes. By means of core programmes, as well as innovative approaches, the FWRM practice promotes democracy, good governance, feminism and human rights. It strives to empower, unite and provide leadership opportunities for women in Fiji, especially for emerging young leaders. The purpose of the Movement is to work towards the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women, promote the equality of women, and support democracy and human rights in all areas of life in Fiji and the Pacific Island region.

Stepping Stones Foundation
Region: Vietnam, Asia
Issues: Children & Youth, Education, Gender, Human Rights
Mission Statement: Stepping Stones Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in San Francisco and has its first country office in Hanoi. The organization is committed to four rights-based components, or "the 4 Rs" on human anti-trafficking: rescue, repatriation, rehabilitation, and reintegration. The Stepping Stones Foundation is now 60+ staff strong and has repatriated over 300 Vietnamese women and children.

Haki Elimu
Region: Tanzania, Africa
Issues: Education, Gender, Human Rights
Mission Statement: HakiElimu was established in early 2001 by a group of 13 Tanzanian founder members. The group consists of some of the leading members of civil society, academic, research, media, human rights and critical gender community in Tanzania. Collectively, the group represents over 200 years of experience in analysis, program development, activism and management, including specialization in education.

The HakiElimu mission affirms the values of democratic governance, human rights, gender equity and meaningful public participation in decision-making. Consistent with our beliefs and ethics, HakiElimu is also committed to cultivating an explicit culture of openness, mutual respect, critical reflection and learning within the organization. We strive to practice these values in our programs, in relations with partners and affiliates and in internal processes. Where possible HakiElimu attempts to reach decisions through a process of consensus that encourages voicing of dissent and diverse viewpoints.

CARE
Region: U.S.A., North America
Issues: Capacity Building, Gender, Poverty, Public Health
Mission Statement: CARE is a leading humanitarian organization fighting global poverty. We place special focus on working alongside poor women because, equipped with the proper resources, women have the power to help whole families and entire communities escape poverty. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based efforts to improve basic education, prevent the spread of HIV, increase access to clean water and sanitation, expand economic opportunity and protect natural resources.

CARE also delivers emergency aid to survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives. Our mission is to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. Drawing strength from our global diversity, resources and experience, we promote innovative solutions and are advocates for global responsibility.

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Region: U.S.A., North America
Issues: Gender, Human Rights, Poverty, Public Health
Mission Statement: The mission of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health (NLIRH) is to ensure the fundamental human right to reproductive health care for Latinas, their families and their communities through education, policy advocacy, and community mobilization.Latinas face a unique and complex array of reproductive health and rights issues that are exacerbated by poverty, gender, racial and ethnic discrimination and xenophobia.

These circumstances make it especially difficult for Latinas to access reproductive health care services, including the full range of available reproductive health technologies and abortion services. We believe that in order to substantially improve the reproductive health of Latinas and protect their rights to exercise reproductive freedom, NLIRH must locate reproductive health and rights issues within a broader social justice framework that seeks to bring an end to poverty and discrimination and affirms human dignity and the right to self-determination.

Women's Agenda for Change
Region: Cambodia, Asia
Issues: Capacity Building, Gender, Poverty
Mission Statement: In this strategic plan, the Womyn's Agenda for Change (WAC) further evolves and matures into a locally run independent NGO. This step is the natural outcome of the past six years of work, which laid the groundwork for this evolution to happen. The WAC program has been operating in Cambodia since inception in late 1999, originally a project of Oxfam Hong Kong.

The previous Strategic Plan (2004-2006) saw WAC become an independent but still expatriate managed NGO. Many development challenges exist in Cambodia, notably the realistic addressing of the root causes of poverty through true grassroots empowerment and action. WAC has demonstrated that it is uniquely positioned to be able to undertake activities that challenge development hegemony, educate and assist the grassroots, organise and effect social change. This plan further refines the organisational goals based on our strengths and the challenges that still exist.

FIDA Kenya
Region: Kenya, Africa
Issues: Gender, Transitional & Restorative Justice
Mission Statement: FIDA Kenya works to eliminate patriarchal norms and practices that discriminate against women. We at FIDA Kenya realise that women play an active and significant part in the development of our society and form the majority of the Kenya population, yet they face major systemic obstacles that prevent them from the full enjoyment of their rights and privileges.

Center for Reproductive Rights
Region: U.S.A., North America
Issues: Gender, Transitional & Restorative Justice
Mission Statement: The Center for Reproductive Rights (formerly the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy) is a nonprofit legal advocacy organization dedicated to promoting and defending women's reproductive rights worldwide.

Founded in 1992 (as the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy), the Center has defined the course of reproductive rights law in the United States with significant victories in courts across the country, including two landmark cases in the U.S. Supreme Court: Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) and Ferguson v. City of Charleston (2001).

Using international human rights law to advance the reproductive freedom of women, the Center has strengthened reproductive health laws and policies across the globe by working with more than 100 organizations in 45 nations including countries in Africa, Asia, East Central Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean.