- Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Region: Ecuador, South America
- Issues: Capacity Building, Human Rights, Transitional & Restorative
Justice
- Mission Statement: CESR's mission is to advocate for social justice
using human rights tools and strategies. For more than ten years we have
contributed to the development of a human rights culture that integrates
economic security, social equality, and political freedom as established
in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
We build relationships with civil society groups and strengthen local initiatives for economic justice by connecting them with international institutions and legal mechanisms for protecting human rights.
The legal framework recasts basic human needs for health, housing, education, food, a healthy environment, and work as enforceable human rights. It provides an umbrella for a diverse set of communities, organizations and activists to join together in demanding accountability and policy change from state and non-state actors in accordance with universal standards of law.
- 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.
- Global Kids
- Region: U.S.A., North America
- Issues: Capacity Building, Children & Youth, Education
- Mission Statement: Global Kids (GK) is committed to transforming urban youth into successful students as well as global and community leaders. Using interactive and experiential methods to educate youth about critical international and foreign policy issues, GK provides students with opportunities for civic and global engagement. Through its professional development program, GK provides teachers and educators with strategies for integrating a youth development approach and international issues into their classrooms.
- Inuit Circumpolar Conference
- Region: Canada, Noth America
- Issues: Capacity Building, Human Rights
- Mission Statement: Founded in 1977 by the late Eben Hopson of Barrow,
Alaska, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) has flourished and grown
into a major international non-government organization representing approximately
150,000 Inuit of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, and Chukotka (Russia). The organization
holds Consultative Status II at the United Nations.
To thrive in their circumpolar homeland, Inuit had the vision to realize they must speak with a united voice on issues of common concern and combine their energies and talents towards protecting and promoting their way of life.
- Asociacion Civil de Igualdad y de Justicia
- Region: Argentina, South America
- Issues: Capacity Building, Human Rights
- Mission Statement: The Civil Association for Equality and Justice
(ACIJ) is a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization, acting as a place where
citizens can participate, generating proposals, training and converge their
enthusiasm to build a more just and equitable society.
Founded in early 2002 by a group of youths committed to the development of the country, strengthening of institutions, respect for the Constitution and law enforcement, and at the same time, worried about social inequality, corruption and lack of transparency that affect our democracy. Our mission is to contribute to the strengthening and stabilization of the Argentine institutions, promote respect for fundamental rights and work for the defense of the most vulnerable groups of society.