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El Grupo de Trabajo Mujeres y DESC presenta una guía de recursos para promover los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales de las mujeres empleando la Convención sobre la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra la Mujer y su Protocolo Facultativo, y el Pacto Internacional de...
Published: Sep 9 2015 - 3:18pm
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Prisoners of Consceince provide two types of financial assistance to prisoners of conscience:1. Relief and rehabilitation grants (which could include family reunions)2. Bursary grants for post graduate studyFull details of these can be found on the corresponding grant guideline pages.The recipients...
Published: Sep 8 2015 - 12:12pm
The Journalist Assistance program helps journalists through a combination of financial and non-financial assistance. CPJ's Gene Roberts Emergency Fund, which dispenses emergency grants to journalists in distress worldwide, was renamed in honor of Gene Roberts, veteran U.S. journalist and former...
Published: Sep 8 2015 - 12:03pm
The Brazil Human Rights Fund is a pioneering initiative that aims to contribute to the promotion of human rights in the country, creating sustainable mechanisms of donating resources geared to the promotion and protection of civil rights, economic, social, environmental and cultural.To access the...
Published: Sep 3 2015 - 12:20pm
Grant guidelines help applicants determine whether their idea for a grant fits within a particular grantmaking strategy. MacArthur can consider funding only those applications that closely match three related criteria that appear in program guidelines: topical focus addressed by the grantmaking...
Published: Sep 3 2015 - 12:12pm
The emergency fund for human rights defenders at risk managed under the EIDHR allows the Commission to give direct small grants of up to 10.000 euro per grant to Human Rights Defenders (HRD), be it individuals or organisations, who are in need of urgent support.This urgent support may take any form...
Published: Sep 3 2015 - 11:56am
The EMHRF aims at promoting and enhancing a human rights culture and the consolidation of a nascent democratic civil society within the South-Mediterranean region by providing a strategic financial assistance and support to local, national and regional human rights non-governmental organizations...
Published: Sep 3 2015 - 11:47am
Rapid Response Grants are a funding tool used to support interventions by activists in a strategic and timely manner. Urgent Action Fund accepts requests 365 days per year, in any language, from activists around the world. Each request receives a response within 72 hours and funds can be wired...
Published: Sep 3 2015 - 11:31am
Martin Ennals Foundation is the common project of a broad range of international human rights NGOs. Ten such organisations have joined hands to make the Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders (MEA) into an effective tool for the PROTECTION of human rights defenders. Martin Ennals’ deep...
Published: Sep 3 2015 - 11:17am
Toolkit for Action for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - available in 4 languagesDeveloped by the International NGO Coalition for an Optional Protocol, the Toolkit for Action for the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on...
Published: Aug 15 2015 - 12:46am
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