The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1,283,590 to Friends of FAFG Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to strengthen investigation protocols, forensic capacity, interinstitutional collaboration, and civil society engagement with truth and justice mechanisms in Colombia addressing crimes of enforced disappearance from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding will...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $486,110 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program to increase protection of diaspora and exile communities in selected countries from transnational repression and identify effective approaches to preventing and responding to such incidents. Freedom House, Inc. will deliver services from September 2022 to November 2023 in the United States under this Project Grant...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,650.60 Cooperative Agreement to Freedom House, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) federal grant program. The award will provide short-term emergency financial assistance from October 1, 2022 through February 29, 2024 to allow advocates who are not traditional human rights defenders by profession but are defending human rights at great personal safety...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,481,481 Project Grant to the American Center For International Labor Solidarity, also known as the Solidarity Center, to promote respect for internationally recognized labor standards in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. Under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), the Solidarity Center will work from September 2022 through September 2024 to...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $740,740 Project Grant to the Pan American Development Foundation, Inc. to deliver products and services under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will support efforts from August 2, 2022 to January 31, 2024 to improve civil society-led efforts to reduce gender-based violence in La Paz Department, Bolivia. This will allow women from all...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $987,540 to Accountability Lab under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to create an informed civil society and support at-risk groups in Bangladesh from September 2022 through September 2024. The award will fund projects to operate without threats of censorship, harassment, and violence for youth, journalists, civil society organizations, women,...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $642,838 Project Grant to Freedom House, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will strengthen the capacity of independent Cuban civil society organizations to advance civil and political rights in Cuba and increase accountability of Cuban officials for human rights violations. Freedom House will provide capacity building...
Freedom House, Inc. was awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund Freedom House to provide legal and psychosocial assistance to victims of politically motivated repression in Venezuela and build pressure to combat ongoing human rights violations from September 2022 through January 2024. The...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,654 Project Grant to Verite Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) federal grant program. The two-year award running from September 15, 2022 to September 30, 2024 will support efforts to reduce vulnerability to debt bondage and labor exploitation among migrant workers in Bangladesh. The grant funds will allow Verite Inc. to provide services that directly...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $641,975 Project Grant to Udruzenje Centri Civilnih Inicijativa through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will support efforts from October 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 to increase the role and capacity of the judiciary and enforcement agencies in Bosnia and Herzegovina to protect electoral integrity and engage civil society...