The Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration awarded a $3,500,000 Cooperative Agreement to the Seed Foundation, a foreign non-profit organization, under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for the Middle East and North Africa (CFDA 19.519). Through this award, the Seed Foundation will provide psychological support, social work services, recreation, training, and education opportunities to those affected by conflict in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, with a focus on...
The Seed Foundation received a $3.2 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of State Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration under the Overseas Refugee Assistance Program for Near East (CFDA 19.519) to prevent gender-based violence and protect, empower, and support survivors and vulnerable populations in Iraq from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022. The award will fund programs to assist refugee, conflict-affected, and internally displaced populations in Iraq, with a...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Swedo-The Swedish Development Aid Organization to improve local mechanisms supporting survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) and provide cash assistance to survivors from October 1, 2022 to March 31, 2024. This award supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) program, which funds targeted democracy and...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.58 million Project Grant to The Secdev Foundation under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) from September 30, 2022 to October 30, 2024. The grant will enhance conditions for restoring civic space engagement and freedoms in Egypt by funding targeted democracy and human rights programs where fundamental rights are threatened or open political...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $2 million cooperative agreement to Mercy Corps for the period of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) and its goal of expanding Iraqi civil society organizations' collective ability to influence decision-making processes in Iraq. Specifically, Mercy Corps will provide targeted support to Iraqi...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.5 million Project Grant to Community World Service under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) for the period of September 15, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The grant will support Community World Service's work to deliver programs focused on minority personal laws, inheritance laws and access to education and employment in Pakistan. As described...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the Jiyan Foundation For Human Rights, operating as the Kirkuk Center For Torture Victims, to contribute to a swift and proper implementation of Iraq's YSL and to support a survivor-centric approach to criminal justice. The grant period runs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The funding supports the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345)...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded $2,000,000 to the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to assist young leaders, particularly women, in increasing constructive relationships between elected representatives and their constituents in Iraq. The project aims to advance inclusive and responsive policies to address community...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $987,500 Project Grant to the International Foundation For Electoral Systems to build and strengthen intersectional networks representing marginalized populations in Lebanon to organize for political rights and against corruption. The grant will support targeted programs under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) from September 2022 through March 2025. This...
The Stichting "Global Rights Compliance Foundation" (STG Global Rights Compliance Foundation) will provide $1.9 million in technical capacity building, legal assistance, and advocacy services for civil society organizations and worker organizations seeking accountability in Pakistan under a two-year Project Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. This award is being made through the Department's International Programs to Support Democracy,...