Project Grant SSJTIP21GR3023

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $900,000 Project Grant to China Labor Watch Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) federal grant program. This three-year award, made on September 30, 2022 and set to conclude on September 30, 2025, will support the sub-awardee's efforts to build solidarity networks among Chinese workers and with international labor advocacy organizations. Funding will also...

This project grant from the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs National Institute of Justice, under the Services for Trafficking Victims federal grant program (CFDA 16.320), provides $975,209 to Research Triangle Institute for research and resources related to labor trafficking victimization. The three-year award beginning in January 2022 will fund mapping of labor trafficking supply chains in federally prosecuted construction and hospitality industry cases, interviews with...

This $2 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) aims to empower persons with lived experience (PLE) of labor exploitation in the Philippines to actively engage with the government in addressing labor exploitation and improving labor conditions. The project focuses on organizing, training, and mobilizing PLE into networks to facilitate their meaningful engagement in...

This $1.35 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), will fund the design of an innovative new methodology to generate data on the supply chains of garment and electronics industries in China. Awarded on September 23, 2022 to Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen (Somo), doing business as Somo, the grant will support...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $1,650,000 project grant to the International Labor Rights Forum under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program. The grant will support efforts from March 2023 through March 2026 to highlight trafficking in the Gulf region and encourage corporations and governments to address trafficking in persons (TIP). The International Labor Rights Forum will work from...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $307,000 project grant under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program to Stichting Terre DES Hommes Nederland. The grant will support activities from December 2021 through November 2023 to provide community members in Keranigaj Upazila, Bangladesh access to reliable information, safe reporting, and referral services to help reduce the impact of COVID-19 on...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1.53 million project grant to the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, Inc. (dba Victims of Communism) under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345). The two-year grant will support the foundation's work to expose human rights abuses related to internment camps, coercive poverty alleviation programs, and forced labor in China, as well as their links to global...

The Freedom Fund received a $390,250 project grant award from the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program. The award period is from March 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022 to intervene on behalf of 1,100 children exploited in India due to COVID and work with police to increase trafficking in persons (TIP) prosecutions. The grant will support the Freedom Fund's efforts to...

This Cooperative Agreement award, provided by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement, will expand the WhatsApp-based labor trafficking grievance mechanism and worker voice tool, Nossa Voz, which was previously developed under a Program to End Modern Slavery (PEMS) grant. The total award amount is $1,300,000.00, with a period of performance from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026. The recipient organization is the International Labor Organization...

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $244,403 Project Grant to Hagar USA Inc. to collaborate with the Vietnamese government to build capacity to respond to COVID-related trafficking in persons (TIP) victims in Vietnam. Under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program, Hagar USA Inc. will work directly with the Vietnamese government from November 2021 through October 2022. The grant funding will support...