Project Grant SSJTIP23GR0021

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...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) will receive $8.5 million through a cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs to implement Phase II of the Bridge Project from December 2022 through December 2024. The project aims to effectively eliminate traditional and state-imposed forced labor systems and significantly reduce contemporary forms of forced labor linked to human trafficking. Key products and services will include...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,030,000 Project Grant to combat Chinese Communist Party repression of Uyghur and minority communities inside and outside of Xinjiang. The grant falls under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345), which funds targeted programs addressing human rights abuses and supporting open political spaces in struggling democracies and authoritarian regimes....

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) program. Through this award, three organizations will develop and test tools to eradicate forced labor in Brazil's coffee sector. Specifically, Stanford University will develop a decision support tool for use by...

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 Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $925,000 Project Grant to Service International Pour Les Droits De L'Homme to equip Chinese human rights defenders to engage with the UN human rights system and push for accountability and improved access to rights. This award will be carried out from September 30, 2022 through September 30, 2025 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345). This program funds...

The Department of State Office of the Secretary of State awarded a $2.5 million Cooperative Agreement to the American Bar Association Fund For Justice And Education to build capacity of foreign researchers, journalists, and civil society actors to counter the use of coercive legal instruments by the People's Republic of China and/or the Chinese Communist Party to limit freedom of expression. This award, made under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) on September 30, 2022 for completion...

The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,450,000 two-year Project Grant to the Center For The Cultivation Of Technology Gemeinnuetzige GMBH through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The purpose of this Project Grant award is to increase public access to information censored within China and use data on information preferences to improve civil society outreach strategies in the...

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...

This $1,300,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) federal grant program, will be used by the International Labor Organization (ILO) to expand the WhatsApp-based labor trafficking grievance mechanism and worker voice tool called "Nossa Voz". The project aims to strengthen worker protections and combat labor trafficking through...