Adilisha
The project seeks to strengthen the campaigning and organizational capacities of human rights organisations in Southern Africa using a mixture of regional workshops and computer- and Internet-based distance learning methods. Training courses will be developed on investigation of human rights violations; monitoring and reporting (criminal proceedings, elections etc); making representations to domestic, regional and international bodies; campaigning and advocacy; organisational management and leadership; financial management and fund-raising; and use of the internet for research and advocacy. Training modules will be developed in conjunction with national, regional and international experts and produced in electronic form for dissemination within the region.
Contact details
38 Western Road, Oxford OX1 4LG
UK
Phone: +44-1865-436446
Fax: +44-1865-096312
Website: http://www.adilisha.org
Email: firoze [at] fahamu [dot] org
Africa Action
Africa Action works for a positive US policy towards Africa and supports human rights, democracy, and development. Specific programs include health, women�s rights, and landmines.
Contact details
110 Maryland Ave. NE #508
Washington, DC 20002
USA
Phone: (202) 546-7961
Fax: (202) 546-1545
and
50 Broad Street #1701
New York, NY 10004
USA
Phone: (212) 785-1024
Fax: (212) 785-1078
Email: apic [at] igc [dot] org and africafund [at] igc [dot] org
Africare
Africare’s self-help programs assist Africans in the broad areas of food, water, the environment, health, private-sector development, governance and emergency humanitarian aid.
Contact details
440 R St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
USA
Phone: 202-462-3614
Fax: 202-387-1034
Website: http://www.africare.org
Email: development [at] africare [dot] org and africare [at] africare [dot] org
AIDS Law Project
Housed at Witwatersand University Centre for Applied Legal Studies, the ALP researches many of the difficult social, legal and human rights issues around AIDS. This research is then used to develop law, policies and “”best practice”” recommendations on questions such as AIDS and employment, AIDS and pregnancy, AIDS and development, AIDS and women.
Contact details
Aids Law Project
Centre for Applied Legal Studies
Private Ba3
University of the Witwatersand
Johannesburg, 2050
South Africa
Phone: 27 11 403 6918
Website: http://www.hri.ca/partners/alp/
Email: 125ma3he [at] solon [dot] law [dot] wits [dot] ac [dot] za
Alliances for Africa
Alliances for Africa (AfA) is an African non-governmental peace, human rights and development organisation. Through strategic partnerships with local, national and regional organisations, AfA undertakes programmes to enhance or reconstruct the interface between civil and political rights and economic and social rights. Initiatives are designed to build capacity and strategic alliances among local, national, regional and international human rights, peace and development agencies, promoting South to South and South to North interaction at manifold levels.
Contact details
Alliances for Africa
Africa Office
Plot 12 – House B
Hannat Balogun Street
Dolphin Estate Extension
Ikoyi, Lagos
Nigeria
Tel: +234 (1) 685549/2672578
Fax: +234 (1) 683095
Website: http://www.alliancesforafrica.org/index.asp
Email: alliancesforafrica.org
Arab Organization for Human Rights
The Arab Organization for Human Rights lists its aims as follows: 1) to call for respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms of all citizens and residents of the Arab world; 2) to defend any individual whose human rights are subjected to violations which are contrary to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; 3) to endeavor, regardless of political considerations, to obtain release of detained or imprisoned persons, seeking relief and assistance for persons whose freedom is restricted in any way or who are subject to coercion of any kind because of their beliefs and political convictions, or for reasons of race, sex, color, or language; 4) to protest in cases where a fair trial is not guaranteed; 5) to provide legal assistance where necessary and possible; 6) to call for improvements in conditions of prisoners of conscience; and 7) to work for the amnesty of persons sentenced for political reasons. Region: Middle East.
Contact details
17 Midan Aswan
Mohandseen
Giza
Egypt
Phone: (20) 3466582
Fax: (20) 3448166
Geneva office:
P.O. Box 82
CH-1211 Gen�ve 28
Switzerland
Website: http://aohr.org/ The Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
(CIHRS) is a regional research center specialized in the field of human rights. It was established in 1994. The CIHRS enjoys a special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It also has an observatory status with the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The CIHRS is also a member to the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and the Human Rights Education Network.
Contact details:
P.O. Box 117 (Maglis el- Shaab)
Cairo, Egypt
Tel: 7951112 – 7946065
Fax: 7921913
Website: http://www.cihrs.org/HOME/Home.htm
Email: cihrs [at] soficom [dot] com [dot] eg and webmaster [at] cihrs [dot] com
Constituency for Africa
Our mission is to mobilize and foster increased cooperation and coordination among a broad based coalition of American, African, and international organizations, institutions, and individuals committed to the progress and empowerment of Africa and African peoples.
Contact details
2400 N St. NW #510
Washington, DC 20037
USA
Phone: 202-371-0588
Fax: 202-371-9017
Equality Now
Equality Now was founded in 1992 to work for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world. Working with national human rights organizations and individual activists, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women and adds an international action overlay to support their efforts to advance equality rights and defend individual women who are suffering abuse. Through its Women�s Action Network, Equality Now distributes information about these human rights violations to concerned groups and individuals around the world, along with recommended actions for publicizing and protesting them. The Women�s Action Network is committed to voicing a worldwide call for justice and equality for women. Issues of urgent concern to Equality Now include rape, domestic violence, reproductive rights, trafficking of women, female genital mutilation, and equal access to economic opportunity and political participation.
Contact details
Africa Regional Office
P.O. Box 2018
KHN
Nairobi
Kenya
Email: info [at] equalitynow [dot] org
Global Alliance for Africa
The alliance adopts a unique, grassroots approach to the many serious problems faced by health care workers on the African continent.
Contact details
122 S. Des Plaines Street
Chicago, IL 60661
USA
Phone: 312-382-0607
Fax: 312-906-9930
Website: http://www.globalallianceafrica.org
Email: docjoe [at] flush [dot] net
Human Rights Watch/Africa
Human Rights Watch is the largest human rights organization based in the United States. Human Rights Watch researchers conduct fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in all regions of the world. Human Rights Watch then publishes those findings in dozens of books and reports every year, generating extensive coverage in local and international media.
Contact details
1630 Conn. Ave. NW #500
Washington, DC 20009
USA
Phone: 202-612-4321
Fax: 202-612-4333
Website: http://www.hrw.org
Email: hrwnyc [at] hrw [dot] org
Institute for the African Child
The children of Africa are the interdisciplinary focus of the Institute for the African Child at Ohio University. We seek to promote research, teaching, and service that consider children in the process of the African continent�s socio-economic development. Children are Africa�s most marginalized population group and a resource in need of the world�s attention.
Contact details
Burson House, 56 E. Union St.
Athens, OH 45701
USA
Phone: 740-597-1368
Fax: 740-593-1837
Website: http://www.ohio.edu/afrchild
The Institute for Human Rights and Development
The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa is a non-profit, non-governmental pan-African organisation headquartered in the Gambia. The Institute is committed to contributing to the development of the African human rights system through its programme activities. We are dedicated to making the human rights treaties of the African Union as effective as possible. The Institute works to strengthen the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights with whom it has observer status.
Contact details
Plot #902, Coastal Highway, Brusubi
P.O. Box 1896, Banjul, The Gambia
Tel: +220 962 280, 954 131
Fax: +220 494 178
Website: http://www.africaninstitute.org/html/institute_for_human_rights_and.html
Email: info [at] africaninstitute [dot] org
The Integrated Social Development Centre
The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) is a non-profit organisation in Ghana committed to the promotion of human rights (especially social and economic rights) and social justice for all, especially those suffering marginalisation, injustice and powerlessness. Our philosophy is that “every human life matters just as much as any other” and we believe in a life of dignity for all. Our mission is to “work for sustainable human development through empowering the poor, women and other marginalised groups.” Our empowerment activities are grounded in the belief that there are rights to global citizenship arising from the essential value of human dignity and freedom. The exercise of human rights facilitates the realisation of the right to development by helping to ensure that governments protect, and fulfill the aspirations of their citizens.
Contact details
Website: http://www.isodec.org.gh
21st Century African Youth Movement
The 21st Century African Youth Movement is the leading organization linking up the youth of Africa and youth of African descent in the Diaspora. We are advocates for a �Culture of peace in Africa� and encourage all African youth to come together and work for the good of their respective countries in order to build stronger nations for an eventual African Unity. We are also advocates for an effective and full participation of youth in the affairs of their communities and in decision-making.
Contact details
21st Century African Youth Movement
P.O. Box 8582
Madison, WI 53708
USA
Phone: 608-274-8582
Website: http://www.africanartville.org/africanartville/aboutus.asp
Email: african2000 [at] email [dot] msn [dot] com
Women in Law and Development in Africa (WiLDAF)
A Pan-African non-governmental, non profit making organisation bringing together organisations and individuals using a variety of tools, including law, to promote a culture for the exercise and respect for women’s rights in Africa.
Contact details
PO Box 4622 Harare, Zimbabwe
Phone: 263-4-752105/751189
Website: http://www.wildaf.org.zw
Email: wildaf [at] wildaf [dot] org [dot] zw