International Grants in 2017Print

Geographic Distribution

Region	Number	Amount Granted (NTD)	Percentage of 2017 International Grant Funding
Asia (ex. China)	38	8,266,169	42.9 %
China Human Rights*	23	5,500,946	28.6 %
Americas	12	2,724,156	14.1 %
Europe	14	2,102,691	10.9 %
Africa	3	398,699	2.1 %
Oceania	2	275,000	1.4 %
Total	92	19,267,661	100 %

 

Grants awarded in 2017, by region and country

[excluding fellowships]

 

ASIA

 

Bangladesh

˙  “Protecting the Human Rights of Bangladeshi Domestic Female Workers Working in the Gulf Countries,” Daffodil International University

˙ “Protecting the Rights of Indigenous People in Bangladesh,” Bangladesh Centre for Human Rights and Development (BCHRD)

˙   “Democratic Rights Education for Rural Women and Young Girls in Bangladesh,” Prova Society

˙   “Youth Power Project-YPP (Second Phase),” Human Rights & Democratic Development Centre (HRDC)

 

Hong Kong

˙ “2017 Strait Talk Hong Kong Symposium and Lecture Series,” Strait Talk Hong Kong

       

India

˙ “Contact Magazine: Supporting a Free Press for Tibetans in Exile,” Lha Charitable Trust: Institute for Social Work and Education

˙ “Enhancing Local Capacities of Peace to Address the Culture of Mob Justice in Manipur,” Institute of Social Research and Development (ISRD)

˙ “Publication of Global Network on Local Governance (GNLG) Newsletter,” Institute of Social Sciences

 

Indonesia

˙ “End Gender Based Violence,” Sahabat Perempuan

˙ “The Power of the Poor Women: The Journeys of Indonesian Women Migrant Workers in Becoming Entrepreneurs,” Center for Indonesian Policy Studies (CIPS)

˙ “Southeast Asia Digital Rights Camp,” Engage Media Collective, Inc.

 

Malaysia

˙  “Documentation & Monitoring Project (Human Rights Report & Thematic Research),” Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM)

˙  “Empowerment of Voters－Especially Women, Indigenous Peoples and Youth－in Political Participation and Electoral Reform,” Bersih 2.0 (2017 ADHRA Laureate)

 

Mongolia

˙ “Democracy Summer Camp 2017,” Zorig Foundation

 

Nepal

˙  “Initiative for Legal Education at the Community Level for Combating Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Promotion of Gender Equality,” Environment and Justice Society (ENJUS)  

˙  “Protecting and Promoting Migrant Workers' Rights through Civil Society Monitoring of Migration Governance in Nepal,” Centre for Social Change (CSC)

 

Pakistan

˙   “Enhancing Capacity of Local Women Councilors and Political Workers for Strengthening Women's Participation and Establishing Grassroots Democracy,” FLAME Foundation

˙  “Strengthening Transparency and Accountability Mechanisms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province through the Right to Information Act,” Merit Witness

˙  “Raising the Acumen of Newly-elected Local Representatives in Union Councils of District Mardan,” Human Development Promotion Group (HDPG)

˙  “Defending Human Rights and Promoting Democratic Values by Engagement of Youth and Civil Society,” Organization for Development and Peace    

˙  “Know Your Rights,” Kawish Resource Center

˙  “Advocacy Campaign to End Domestic Violence in District Charsadda,” ROR JAN

 

Philippines

˙  “The Escalante Massacre, 31 Years After,” Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP)

˙  “Documentary of the Formal Peace Talks between the Government and the National Democratic Front,” Kodao Productions

˙  “People's Peace and Human Security Advocacy in ASEAN: Enabling Peoples and Communities to Develop and Advance a People's Peace and Human Security Agenda within and among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),” Initiatives for International Dialogue (IID)

˙  “Beyond Boundaries: Strengthening Peoples' Solidarities for a Just, Equitable and Humane Southeast Asia,” Freedom from Debt Coalition

˙  “2017 CSO Partnership for Development Effectiveness Southeast Asia Sub-Regional Meeting: Promoting Human Rights-Based Approaches in Development Cooperation,” Reality of Aid Network

˙  “Migrants' Stories, Migrants' Voices: Sustaining Migrants Rights Protection through Sharing of Experiences of Migrants and Their Families,” Philippine Migrants Rights Watch (PMRW)

˙  “Policy Action Conference: Key Issues on Federalism in the Philippines,” Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG)

 

South Korea

˙  “Empowering North Korean Defectors with Democracy and Human Rights Education,” People for Successful Corean Reunification (PSCORE)

 

Thailand

˙  “Human Rights Mechanisms in Southeast Asia: A Regional Assessment,” Asia Centre

˙  “Towards an Ethical Framework for Consultation and Research Involving Children in Contexts of Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse,” ECPAT International

˙ “Enhancing Democratic Processes in Timor-Leste for the 2017 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections,” Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)

˙  “Creating E-Learning Resources on Human Rights and Gender Equality,” Asian Institute for Human Rights

˙  “ASEAN People's Center: Sub-Regional Community Participation in ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC) 2017,” People's Empowerment Foundation

 

CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS*

 

Australia

˙  “6th China Democracy Forum,” China Democracy Forum

˙  “Democratic Transition and National Memory Conference,” China Transform Study Institute

 

Denmark

˙  “2017 Copenhagen International Symposium,” China Road International Research Association

 

Germany

˙  “Potsdam International Conference on the Current Situation and Democratic Future of China,” Forum for a Democratic China and Asia

˙  “European Seminar for Mongolia-Uyghur-Tibet-China Issues,” Federation for a Democratic China

 

Hong Kong

˙ “Promoting Participation of Civil Society in China’s Third Universal Periodic Review,” Chinese Aizhixing Limited

˙  “Hong Kong and Macao Youth Public Participation Capacity Building,” New School for Democracy

 

UK

˙  “Collaboration and Strengthening the Tibet Movement in Asia: Regional Conference 2017,” International Tibet Network

 

USA

˙  “China's Democratic Breakthrough Seminar,” Civil Society Institute   

˙  “Publication of Modern China Studies,” Center for Modern China Foundation

˙  “Publication of Beijing Spring magazine,” Beijing Spring Magazine

˙  “Recording Historical Truth,” Thin and High

˙  “China Briefing online biweekly,” Chinese Scholars Friendship Association, Inc.

˙  “Editing and Managing the ‘Participation Network’ (www.canyu.org),” China Netizen Rights, Inc.

˙  “Publication and Release of Victims of Family Planning,” Women's Rights in China

˙  “International Symposium on China's Political Direction and the Development of US-China Relations,” Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang Memorial Foundation

˙  “Conference on Chinese Authors and the Female Consciousness in Chinese Literature” Independent Chinese PEN Center

˙  “12th Interethnic/Interfaith Leadership Conference to Promote Understanding of Democratic Values and Joint Action Plans,” Initiatives for China

˙  “2017 Free Tibet! Action Camp in Germany and India,” Students for a Free Tibet

˙  “Taiwan Democracy Map (Volume IV),” Institute of Asia-Pacific Religion and Democracy

 

AMERICAS

 

Mexico

˙  “Democratic Strengthening by Mobilizing Mexican Masculinities,” Gendes A.C.

 

USA

˙  “Taiwan Democracy Today: Exploring Taiwan's Democracy in Transition,” Global Taiwan Institute

˙  “Taiwan-US Policy Fellows Program,” Center for Strategic and International Studies

˙  “Civil Society Participation in the Community of Democracies Ministerial Meeting,” Alliance for Open Society International, Inc.

˙  “RE: Taiwan as Practice, Method and Theory,” North American Taiwan Studies Association (NATSA)

˙  “Oslo Freedom Forum 2017 – Human Rights in Asia: In China's Shadow,” Human Rights Foundation

˙  “Promoting Civil Society through National and Regional Networking,” Boat People SOS (BPSOS)

˙  “Empowering Cuban Human Rights Defenders and Mobilizing International Groups to Spotlight Cuba's Human Rights Record,” Center for a Free Cuba

 

EUROPE

 

Austria

˙  “Editors Meeting for Annual Journal Publication 'The Japanese in Taiwanese and Chinese Cinema',” Vienna Center for Taiwan Studies

 

Denmark

˙  “The Roles of Public Diplomacy and Civil Society in Foreign Policy,” Taiwan Corner

 

Germany

˙  “Visiting Fellow Programme 2017-2018,” European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan - A CCK Foundation Overseas Center (CCKF-ERCCT)

 

Ireland

˙  “Support of Asian Human Rights Defenders to Attend the Ninth Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders at Risk,” Front Line－The International Foundation for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders

 

Slovenia

˙  “Organization of Taiwan-Related Academic Activities,” Taiwan Study Center

 

Sweden

˙  “The Third International Youth to Youth Summit,” Youth to Youth Initiative

 

Switzerland

˙  “The Human Right to Water and Sanitation: An Annotated Anthology of Key International and Regional Human Rights Law and Mechanisms,” WaterLex

˙  “Empowering Nepalese Civil Society to Help Victims of International Crimes Obtain Justice,” TRIAL International

 

UK

˙  “14th EATS Annual Conference,” European Association of Taiwan Studies (EATS)

˙  “Forum: Justice for Women Defenders Victims of Corporate Abuses,” Latin American Mining Monitoring Programme (LAMMP)

˙  “Strengthening the Defence of Human Rights in Cambodia,” Cord

 

AFRICA

 

Kenya

˙  Uprooting Female Genital Mutilation in Samburu,” Solution Seeds

 

South Africa

˙  “International Civil Society Week 2017: Our Planet, Our Struggles, Our Future,” CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation

 

Uganda

˙  “National Conference on Electoral Democracy and Rule of Law in Uganda,” National Foundation for Democracy and Human Rights in Uganda (NAFODU)

 

OCEANIA

 

Australia

˙  “The 10th International Conference of the International Society for Health and Human Rights: 'Mental Health, Mass People Displacement and Ethnic Minorities',” The International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR)

˙  “Translation into Chinese of Two Important English-language Books on Taiwan's Democracy,” Monash University

 

* NOTE: Grants for promotion of human rights and democracy in China are generally awarded to organizations based outside of China; thus, those grants are listed in a separate category, regardless of where the grantee organizations are based.