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Welcome! Whether you seek or make human rights grants, or are interested
in exploring the relevance of human rights for your work, we hope you
find the site a valuable resource.
Although the IHRFG does
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lists funders that do, including the Fund
for Global Human Rights.
In a First, Gay Rights Are Pressed at the UN
December 18, 2008 - NEIL MACFARQUHAR, New York Times
An unprecedented declaration seeking to decriminalize homosexuality won the support of 66 countries in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, but opponents criticized it as an attempt to legitimize "deplorable acts."
The United States refused to support the nonbinding measure, as did Russia, China, the Roman Catholic Church and members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. The Holy See’s observer mission issued a statement saying that the declaration "challenges existing human rights norms." Go to article...
UN Democracy Fund issues call for applications
October 31, 2008 - UNDEF, UNDEF
The Third Round of Funding for the United Nations Democracy Fund - UNDEF - will be conducted from 10 November to 31 December 2008.
Applications for UNDEF funding can be made online through a link from the UNDEF website that will be open from 10 November 2008. Go to article...
BBC Profile: New UN human rights chief
July 28, 2008 - Jonah Fisher, BBC
Navanethem Pillay, the United Nation's new commissioner for human rights, wants to be the "the champion of human rights in every part of the world". Go to article...
Women Forging New Bonds to Break Old Chains
June 17, 2008 - Nora Boustany, Washington Post
This article explores the emerging network of female leaders who started programs in their own communities, branched out to the national level and later forged bonds with global organizations to provide protection through education, legal counseling and grants.
Their efforts have helped women and girls around the world counter the effects of sexual violence and other injustices through such mechanisms as counseling, the media and dance in societies dominated by men and shaped by cultural and religious sensitivities sometimes at odds with women's rights. Go to article...
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