International & Human Rights Search Resources

International & Human Rights Search Resources

"Amnesty International is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights for all.Our supporters are outraged by human rights abuses but inspired by hope for a better world - so we work to improve human rights through campaigning and international solidarity."

Listing of the groups that specialize in supporting women in the developing countries.

“The Human Rights Resource Center is an integral part of the University of Minnesota Human Rights Center and works in partnership with the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library to create and distribute Human Rights Education (HRE) resources via electronic and print media; train activists, professionals, and students as human rights educators; and build advocacy networks to encourage effective practices in human rights education.”

“The International Center for Transitional Justice works to redress and prevent the most severe violations of human rights by confronting legacies of mass abuse. ICTJ seeks holistic solutions to promote accountability and create just and peaceful societies.”

“The Peace & Justice Center is a Vermont-based non-profit, membership organization. Our mission is to create a just and peaceful world. To this end, we work on the interconnected issues of economic and racial justice, peace, and human rights through education, advocacy, training, non-violent activism and community organizing.”

“The Africa Center is the pre-eminent Department of Defense institution for strategic security studies, research, and outreach in Africa. The Africa Center engages African partner states and institutions through rigorous academic and outreach programs that build strategic capacity and foster long-term, collaborative relationships.”

“The African American Planning Commission (AAPCI) Inc., is a New York City-based 501(c)(3), nonprofit organization committed to addressing homelessness and the related issues of domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, housing shortage, and unemployment within the communities in which we live and serve.”

"aidha is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to ‘enriching lives through financial education.’ Inspired by UNIFEM’s National Committee, Singapore, aidha serves women migrant workers. We provide confidence-building, money management, and entrepreneurship training. We also offer the micro-credit services necessary to launch small businesses back home."

“The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.”

"As we face an inflection point in history, the Atlantic Council provides an essential forum for navigating dramatic shifts in economic and political influence. The Council is home to ten programs and centers, broken down both functionally and regionally, which seamlessly work together to tackle today’s unique set of challenges."

"BDCF aim to break the poverty cycle by offering education, training, and job opportunities to those who need them the most: street kids, child victims of trafficking, and the rural poor."

“The Center is a non-profit, public interest legal foundation dedicated to furthering and protecting the civil, constitutional, and human rights of immigrants, refugees, children, and the poor.”

“Common Ground provides a lifeline for individuals and families in crisis, victims of crime, persons with mental illness, people trying to cope with critical situations and runaway and homeless youths.”

“Since 2003, COAP has been devoted to providing assistance and advocacy for families in Henan who have been affected by HIV/AIDS, particularly children orphaned by AIDS. With an emphasis on the ideals of human worth and humane care, COAP, through non-government channels, aims to provide assistance to AIDS orphans and HIV/AIDS affected families.”

“The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a non-partisan American public policy and grantmaking institution dedicated to promoting better understanding and cooperation between North America and Europe on transatlantic and global issues.”

"The Global Fund for Women plays a leading role in advancing women’s rights by making grants that support and strengthen women’s groups around the world."

"Hagar is an international Christian organization committed to the recovery, empowerment and reintegration of women and children in Afghanistan, Cambodia and Vietnam... At Hagar, social programs meet social business. This approach, including recovery shelters, education, vocational training, and employment, and has enabled hundreds of women and children to reintegrate into community again."

“HealthRight International (formerly Doctors of the World-USA) is a global health and human rights organization working to build lasting access to health for excluded communities.”

“The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality.”

“Human Rights in China (HRIC), founded by Chinese students and scholars in March 1989, is an international, Chinese, nongovernmental organization with a mission to promote international human rights and advance the institutional protection of these rights in the People’s Republic of China.”

“Human Rights Watch is one of the world’s leading independent organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. By focusing international attention where human rights are violated, we give voice to the oppressed and hold oppressors accountable for their crimes.”

"The Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (HHRF) has been helping Hungarian minorities in Central Europe to be heard for nearly three decades. We’re the only professional organization in the West devoted to the rights of ethnic Hungarians in Romania, Slovakia, Serbia, Ukraine, Croatia and Slovenia."

Improving the overall environment surrounding refugees and asylum-seekers in Japan.

“Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area (LSS/NCA) walks with those in need and mobilizes community partners to provide services that offer hope and rebuild lives.”

“Peaceworks holds a vision of an ecologically sound, sustainable world and a violence-free community in which human equality and justice flourish. We aspire to create a participatory, cooperative social order in which all individuals can fully actualize their potential free of coercion or violence.”

"A history that stretches back more than 15 years has made the Phnom Penh Post the ‘Newspaper of Record’. In fact the Phnom Penh Post is the oldest existing independent newspaper in any language in Cambodia." The Post gives interns freedom and access to dig into stories of their choice. So if you want to investigate any Cambodia-related issues on the ground, here's a place to work.

“PHR was founded in 1986 on the idea that health professionals, with their specialized skills, ethical duties, and credible voices, are uniquely positioned to investigate the health consequences of human rights violations and work to stop them.”

“Physicians for Social Responsibility is the medical and public health voice working to prevent the use or spread of nuclear weapons and to slow, stop and reverse global warming and the toxic degradation of the environment.”

“Pro Mujer is an international women’s development and microfinance organization whose mission is to provide Latin America’s poor women with the means to build livelihoods for themselves and futures for their families through microfinance, business training, and healthcare support.”

“RADDHO works towards realising the rule of law and democratic tolerance through various projects, including conferences on human rights, field investigations and the publication of reports. It also participates in observing elections in Senegal and elsewhere in the region.”

"Root Capital is a nonprofit social investment fund that is pioneering finance for grassroots businesses in rural areas of developing countries. We provide capital, deliver financial training, and strengthen market connections for small and growing businesses that build sustainable livelihoods and transform rural communities in poor, environmentally vulnerable places."

“Seva Mandir’s mission is to make real the idea of a society consisting of free and equal citizens who are able to come together and solve the problems that affect them in their particular contexts. The commitment is to work for a paradigm of development and governance that is democratic and polyarchic.”

“We organize to build the leadership of young people in the peace movement. We campaign to decrease the number of young people who enlist in the military. We oppose the poverty draft, the unjust recruitment of America’s youth, and all violations of student privacy rights. Militarism among youth is not inevitable. And neither is war. We push for practical alternatives.”

"an independent “Fair Trade” company marketing quality handicrafts made by village groups of artisans in all parts of Thailand. "

“Tostan's mission is to empower African communities to bring about sustainable development and positive social transformation based on respect for human rights.”

“UNICEF is the driving force that helps build a world where the rights of every child are realized. We have the global authority to influence decision-makers, and the variety of partners at grassroots level to turn the most innovative ideas into reality.”

“The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.”

“A volunteer driven non-profit NGO based in Ghana which aims to promote better life opportunities for people in underprivileged communities through better education, health, sanitation and sustainable development.”

“Volunteers For Peace offers placement in international volunteer projects in more than 100 countries.”

“WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change.”

STUDY PROGRAMS IN HUMAN RIGHTS

“GYC’s programs provide youth (ages 14-30) from a wide range of ethnic, national, economic and religious backgrounds with opportunities to enhance their ability to take action on pressing human rights issues. Our programs weave together: experiential training programs and workshops; skills development in grassroots organizing, conflict transformation, human rights activism and leadership; mentoring and technical support for on-going organizing efforts; on-the-ground experience in human rights organizations and doing human rights work; and connection to a global community of youth activists.”