CURRENT GRANTS 2006-2007

Blue Diamond Society (Katmandu, Nepal) is the main national LGBT organization in Nepal, working for the health, human rights, and well-being of sexual minorities (including Meti, Dohori, Ta, gay, bisexual, lesbian, Hijra, Singary, Fulumulu, Kothi, Kotha, Strian, Maugia, and Panthi people) in Nepal.Grant supports a campaign co-organized with Global Rights, to promote inclusion of protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the constitutional reform process in Nepal. $10,000 http://www.bds.org.np

Colombia Diversa (Bogota, Colombia) is Colombia's main national LGBT organization.Working for the full inclusion, respect, recognition, and mobilization of LGBT people, their key areas of work include human rights policy change on issues affected LGBT communities, human rights documentation, media education, and work in alliance with social, women's and human rights movements.Grant supports their human rights project, which will document and publicize human rights violations against LGBT people in four cities, and build their communications and education strategies to mobilize people to advance LGBT rights. $75,000 over 3 years http://www.colombiadiversa.org/

Kampania Przeciw Homofobii (KPH) (Warsaw, Poland) works to monitor and defend the human rights of sexual minorities in Poland.With seven branches throughout Poland, KPH is the largest LGBT organization in the country. Grant supports KPH's LGBT human rights project and anti-discrimination center, which seek to fight discrimination based on sexual orientation in Poland, and in coordination with other anti-discrimination efforts in Eastern Europe. $75,000 over 3 years http://www.kampania.org.pl

Labris-Lesbian Human Rights Organization (Belgrade, Serbia) was the first lesbian organization formed in the former Republic of Yugoslavia.Through media campaigns and public education, they work to end violence and discrimination against lesbians in Serbia, although their impact is felt by LGBT people overall.Grant supports Labris' work to promote the inclusion of anti-discrimination measures in policy and human rights education of key public national and regional institutions (including the media, health care institutions, university policies, political parties, and police). $75,000 over 3 years http://www.labris.org.yu

Mulabi Espacio Latinoamericano de Sexualidades y Derechos (Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a sexual and gender rights advocacy organization that also serves as a regional resource throughout Latin America.Grant supports their human rights work addressing the needs of transgender and gender non-conforming communities. They run a violence prevention project for gender non-conforming children and adolescents, as well as a project seeking legal recognition and an end to institutional violence by health care and other institutions towards transgender and intersex people=. $75,000 over 3 years

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