Center for Popular Education and Human Rights Ghana (Accra, Ghana) operates in a hostile social and political context where same-sex relationships are still criminalized. Using a multi-strategy approach, including community-building, theater performances and alliance-building. CEPEHRG advocates for the human rights of people living with HIV/AIDS and for all gay, lesbian, bisexual and same-gender loving people in Ghana. Grant supports their work to secure human rights for LGBT people in Ghana through media advocacy and training and the creation of strategic alliances to address discrimination against LGBT people. Additionally, the grant will support the development of non-discriminatory policies within local institutions, increase visibility of LGBT people outside the capital region and expand their Sisters of the Heart project for lesbian and bisexual women. $30,000 over 2 years

Centro Para La Educacion Y Prevencion Del Sida (Managua, Nicaragua) is a national LGBT advocacy organization working to promote and defend the rights of sexual minorities, including people living with HIV/AIDS, in Nicaragua. In spite of the growing influence of fundamentalist forces, and inconsistent support from other civil society sectors, CEPRESI has worked tirelessly over the years to denounce Article 204 and promote the decriminalization of homosexuality. They have raised the profile of sexual rights as fundamental to democracy and publicized human rights violations faced by sexual minorities at the hands of civil servants — including police, teachers and health workers. Grant supports expansion of their Democracy is Equality, Equality to Live & Diversity to Co-exist campaign, which seeks policy change amongst human rights organizations and governmental agencies to decrease discrimination experienced by LGBT people and to increase civil society acceptance of LGBT people. $75,000 over 3 years

Coalition of African Lesbians (Windhoek, Namibia) promotes lesbian visibility and equality across Africa. With a network of organizations in eleven African countries, CAL is working to build the organizing and advocacy capacity of its member organizations. Grant supports CAL's efforts to strengthen protection and promotion of equal human rights of lesbians throughout Africa. In particular, CAL will build its work with the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and the related NGO Forum to address human rights violations experienced by African lesbians within national contexts for which legal and other remedies do not currently exist. $40,000 over 2 years

Gender/Sexuality Rights Association of Taiwan (Taipei, Taiwan) works to dismantle discrimination and oppression of gender and sexual minorities in all areas of Taiwanese society. Past accomplishments are many and their savvy use of media promotes a message of human rights for all. GSRAT intervened on a number of human rights violations cases against gender/sexual minorities and they filed for a constitutional ruling around the 2003 raid and prosecution of Gin Gin's, the only LGBTI bookstore in East Asia. GSRAT helped to overturn regulations governing hair-length in many Taiwanese high schools and produced a related documentary called My Hair, My Affair. Grant supports their human rights program, including their efforts to secure policy reform, train and mobilize activists and develop an Asia-regional alliance. $75,000 over 3 years

Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (Kingston, Jamaica) was founded in 1998 as the first human rights organization in Jamaican history to serve the needs of lesbians, gays and all-sexuals. Although their office is located in Kingston, JFLAG provides services to Jamaicans in all 14 of the island's parishes, as well as to Jamaicans living in the United Kingdom, North America and in the greater Caribbean region. The challenging context of their work is well documented in Hated to Death: Homophobia, Violence and Jamaica's HIV/AIDS Epidemic, a report they worked on with Amnesty International in 2004. Grant supports expansion of their Public Sensitivity programming and their work to build an effective LGBT human rights advocate network throughout the Caribbean region. $50,000 over 2 years

Lezbijska Grupa KONTRA (Zagreb, Croatia) has challenged institutionalized homophobia in Croatia since 1997. They have achieved an enormous amount, highlights of which include co-organizing Zagreb Pride since 2002, in spite of significant opposition from the police, politicians and religious extremists and have been instrumental in pressuring the Croatian Parliament to affirm civil unions and recognize shared assets. KONTRA has helped to ensure that national schoolbook standards prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. Grant supports expansion of their LGBT Legal & Social Perspectives in Croatia project, which they have developed largely in cooperation with the LGBTQI group Iskorak. $75,000 over 3 years