The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit research and advocacy institute dedicated to the promotion of democracy, good governance and economic openness throughout Ghana and the African continent.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s): Network of Democracy Research Institutes; World Movement for Democracy; Africa Democracy Forum; Community of Democracies; Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors, Afrobarometer.

EG Justice was launched in 2008 in the United States (rather than in Equatorial Guinea, as human rights organizations are not permitted to operate within the country) to promote human rights, the rule of law, transparency, and civic participation to build a just Equatorial Guinea. EG Justice is governed by a Board of Directors, advised by Equatoguinean and international experts, and managed by an Executive Team. We collaborate with international organizations to bring critical human rights issues to the attention of global policymakers, promoting human rights, transparency, rule of law, and civic participation in Equatorial Guinea.

Filimbi is a pro-democracy and civil society movement that advocates against poor governance and human rights abuses, and which demands respect for the constitution of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Filimbi promotes the exercise of the rights to freedom of expression, freedom of association and assembly as well as freedom of thought, working specifically with youth.

Legal and human Rights Center (LHRC) is the largest NGO in Tanzania dealing with democracy and the rule of law. Its main purpose is to strive to empower the public, promote, reinforce and safeguard human rights and good governance in Tanzania.

Forum for the Strengthening of Civil Society (FORSC) – At its creation in June 2002, the main concerns were to help Burundi civil society coordinate their actions for the sake of public interest; to conduct a diagnosis of the social, economic, political and security context in Burundi in order to arrive at the same vision and identify common actions to be carried out. Being a forum for dialogue between Burundian civil society organizations but also for mutual reinforcement through the exchange of information, strategic actions and experience, FORSC is a channel for galvanizing the energies of associations to build a strong and active civil society.

Promotion of public safety, security and access to justice through empirical studies, legislative advocacy, demonstration projects and publications in partnership with civil society, the government and private sector.

Action for Peace and Development (APD) strives to promote a peaceful, democratic and prosperous society in Burundi by engaging the youth and women as active participants in their political and civil society decision-making instances. In 2015, an active founder-member of Action for Peace and development participated in “The Next Generation for Democracy Movements in Africa” conference in Dakar,Senegal, installing democratic values.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

EAC Women, Peace and Security Network on UNSCR1325.

The African Democracy Forum (ADF) is a regional network launched in Abuja, Nigeria in October 2000. It comprises civil society organisations, media institutions, community based organisations, academic institutions and donor entities that work on democracy, democratic research, protection of human rights, upholding the rule of law and promoting good governance through the twin principles of transparency and accountability in the African continent.

AJVD works in the field of social justice and development for young people. We work for the integral development of the young, respect for human rights including the young surviving GBV and political manipulations. Our missions are to generate opportunities for the protection of human rights and the development of vulnerable young people in order to promote democracy. The organization participated in international meetings in Nigeria organized by the African Democracy Movement.

Over 20 years of experience in international development. Founder of the Sudanese Development Initiative (SUDIA), an NGO working to achieve greater stability, development and good governance in Sudan.

RPDH (Engagement for Peace and Human Rights) is a non-profit, independent and non-partisan non-governmental organization dedicated to fighting impunity and promoting human rights and democratic governance. RPDH believes it is possible to achieve peace through justice and equity. It is dedicated to promoting democracy through the rule of law.

Tuwindi is a non-partisan, non-profit organization. Its goal is to use information and communication technologies to support social and economic development in Africa. Tuwindi intervenes in the area of democracy, governance, citizenship, human rights and media. Its approach is to consolidate democracy, and social and economic development by federating the actions of government, civil society organizations, the media and political parties.

The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative is an international NGO that advocates for better access to justice and promotes access to information in Commonwealth countries.

Conducts civic education, sensitizes young people on the importance of voting, provides political education, and encourages youth to run for political office.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

African Movement for Democracy

Women’s Democracy Network-Uganda Chapter enhances women’s capacity to pursue leadership and activism in the public sphere for women’s rights and gender equality.

The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) is a pan–African non-governmental organization (NGO) working to promote awareness of human rights in Africa and improve the effectiveness of the African Human Rights system.

STRADH (Workers Trade Union at services of Human Rights Defenders) is a human rights organization working to defend, protect and promote human rights.

NAYMOTE was established in 2001 by university student leaders and youth activists to strengthen and promote positive youth and community engagements in support of democratic governance and sustainable development in Liberia. We have conducted research on citizens’ perception of the workings of lawmakers, produced a toolkit on youth participation in local governance and social accountability, a legislative guide to organize meetings.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

African Democracy Forum.

REDHAC covers 8 countries in Central Africa. The headquarters are based in Douala and Cameroon. Its objectives are to promote the human rights defenders status without discrimination, to train them on the regional and international mechanisms for their protection and to promote democracy (ICCPR, ACDEG). REDHAC is engaged in advocacy, protection actions, and supports activists and political opposition parties (UPC, CCP) pursuing the consolidation of democracy.

CCOAIB is an umbrella organisation of 38 local NGOs in development, which are legally operating in all 30 districts of Rwanda since1987. Member organizations operate across the whole country and are involved in various development domains like work agriculture and animal husbandry, beekeeping, food processing, shelter, handcrafts, livestock credit, women empowerment, rural water supply, water and sanitation, youth empowerment, coaching orphans, cooperatives development, micro-finance, rural citizen participation, basic technology, etc. CCOAIB mission is to strengthen its intervention capacity for promoting sustainable development of the population.

Associate Director of Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies (GLiSS). The Great Lakes Institute for Strategic Studies is an independent policy think tank with exclusive programming on regional and international public policy issues. The mission of GLiSS is to accelerate socio-economic transformation and inclusive development in the Great Lakes sub-region by providing evidence-based policy options that put men, women and the youth at the center of development policy and policy implementation.

Chapter Four Uganda is an independent not-for profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the protection of civil liberties and promotion of human rights for all in Uganda. Incorporated in 2013 under the laws of Uganda, Chapter Four Uganda is a robust and coordinated mechanism for legal response to abuse of civil liberties. The organization provides bold and innovative legal response through representation, litigation and counsel to the most vulnerable and discriminated sections of society.

NewSETA’s mission is to facilitate the creation of new social and economic opportunities that improve quality of life of disadvantaged children and enhance capacity of youths. NewSETA also promotes democratic values, peaceful coexistence, and improved human rights environment. Of recent, NewSETA is involved in the VOTE18 CAMPAIGN which aims at reducing the voting age in Cameroon from 20 to 18 and she is also a co-founder organization of the AMD.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

African Movement for Democracy (AMD).

Burundi Citizen Synergy for Peace and the Rule of Law is an organization that was created after almost all the organizations working in Burundi were banned. It is a coalition of banned organizations that came together from the countries the sought protection, in order to advocate for Burundi.

Partners West Africa (PWA) – Senegal objective is to promote civil society organizations as credible partners in the promotion of peace, democracy, development, inclusive security and the rule of law in West Africa.

The Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) is an independent, non-governmental and non-profit research and advocacy institute dedicated to the promotion of democracy, good governance and economic openness throughout Ghana and the African continent.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s): Network of Democracy Research Institutes; World Movement for Democracy; Africa Democracy Forum; Community of Democracies; Global Network of Domestic Election Monitors, Afrobarometer.

REDHAC covers 8 countries in Central Africa. The headquarters are based in Douala and Cameroon. Its objectives are to promote the human rights defenders status without discrimination, to train them on the regional and international mechanisms for their protection and to promote democracy (ICCPR, ACDEG). REDHAC is engaged in advocacy, protection actions, and supports activists and political opposition parties (UPC, CCP) pursuing the consolidation of democracy.

OBJECTIFS : – promouvoir, défendre et protéger les valeurs et cultures démocratiques – Veiller au respect des Libertés Fondamentales et des Droits de l’Homme – Vulgariser les textes relatifs aux Libertés Fondamentales et aux Droits de l’Homme; De par sa mission, l’AJDVPG mène plusieurs activités dont des investigations y compris dans les domaines de la transparence, la lutte contre l’impunité et la préservation de l’environnement.

The African Democracy Forum (ADF), launched in Abuja, Nigeria, in October 2000, is an African regional network of democracy, human rights, and governance organizations. The ADF mandate as per its founding constitution is to be an active advocate for democracy, the defense and promotion of human rights, good governance, and the rule of law. The ADF seeks to ensure that the principles of democracy, human rights, good governance, and the rule of law are fully observed and respected throughout Africa.

BEOG NEERE is an NGO founded in 2010 and dedicated to foster democracy by strengthening citizen participation, accountability and transparency.

The Constitution and Reform Education Consortium (CRECO) is a network of civil society organizations that belong to the broad human rights, governance and democracy category of NGOs. CRECO was founded in 1998, as a culmination of a networking history dating as far back as 1992 with the exponential increase in NGOs involved in governance. CRECO’s membership comprises 23 CSOs implementing diverse human rights, democracy and governance activities in various parts of Kenya. CRECO’s membership is drawn from both urban and rural-based NGOs working in 47 counties of Kenya.

AGA Secretariat is a coordinating hub for the African Governance Platform members, all African Union Organs (AU) Institutions and RECs. It is mandated to promote and strengthen democracy, governance and human rights on the continent. The Secretariat coordinates the annual high level dialogue on democracy, governance, and human rights following trends, challenges and prospects, and facilitates the implementation of AU shared values among AU member states.

Citizen Voice and Actions Organization (CVA) is a youth-led NGO working to empower youths for active participation in design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of national development plans, policies and strategies. CVA works to ensure meaningful citizen participation in democratic governance processes and peace building.

Voices for Change (V4C) is a UK Aid-funded, four-year program designed to help transform social attitudes towards girls and women in Nigeria by working on specific individual, social and institutional changes. V4C does this by operating at a federal level and in four States.

Our mission is to strengthen the capacity of youth and local institutions to more actively engage their communities in initiatives that lead to improved livelihoods. We have participated in WMD conferences in Africa (Dakar 2015, Abuja 2015, Dar es Salaam 2016) and the WYMD Serbia meeting to develop a roadmap for 2017-2020. Our director, Ateki Seta Caxton, was a beneficiary of the Hurford Youth Fellowship in 2016.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

African Movement for Democracy.

ARTICLE 19 works for a world where all people everywhere can freely express themselves and actively engage in public life without fear of discrimination. ARTICLE 19 does this by working on two interlocking freedoms which set the foundation for all its work. First, the freedom to speak concerns everyone’s right to express and disseminate opinions, ideas and information through any means, as well as to disagree with, and question power-holders. Second, the freedom to know concerns the right to demand and receive information by power-holders for transparency, good governance and sustainable development. When either of these freedoms comes under threat, either by the failure of power-holders to adequately protect them, ARTICLE 19 speaks with one voice, through courts of law, through global and regional organisations, and through civil society wherever we are present.

Human rights lawyer with extensive experience in a range of protection issues. 15 years of experience in human rights monitoring, analysis and reporting, and capacity building for national institutions, NGOs, and CSOs.

Maka Angola is an initiative dedicated to the struggle against corruption and to the defense of democracy in Angola, funded and directed by journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.

Institute for Young Women Development

Femmes et Droits Humains (Women and Human Rights – FDH) is a non-political, not-for-profit organization which works for the defense and promotion of women’s and girls’ human rights. We support, facilitate, and empower women, girls, and the public in general. Building on grassroots, we are effective partners who influence policy development and consolidate social justice, gender equality, and democracy.

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Belady seeks to uphold the principles of democracy, humanity, and citizen engagement through various activities it undertakes. Away from politics, Belady works with youth who still dream about changing the world for the better; they discuss their ideas, work on actual projects that change the world, and, in the meantime, they develop the leadership abilities that will enable them to carry out those latent dreams

Action for Peace and Development (APD) strives to promote a peaceful, democratic and prosperous society in Burundi by engaging the youth and women as active participants in their political and civil society decision-making instances. In 2015, an active founder-member of Action for Peace and development participated in “The Next Generation for Democracy Movements in Africa” conference in Dakar, Senegal.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

EAC Women, Peace and Security Network on UNSCR1325.

Liberia Law Society is a professional body committed to promote peace, justice and respect for the rule of law and new and innovative approaches to the myriad of national challenges. Founded in 2005 the Law Society intends to increase access to justice, facilitate strategic thinking and critical analysis of issues and seeks to offer workable alternative policy options. It seeks to promote non-violence, to address impunity, to promote social justice, respect for human rights and human development. The Law Society embraces a comprehensive approach which focuses on legal representation for indigents, victims of rape, human trafficking, child labor, labor rights, land rights, public interest law with a particular focus on corruption, concessions reform, and land issues among others.

A human rights, democracy, and good governance organization with a goal to sustain human development for poverty alleviation. We were participants at the September 2015 Forum on Freedom of Assembly organized by the World Movement in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. I am the Secretary General of our organization, and an Associate of the Council for a Community of Democracies (CCD), Washington D.C, USA, a Partner of the Movement.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

Observer Status, at African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia.

Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda. Media Rights Agenda (MRA) was established in 1993 as an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization for the purpose of promoting and protecting the right to freedom of expression, media freedom, access to information as well as digital rights and freedoms.

Group LOTUS (GL) is a non-governmental organization that works for the defense of human rights. Group LOTUS was created in 1991, in Kisangani (North-Eastern part of DRC), at the initiative of a group of academics engaged to promote democratic principles.

NAYMOTE Partners for Democratic Development promotes citizens’ understanding of democratic processes and the long-term benefits of their participation in these processes. Established in 2001 by students’ leaders and activists, the institution has been one of the leading grassroots organizations promoting democracy, peace building, human rights and civic engagement in Liberia.

PLAYDOO-CI is an organization that works on the field of human rights, democracy, governance, and women’s rights.

Gender Centre for Empowering Development (GenCED) is a non-governmental organisation that seeks to empower women and youth for sustainable development. GenCED works to close the gender deficit in governance and it is part of the African Movement for Democracy.

REDHAC covers 8 countries in Central Africa. The headquarters are based in Douala and Cameroon. Its objectives are to promote the human rights defenders status without discrimination, to train them on the regional and international mechanisms for their protection and to promote democracy (ICCPR, ACDEG). REDHAC is engaged in advocacy, protection actions, and supports activists and political opposition parties (UPC, CCP) pursuing the consolidation of democracy.

The Nigeria Network of NGOs (NNNGO) supports Nigerian NGOs in their commitment to poverty reduction, promotion of human rights and in bringing development to the door-steps of the common man. It provides a range of services and opportunities to its members in order for them to achieve their organizational objectives and also exert influence on issues of national importance.

DefendDefenders (the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) seeks to strengthen the work of human rights defenders throughout the sub-region by reducing their vulnerability to the risk of persecution and by enhancing their capacity to effectively defend human rights.

Political Science PhD student at the University of Toronto and researcher at The Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs. Focus on how information and communication technologies intersect with human rights and security.

NewSeta is a not for profit youth led organization whose mission focus on the promotion of democracy, leadership, peace and youths empowerment. Through our organization have successfully taken part in the online surveys of the WMD, the #SetThemFree Campaign and the Generation democracy programs. Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

African Movement for Democracy (AMD).