Achievements

Stateless people are making their voices heard and driving change in Nepal The Citizenship Affected People’s Network (CAPN), addresses one of Nepal’s most persistent human rights issues: gender-discriminatory nationality laws. Registered in 2021, CAPN has grown into a vital advocacy force for a future where no one is stateless in Nepal.   Nepal remains one […]

Marginalised communities have gained awareness of their rights and are participating in decision-making InformAction (IFA) is a women-led human rights organisation founded in 2010 that supports rural and marginalised communities through over 300 Community Action Teams (CATs) and Community Action Journalists (CAJs). IFA leads local organizing, civic education, and rights-based advocacy in Kenya’s underserved areas. […]

Defending Civil Liberties and Civil Society in Kenya Founded in 2021, the Civic Freedoms Forum (CFF) is a coalition of Kenyan organizations defending civil liberties and the space for civil society. With KIOS support, CFF has successfully advocated for the removal of restrictive laws and strengthened its role as a key human rights defender. Since […]

Defending land rights and advancing corporate social responsibility in Uganda UCCA was formed in 2015 and currently has 23 members working on Business and Human Rights issues in different parts of Uganda. KIOS’s other Ugandan grantee, Initiative for Socio-Economic Rights (ISER), acts as UCCA’s secretariat. UCCA’s local members are responsible for a large part of […]

In Nepal, casteless people, or Dalits, and especially Dalit women, are in a weak position in the society. The casteless women’s organisation FEDO wants women to learn to demand their rights in a society where casteless women often lack basic rights, such as the right to education or care.

In Nepal, widows, divorced and other unmarried women face many forms of stigma and discrimination. Through KIOS grantee’s work, they have been informed about their rights, are better able to organise and run their own cause.

KIOS’s partner organization in Kenya promotes access to services and inclusion in decision-making for sexual and gender minorities in five provinces. PEMA Kenya was founded by a group of gay men who decided to take care of a funeral of a deceased young person who had been abandoned by his own community.

A Rwandan non-governmental organisation (NGO) provides free legal counselling for rural women. It has helped them to gain ownership of farmlands they lost after the genocide.

Standing up for human rights can be extremely dangerous. In East Africa, activists have received security training and emergency aid.

Two Asian NGOs gathered witness statements in refugee camps in Bangladesh about human rights violations against the Rohingya people in Myanmar. The information was delivered to the International Criminal Court, which decided to continue investigating the crimes.

In Bangladesh, transgender people have received information about their rights and have become empowered. At the same time, the understanding of the local authorities, the media and the general public about transgender people and their rights has increased.

A Kenyan slum community won a long battle in court when the authorities and a polluting metal smelter were ordered to pay € 10.2 million in compensation to the slum residents.

When a new-born baby disappeared from a hospital in Uganda, a local organisation took the matter to court. The case has received much attention and has improved hospital practices and the safety of new-borns.

A Nepalese women’s organisation has campaigned for laws protecting women. As a result, women’s rights have been included in the new constitution of Nepal.