Summary of the year 2022
The KIOS Annual Report 2022 shows that despite the challenges such as rising conflicts and questioning of the whole human rights systems around the globe, active civil society actors can make an impact and are needed now more than ever. In 2022, KIOS funded 44 human rights projects or programmes in East Africa and South Asia.
KIOS focused its funding on the protection and promotion of the rights of marginalized groups and persons who are in a vulnerable position. Such groups included, for example, refugees and migrants, Dalits, sexual and gender minorities, victims of human rights violations, and human rights defenders.
In Finland, KIOS raised several themes, for example civic freedom, the role of civil society and LGBTQ rights in a world where those rights are more and more questioned.
Download the annual report (in english) and read more about our work in 2022! Below more details of our work in light of numbers and themes (information presented in visuals, all the information also in text form above the pictures).
The Year 2022 in Numbers
- 44 KIOS grants were ongoing
- 28 in East Africa
- 16 in South Asia
Some results from 16 grants, which ended in 2022
- 62 627 direct beneficiaries
- 21 626 right holders received human rights training
- 1223 authorities learned about human rights and their duties
- 16 women-led organizations, number also counts for transgender women
- 12 human rights reports were published
- 16 strategic litigation cases*
*What are strategic litigation cases? Strategic litigation involves selecting and bringing a case to the courtroom with the goal of creating broader changes in society. This means that strategic litigation cases are as much concerned with the effects that they will have on larger populations and governments as they are with the end result of the cases themselves. When it is successfully used, strategic litigation can bring groundbreaking results. It can spring a government into action to provide basic care for its citizens, guarantee the equal rights of minorities, or halt an environmentally damaging activity.
The main themes of new KIOS grants in 2022
- Business and Human Rights was the main theme for 6 grants and sub-theme for 1 grant
- Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination was the main theme for 10 grants and sub-theme for 9 grants
- Rule of Law and Democracy was the main theme for 6 grants and sub-theme for 11 grants
There were 22 new grants in 2022. 26 grants closed during 2022. Three grants were ongoing over year 2022.
