{"id":4227,"date":"2014-12-18T23:16:23","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T23:16:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/?p=4227"},"modified":"2015-08-28T16:50:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-28T16:50:22","slug":"awdf-ranked-13th-of-top-20-human-rights-grantmakers-foundation-center-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awdf.org\/OldSite\/awdf-ranked-13th-of-top-20-human-rights-grantmakers-foundation-center-report\/","title":{"rendered":"AWDF Ranked 13th of Top 20 Human Rights Grantmakers &#8211; Foundation Center Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<span lang=\"en\">The AWDF continues to be a continental leader in human rights giving globally, according to the Foundation Center&#8217;s latest Key Findings report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">AWDF came 13th out of the top 20 foundations in global giving by <strong>number<\/strong> of grants and was the only African institution, outranking other American and European foundations. (AWDF made 206 human rights grants in 2011)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Written by Foundation Center and the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG), in collaboration with the International Network of Women\u2019s Funds (INWF) and Ariadne \u2013 European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights, the latest edition of <em>Advancing Human Rights<\/em> identified $1.7 billion in human rights funding from foundations in 34 countries awarded to more than 10,000 organizations around the world. Human rights work supported by foundations ranges from ensuring the right to peaceful assembly and association to supporting freedom from violence to promoting the right to education.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;For me this is amazing because we are still \u00a0struggling to find resources,&#8221; Abigail Burgesson, AWDF&#8217;s Special Programmes Manager, said. &#8220;I am very pleased that with these resources we are ranked so high,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">&#8220;The fact is that very little overall is being given to human rights compared to other sectors, &#8230;but for AWDF it is an encouragement, we are doing what we need to do,&#8221; Burgesson said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\">Click here to view the report below:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/humanrights2014.pdf\">humanrights2014<\/a><\/span>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/humanrights2014-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-4232\" src=\"http:\/\/www.africlub.net\/awdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/humanrights2014-copy-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"humanrights2014 copy\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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