Despite ongoing challenges, there have been significant positive developments in human rights worldwide. For example, the number of people living in extreme poverty has declined from 1.9 billion in 1990 to 689 million in 2019, with many countries making significant progress in reducing poverty and increasing access to education and healthcare. The global literacy rate has also increased from 77% in 1980 to 86% in 2016, with significant gains made in countries such as China and India. In addition, there has been a growing recognition of the importance of human rights, with many countries adopting new laws and policies to protect the rights of marginalized communities. For example, in 2020, the United States Supreme Court ruled that workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal, while around the same time, India decriminalized homosexuality. These positive developments indicate that progress is being made in advancing human rights worldwide, although there is still much work to be done to ensure that all people are able to live with dignity and freedom.

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Heart of America Japan-America Society

Our mission is to further understanding between the peoples of Japan and the greater Kansas City area by promoting social, cultural and educational exchanges.

Kansas City, Missouri

WOMENS MENTORING NETWORK INC

Women's Mentoring Network empowers women and their families to find better employment and educational opportunities. The organization promotes financial independence, economic security, economic mobility and asset building through education and employment services for socio/economically disadvantaged women and their families. Economic empowerment fosters positive life expectations and is the most effective strategy against homelessness, hunger and social disorder. It is the most effective strategy to break the cycle of generational poverty. Supporting pathways to economic security is an investment in building a skilled workforce that meets the demands of today's marketplace and plants the seeds for a quality workforce of tomorrow.

Stamford, Connecticut

Atlas Corps

Atlas Corps is a global network of nonprofit leaders and organizations that promotes innovation, cooperation, and solutions to address the worldâ€™s 21st century challenges. Atlas Corps engages leaders committed to the nonprofit sector in 6 to 18 month, professional fellowships at organizations (like Ashoka, Peace Corps, and Nike Foundation) to learn best practices, build organizational capacity, and return home to create a network of global changemakers. Our network of Fellows includes more than 300 nonprofit leaders from 70 countries and 130 Host Organizations. Recently, we launched a State Department partnership as part of a White House Initiative to engage 100 civil society leaders in our Fellowship - Emerging Global Leaders Initiative-Atlas Corps Fellowship.

Washington, District Of Columbia

Los Angeles LGBT Center

The Los Angeles LGBT Center is the world's largest provider of programs and services for LGBT people.

Los Angeles, California

ZACHARIAS SEXUAL ABUSE CENTER (ZCenter)

To provide a place where survivors of sexual assault and abuse can heal, and to mobilize the community toward action to end sexual violence.

Gurnee, Illinois

Salvadoran American Humanitarian Foundation

To enhance the well-being of the underserved people in El Salvador through human development programs implemented in partnership with our in-country sister Foundation, FUSAL, and other organizations.

MIAMI, Florida

La Pena Cultural Center, Inc.

Rooted in the Latin American and Caribbean diaspora, La Peña Cultural Center collaborates with and unites communities by preserving and celebrating cultural traditions; producing creative new works; and nurturing global grassroots social justice movements with artists, activists and allies.

Berkeley, California

Southwest Recovery Alliance

Encourage and motivate the implementation of harm reduction interventions, public health strategies, drug policy transformation, while decreasing our dependence on carceral responses in Arizona and surrounding states through direct action, leadership, advocacy, resource and policy development, and education.

Phoenix, Arizona

AIDS LEGAL REFERRAL PANEL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA

ALRP provides free and low-cost legal services to people living with HIV/AIDS in the San Francisco Bay Area.

San Francisco, California

Southern Vision Alliance

Southern Vision Alliance (SVA) is a justice-centered values-based “grassroots intermediary” organized to provide incubation, infrastructure, capacity building, coaching, and technical assistance to frontline organizing projects, leadership programs, and collaborations led by directly-impacted communities in the US South. We are an anchor for frontline groups and leaders to disrupt and transform power for collective liberation.

Durham, North Carolina

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THE BAY AREA

IIBA is a non-profit organization that provides high-quality low-cost legal immigration services to community members who need them most. This past year we helped nearly 10,000 individuals and their families with applications for citizenship, work authorization, adjustment of status, as well as with a host of other services. Generous donations from individuals, in addition to grants from private foundations and government agencies, allow IIBA to provide assistance for free or on a sliding-fee-scale based on income to many who might not otherwise be able to afford the services they need.

San Francisco, California