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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 19...

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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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Off-The-Grid Missions

Off-The-Grid Missions (OTG) is a global humanitarian aid organization filling the gap in disaster-response by providing Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people with critical life-saving resources in high-risk and disaster-stricken regions around the world.

San Diego, California
TEN THOUSAND VILLAGE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA INC

TEN THOUSAND VILLAGE NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA INC

The Ten Thousand Villages store in Alexandria has been a fixture in Old Town since 1994, and our loyal customers have made us one of the most successful stores in the country, thus ensuring steady income and better lives for hundreds of artisans in the developing world. As we approach our 21th anniversary in 2015 we are building on that success to strengthen and deepen the fair trade connection in the national capital region. We completed a successful campaign and Alexandria became the first Fair Trade Town in Virginia as well as in the DC metro region. And, even more exciting, we are currently raising money to establish a second store in the District of Columbia! None of our success would be possible without the support of customers who are equally as passionate about fair trade, and we welcome each and every one of you to our store to see what fair trade can do. Come browse our aisles of handcrafted home accents, table and bed linens, jewelry and personal accessories, garden planters and decor, wooden toys, musical instruments, and so much more, all to the global soundtrack of Putumayo CDs and the aroma of Fair Trade coffee and chocolate.

Alexandria, Virginia
JQ International

JQ International

Strengthening and celebrating the lives of LGBTQ Jews and allies.

West Hollywood, California
Global Transgender Safety Tasks Force USA Inc

Global Transgender Safety Tasks Force USA Inc

Global Transgender Safety Tasks Force USA Inc. Is strictly Dedicated to the safety, security, Protection, International gender equality, Targeted Violence and hate crimes prevention of our most vulnerable Transgender Community within the USA and Around the world, based In Sacramento, California. USA

SAN fRANCISCO, California
SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT SERVICES

SEXUAL ASSAULT SUPPORT SERVICES

SASS is a non-profit organization providing outreach, advocacy and support to survivors of sexual violence and their partners, families and friends throughout Eugene-Springfield and the rest of Lane County.

Eugene, Oregon
JQY

JQY

JQY supports and empowers LGBTQ children, teens and young adults in the Jewish community, with a special focus on those from Orthodox, Chassidic, and Sephardi/Mizrachi homes. JQY promotes the mental health, emotional well-being and physical safety of these individuals by providing national crisis, communal, and advocacy resources, as well as in-person support programming in New York.

New York, New York
This Is Living Ministries

This Is Living Ministries

Through this ministry, we are conduits to see God’s love transform lives. We advocate to promote restorative justice and disciple people affected by incarceration with Biblical principles, teaching them how to reenter society and live out these principles in their home, church, workplace, and community.

Cookeville, Tennessee
Ball To All

Ball To All

The mission is simple and captured in the slogan: Every Kid Can Have A Ball.

Scottsdale, Arizona
Grace and Life Church

Grace and Life Church

Our Mission Statement is: "To Make Christlike Disciples in the Nations." We do this by reaching out into our Denver Westwood Community in several ways. Iglesia Gracia y Vida (Grace and Life Church) is a Spanish language congregation that is home to about 100 parishioners. Our church looks for answers to our community struggles by raising up leaders who seek God and love people. Many of our program leaders and volunteers are people who live in our neighborhood and have found Christ through our ministry. When society offers nothing but closed doors and harsh words we want our doors thrown open with the opportunity to know and be loved of God and his Church in such a way that stimulates worship, service and holistic growth. Jesus of Nazareth Compassion Ministries Purpose Statement is: "To Grace the Body of Christ with Opportunities to Evangelize the Hurting via Compassion Ministries and to Love Them into the Church." We have done this by becoming an official "Community Safe Haven" in times of gang violence, organizing community events such as our "Young Men's Career Day" and Christmas Drives as well as by striving to become a community Justice Center that will help all immigrants file their documentation and paperwork to help them achieve legal status. In addition we continue to collaborate with the District 4 of the Denver Police, GRID (Gang Reduction Initiative of Denver), area universities and colleges, churches, and service organizations like the Lakewood and Englewood Rotary Clubs to bring resources into our under-served community. The Academia Mauricio Saravia is our after-school program that endeavors to reach children ages 4-11 from the five elementary schools in and around our neighborhood. Our purpose statement is: To H.E.A.L. a Child’s Confidence by Supporting His/Her Growth in: Health, Education, and the Arts with Love. We are achieving this by offering three 8-week sessions where we provide the children with a hot meal, help with homework, an online digital reading library and teaching program, a physical activity time, and a one hour class of their choosing. Our 2017 Spring session offered classes in ballet (taught by the Colorado Ballet), cooking, carpentry, arts and crafts, zumba, and K'NEX (a machine building class). During our 8 week session we averaged 49 children in attendance every Wednesday. Our program is very unique in that our leadership and volunteers are from Latin America which puts our community at ease and gives them opportunities to serve as well.

Denver, Colorado
Human Trafficking Institute

Human Trafficking Institute

The Human Trafficking Institute exists to decimate modern slavery at its source by empowering police and prosecutors to stop traffickers. Working inside criminal justice systems, HTI provides the embedded experts, world-class training, investigative resources, and evidence-based research necessary to free victims.

Washington, District Of Columbia
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA
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JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA

The Justice and Accountability Center was founded in 2011 to eliminate obstacles to opportunity for people harmed by the systemic racism and economic impacts of the criminal legal system. We envision a world without barriers or limits for people with criminal records and their families, where we all can have a fair chance to thrive.

New Orleans, Louisiana
FREEDOM FIRM USA

FREEDOM FIRM USA

Freedom Firm works to Rescue minors who have been sold into the commercial sex trade, Restore their identities, and seek Justice against those who perpetrate these crimes.

East Wenatchee, Washington

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