Grantee |
Title |
Description |
Amount & Duration |
Funding Source |
Coalition Against Trafficking in Women – Asia Pacific (CATW-AP) |
“Partnership with Prostitution Survivors’ Group Towards Economic Independence" |
Focuses on education and capacity-building activities for survivors of prostitution to enhance the survivors' awareness of women's issues and build their capacities as leaders and managers of livelihood projects. |
$19,300
1 year
(Apr 06-Apr 07) |
State (EAP FY2005 Women's Issues Fund [WIF]) |
Development Action for Women Network (DAWN) |
"Comprehensive Program for the Empowerment of Filipino Women Entertainers in Japan and the Japanese-Filipino Children" |
Addresses issues, needs, and concerns of women migrant workers in Japan and their Japanese-Filipino children. |
$36,000
1 year (Apr 06-Apr 07) |
State (EAP FY2005 WIF) |
Magbassa Kita Foundation, Inc. (MKFI) |
"Women As Peace Advocates: Taking Action to Resolve Conflicts in Mindanao" |
Focuses on conflict prevention in Sulu, Mindanao through skills training, workshops, networking, and economic empowerment in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. |
$24,600
1 year
(Apr 06-Apr 07) |
State (EAP FY2005 WIF) |
Bangsamoro Women Foundation for Peace and Development, Inc. (BMWFPDI) |
"Women Empowerment through Sustainable Economic Independence and Women's Participation in Community Building for Peace and Development" |
Empowers women in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and other conflict areas by providing training and technical assistance on livelihood, financial management and marketing skills as well as seed capital through a loan-grant for livelihood projects. |
$63,988
1 year
(to start before end of 2006) |
State (EAP FY2006 WIF) |
Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women (TW-MAE-W) |
"Project for the Economic Empowerment of Marginalized Women” |
Promotes economic independence of sexually exploited women served by the organization's two Bethany Transition Homes through livelihood projects on organic farming and bag- and candle-making. |
$104,673
2 years
(to start before end of 2006 |
State (EAP FY2006 WIF) |
The Asia Foundation |
"Systematically Advancing Human Rights in the Philippines: Increased Protection in Muslim Mindanao" |
Expansion and enhancement of the Martus project, particularly in Muslim Mindanao, strengthening the capacity of Philippine Commission on Human Rights and NGOs to respond to human rights violations through effective generation of human rights information in the Martus network. |
$267,532
2 years
(started Jan 06) |
State (DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund for the Muslim World [HRDF]) |
Various human rights & democracy small grants under the Public Affairs Section’s supervision |
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Grantee |
Title |
Description |
Amount & Duration |
Funding Source |
International Labor Organization's Intl. Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) |
"Supporting the Time-Bound Program on the elimination of the worst forms of child labor in the Philippines" |
The goal of this project is to combat the worst forms of child labor through promotion of effective legislation to protect children, strengthening national capacity to enforce existing laws, and increasing public awareness of the hazards of child labor. The target is to withdraw approximately 22,000 children from the WFCL and to prevent another 22,500 children from entering work. |
$5.2 M
4 years
(Sep02 – Dec06) |
DOL/ILAB |
World Vision, Inc. |
"Combating Child Labor through Education in the Philippines: The ABK Initiative" |
The project’s objective is to remove children from work, provide them access to quality and relevant education and offer families viable economic alternatives to child labor. This education initiative complements the ILO/IPEC Time-Bound program. |
$ 5.0 M |
DOL/ILAB |
Winrock International |
"Community Based Innovations to Combat Child Labor Through Education II (CIRCLE II)" |
The project aims to provide education to victims of child labor through innovative, locally developed, and community-based pilot programs in 6 target regions with high child labor incidence. |
$500,000
4 years
(Apr 04 – Apr 08) |
DOL/ILAB |
