One of the goals of Jagriti International
is to create bridges of support and understanding between women's
organizations and other groups around the world. The Fund for
Global Human Rights (FGHR), has recently announced their first
grant cycle and has requested that Jagriti International share
this information with our 40 partner groups in Pakistan and
India. FGHR seeks to strengthen the human rights movement globally
through grantmaking to local, national and regional human rights
organizations. Over the past decade, efforts to promote human
rights have proliferated around the world, with activists often
working under adverse and even dangerous conditions. Despite
this critical work by grassroots human rights activists and
increasing attention to human rights problems, many organizations
on the front lines of the human rights struggle have little
or no access to the resources they need to expand the scope
and impact of their work. The FGHR is devoted to meeting the
needs of these organizations by facilitating support for them
where the need is great and the resources limited. We wish our
Jagriti partners in India and Pakistan, who are actively involved
with critical human rights issues, success in obtaining much
needed financial support from this new fund. For more details
about FGHR please visit their website at http://www.hrfunders.org/fghr/
