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FORD FOUNDATION

The Ford Foundation is a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Our goals for more than half a century have been to:

• Strengthen democratic values
• Reduce poverty and injustice
• Promote international cooperation
• Advance human achievement

http://www.fordfound.org/fields/humanrights/overview

Ford Foundation - Human Rights

Progress has been made over recent decades in establishing laws and policies that protect human rights, but the full and meaningful implementation of these rights remains an enormous challenge. To more fully realize the complete range of human rights, we support advocacy, research and educational efforts around the world. Our work places particular emphasis on the most vulnerable, including women; migrants and refugees; and racial, ethnic and sexual minorities.

Our global network of offices enables us to engage with and support a broad range of organizations. Working at local, national and international levels, we support activities that help achieve the human rights protections articulated in international law and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including economic, cultural and social rights as well as civil and political rights.

Working at the local, national, regional and international levels, we support activities that help achieve the human rights protections articulated in international law.

Key Strategies

We have four primary objectives in this work:

• Strengthening key institutions and individuals working globally at the forefront of the human rights struggle
• Broadening recognition and fulfillment of the full range of human rights for racial, ethnic and sexual minorities; women; migrants and refugees; and people living with HIV/AIDS
• Expanding our support for work on the development and implementation of economic, social and cultural rights, while continuing to strengthen support for crucial work on civil and political rights
• Enhancing and consolidating support for fair and effective justice systems—civil, criminal and international—that are critical to addressing human rights violations and securing access to justice for vulnerable groups

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