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Human Rights Small Grants Scheme

The Human Rights Small Grants Scheme provides small grants to in-country organisations (primarily non-government) for activities aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in a direct and tangible way.

The scheme's geographic focus is the Asia-Pacific region, although worthy proposals from other regions such as Africa, the Middle East and the Caribbean, are also supported, reflecting the Government's desire to give balance to Australia's international human rights representations with constructive grass-roots activities.

Examples of activities funded under the scheme include training workshops on investigation of human rights abuses in Indonesia, support for victims of child trafficking in Thailand, and a popular theatre program to educate poor rural communities in Bangladesh on their legal and human rights.

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January 2009

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