Social Entrepreneurs: Human Rights
Alejandra González Marin has spent years working with the indigenous communities in Mexico, providing psychological attention to the victims of human rights violations.
Shanthi Satchithanandam plants the seeds to strengthen women's rights and cultivate effective democracy in Sri Lanka. Her organisation, Viluthu, brings Muslim and Tamil women together to push for political participation and equal rights for women.
As a female clan leader of the Lango community, Margaret Akullo Elem leads the fight for women’s rights in Uganda.
A pioneer of the MJAFT! Movement in Albania, Besjan Pesha has inspired a new generation of active citizens, who are changing the Albanian political landscape towards achieving good governance.
NGOs are raising awareness about the plight of foreign domestic workers in Singapore; by asking employers to give their maids a regular day off.
Amani Samara, a volunteer with The Freedom Theatre in the Jenin Refugee Camp, is a creative writing mentor to children trying to heal from their traumatic experiences in the troubled territory of West Bank.
Wojciech Gryc, founder of Five Minutes to Midnight in Toronto, Canada, shares the journey of an organization that grew from a blog on human rights and international issues, to an organization that promotes journalism through open source technologies.