In a context of new global challenges, closing civil society space and increasing backlash against women’s human rights and feminist agendas, advocacy for gender equality and women’s rights is more critical than ever. Womankind Worldwide and the International Women’s Development Agency have responded to these challenges with the creation of Plan Your Power: A Toolkit… [Read More]
Human Rights Resources
A list of free guides, how-to tools and other resources on Human Resources for NGOs and development professionals.
A Free Guide on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights
The Guiding Principles on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights are the first global policy guidelines focused specifically on the human rights of people living in poverty. They are intended for use by governments to ensure that public policies, including poverty eradication efforts, reach the poorest members of society, respect and uphold their rights, and take… [Read More]
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A Free Toolkit on “Children and Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights”: User Guide
Protecting Adolescents from Gender Based Violence through the Promotion of their Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights’ is a three-year project launched by Save the Children aimed to raise awareness and enhance protection of children and adolescents (10-17 years old) in the MENA region from gender based violence (early marriage, FGM and sexual abuse) through promoting… [Read More]
A Free Operational Guidance and Toolkit for Multipurpose Cash Grants
Comprehensive guide and reference useful for designing and implementing a multipurpose cash grant intervention during an emergency response. The guide provides detailed step-by-step guidance after the onset of an emergency from the initial needs assessment, to how to determine the transfer value, to ensuring programme quality. Education advisors, managers and donors could use this toolkit… [Read More]
A Free Teaching Integrity to Youth Toolkit
This Special Edition of the Corruption Fighters’ Tool Kit presents a diverse collection of youth education experiences mainly from civil society organizations. Although approaching the topic from different angles, including moral or value education, human rights and civic education, they all have a common goal: strengthening young people’s attitudes and demands for accountability,and ultimately, to… [Read More]
A Free Play it Fair! Toolkit
Play It Fair! is an easy to use educational Toolkit developed by Equitas to promote human rights, non-discrimination and peaceful conflict resolution within non-formal education programs for children aged 6-12 years old, such as summer camps or after school activities. What are the values promoted by the Toolkit? The Toolkit helps to reinforce the positive… [Read More]
A Free Resource Toolkit on Disparities in Education in South Asia
The Tool Kit is a contribution to UNICEF’s renewed focus on reaching the most disadvantaged children by taking stock of what they already know in education in South Asia from a number of publications produced by UNICEF ROSA, research groups and other organisations over the last few years. This Resource Tool Kit has been developed… [Read More]
A Free Pilot Toolkit on Addressing Worker Vulnerability in Agricultural and Food Supply Chains
This pilot vulnerable workers toolkit provides companies in the agricultural and food supply chain with specific guidance on tackling worker vulnerability. It complements ETI’s more general Human Rights Due Diligence Framework. This Toolkit has been produced in response to requests from Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) member companies for practical guidance and examples of good practice,… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit for Women’s Economic Empowerment for Anti-Violence Centres’ Operators
This resource kit is a training toolkit to build or improve the practitioners’ know-how and skills for supporting women in an effort to increase their social and economic empowerment with the goal of becoming self-sufficient in order to live a life free from intimate partner violence. The toolkit provides methodologies and tools that can be… [Read More]
A Free Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) WITM Toolkit
The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) is a global, feminist, membership, movement-support organization. For over 35 years, AWID has been a part of an incredible ecosystem of feminist movements working to achieve gender justice and women’s human rights worldwide. AWID envisions a world where feminist realities flourish, where resources and power are shared… [Read More]
A Free Sayfty Survivors’ Toolkit
This Survivors’ Toolkit is a publication of Sayfty Trust which is designed for survivors of sexual assault in India. It aims to bridge the knowledge gap for survivors (and allies) by supporting them in understanding and navigating the mental health, medical, legal, and other systems. The toolkit draws from interviews with professionals and survivors to… [Read More]
70+ Free Downloadable Resources for NGOs empowering Women & Girls around the World
Bringing the set of free toolkits, handbooks, manuals and resource guides useful for NGOs working in the area of women and gender equality. Whether you are working on gender equality, women’s rights, women empowerment or on any other women and gender related issues, these powerful resources will help you build your knowledge and skills for… [Read More]
Top 35+ Free Downloadable Handbooks and Toolkits for African NGOs and CSOs
Here is a compilation of 35+ toolkits, designed for the the quick reference of the NGOs and CSOs on various pressing issues affecting the African continent. These toolkits have been made available by various international organizations and programs implemented across the world. A Free Private Health Policy Toolkit for Africa “Private Health Policy Toolkit for… [Read More]
A Free Tool for Human Rights and Security Advocacy for Civil Society Organizations and Extractive Host Community Leaders
The toolkit is developed for use in facilitating advocacy sessions for civil society organization, extractive host community leaders and other stakeholders working to promote and protect human rights; and community security. The handbook contains practical toolkits that can be used by groups of people or individuals who are interested in promoting and protecting of human… [Read More]
Free Advocacy Toolkit: Better Care Services for Unaccompanied and Separated Migrant Children in Europe
Advocacy Toolkit’s purpose is to assist child rights advocates and other professionals in influencing the governments at national and sub-national level, to promote the development of better care services for unaccompanied and separated migrant children in the EU. The toolkit is intended to be used by NGOs working with children and young people, including Eurochild… [Read More]
A Free Handbook for Activists: Rights to Water and Sanitation
Rights to Water and Sanitation; A Handbook for Activists Written for community groups, human rights NGOs, rights-based development practitioners and aid workers to adopt or improve their human rights-based approachto advocacy on water and sanitation. It provides innovative and practical suggestions for promoting and protecting the rights to water and sanitation. This publication was produced… [Read More]
A Free ASEAN Handbook for Women’s Rights Activists
To facilitate a genuinely ‘people-centred’ ASEAN, it is imperative that civil society understand ASEAN and its vast work. This requires civil society groups to be more knowledgeable about ASEAN and to have the capacity and resources to engage with and influence ASEAN and its various bodies. Similarly, it is critical that women’s voices from ASEAN… [Read More]
A Free Toolkit on Eliminating Violence Against Women And Girls With Disabilities in Fiji
The toolkit is part of the pilot project called a Toolkit on Eliminating Violence Against Women and Girls with Disabilities in Fiji. The project is a joint partnership between the Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation and Pacific Disability Forum, supported by financial and technical assistance from UN Women, with primary funding from Australian Department of Foreign… [Read More]
A Free Women Enabled International accountABILITY Toolkit
Women Enabled International’s accountABILITY Toolkit can guide women with disabilities and organizations working on their behalf in using available UN human rights mechanisms to protect their human rights. Bringing the voices and experiences of women and girls with disabilities to the UN human rights system is essential in holding States accountable for their human rights… [Read More]
