organizational capacity building and for working in prisons with incarcerated women on issues of health, race, and violence between and against women. Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action (New Delhi, India) $10,000 Through advocacy and research, CREA works to enhance women’s leadership at local, regional and international levels. Their leadership trainings focus on issues of sexual rights, sexuality, reproductive health, violence against women, economic justice and women’s rights. Grant is for organizing a national meeting of lesbian groups in India to discuss advocacy strategies on issues of sexual orientation. Fundación Ecuatoriana de Minorias Sexuales/Ecuadorian Foundation for Sexual Minorities (Quito, Ecuador) $3,000 FEMIS advocates exclusively on behalf of Ecuador’s diverse community of sexual minorities. Since spearheading a national campaign which decriminalized homosexuality in that country, they continue to build alliances and public support for freedom of sexual choice. FEMIS also documents human rights violations around the country. Grant is for general support. Jerusalem Open House (Jerusalem, Israel) $6,000 JOH is a community center providing an open, safe, affirming, and visible space for LGBT people in Jerusalem. Collaboratively funded by Jerusalem’s LGBT organizations, they operate a library, coordinate a speaker’s bureau, and conduct public policy advocacy and litigation. Grant is for an unprecedented Palestinian outreach initiative. The project includes disseminating Arabic-language LGBT resources; operating an Arabic-language telephone helpline bbhosting a monthly Arabic-language interest group meeting; and providing outreach to educational and social service organizations serving Palestinians. Kontra
