ArtLords was established in 2014. It is a grassroots movement of artists and volunteers motivated by the desire to pave the way for social transformation and behavioral change through employing the soft power of art and culture as a non-intrusive approach

To achieve democratic transition on social participatory basis.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

Arab Forum For Civil Society.

Leaders of Tomorrow is a Jordanian youth-led, social enterprise, established in 2007 and it operates in the Middle East and North Africa. It aims to build a community of young leaders who are educated, critical thinkers, initiative-takers, and capable of challenging their status quo creatively.

Al-Quds Center for Political Studies is an independent, non-governmental, research organization (think tank). It was established in Amman in 1999 and in Beirut in 2012. AQC works to provide a deeper and more accurate understanding of the challenges facing the process of political reform and democratization in Jordan and the Arab countries.

To achieve democratic transition on social participatory basis.

Affiliated Regional/Thematic Network(s):

Arab Forum For Civil Society.

Alkhawaja is a Bahraini Woman Human Rights Defender who works as a consultant and trainer on Human Rights. She is a leading voice for human rights and political reform in Bahrain and the Gulf region. Alkhawaja has been influential in shaping official responses to human rights atrocities in Bahrain and the Gulf region by leading campaigns and engaging with prominent policymakers around the world.

Human Rights & Democracy for Iran – A project of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center. The Center is an independent organization with no political affiliation. It is named in memory of Dr. Abdorrahman Boroumand, an Iranian lawyer and pro-democracy activist who was assassinated in Paris on April 18, 1991, allegedly by agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The center believes that promoting human rights awareness through education and the dissemination of information are necessary prerequisites for the establishment of a stable democracy in Iran.

Civil Society Initiative (CSI) is an independent, non-governmental, non-partisan and not-for-profit human rights and advocacy organization established in 2004. Since its foundation CSI has focused on the promotion and protection of human rights, the rule of law, good governance, gender based violence and community development.