INFORM. CONNECT. EMPOWER. INFORM. CONNECT. trust.org Twitter: @TR_Foundation Facebook: Thomson.Reuters.Foundation LinkedIn: Company/Thomson-Reuters-Foundation EMPOWER. YouTube: User/Thomsonreutersfdn LONDON – HEAD OFFICE Thomson Reuters Foundation 30 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf London, E14 5EP United Kingdom NEW YORK Thomson Reuters Foundation 3 Times Square New York NY 10036 United States BEIJING Thomson Reuters Foundation Room 703-06, Tower 1, China Central Place, No.81 Jianguolu Road 100025 Beijing P. R. China INTERVIEW MONIQUE VILLA Q Which words would best sum up 2013 Q What kind of impact has Trust Women of 26 reporters dedicated to covering the world’s CEO, Thomson Reuters at the Thomson Reuters Foundation? had? under-reported stories. These are the issues that Foundation A Growth, impact and women. It has been an A As a direct result of Trust Women, along with the mainstream media often forget: human rights incredible year for the Foundation, on many fronts. the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., abuses, women’s rights, the human impact of I co-hosted a working group to encourage some climate change, and the social damage caused Q Which areas of the Foundation have of the biggest banks in the USA to contribute to by corruption. We also continue to train reporters seen the most growth? the fight against human trafficking. The financial around the world. In 2013, we trained journalists A TrustLaw, our service connecting NGOs and institutions accepted to share suspicious data in Africa how to report issues related to HIV-AIDS, social enterprises with lawyers offering free legal with law enforcement agencies, and the working and we ran training courses in the Balkans on assistance, has grown exponentially. In 2013, group issued international guidance aimed at how to expose corruption. Our mission is to foster we made a significant impact in India, with 200 helping the wider financial community to identify excellence in journalism by providing skills that members registering for our service. We also and report irregularities in financial transactions can strengthen independent, quality journalism expanded in China - where we’re now working that might be linked to human trafficking. The around the world. We also help set up news with 10 law firms - in Brazil and in South Africa, Thomson Reuters Foundation distributed the platforms for independent media, as we did in hiring staff to help recruit both law firms and document to a select number of top financial Egypt with Aswat Masriya. organisations that could benefit from the service. institutions, law enforcement agencies, and anti- trafficking NGOs. Q What can we expect from the Q You said women? Foundation in 2014? A Yes, Trust Women has now become a global Q In the past few years, you have A We will step up efforts in the global fight movement dedicated to putting the rule of law diversified the remit of the against human trafficking and develop a high- behind women’s rights. The 2013 conference in Foundation. Is journalism still a core impact programme across India. TrustLaw will London brought together more than 450 delegates part of your mission? continue to spread the practice of pro bono and speakers from 40 countries. And it reached A Journalism is one of the pillars of the around the world, and our journalists will over 1.5 million people through social media. Thomson Reuters Foundation. We have a team investigate pressing issues such as the global battle for water. INSIDE FREE LEGAL 01 ASSISTANCE UNDER-REPORTED 02 STORIES PERCEPTION 03 POLLS REUTERS 04 INSTITUTE JOURNALISM & 05 MEDIA TRAINING TRUST WOMEN 06 CONFERENCE 07 FUNDING REUTERS/Damir Sagolj THIS IS US 75 People 30 Languages 24 Nationalities DIVERSITY 14 Offices Legal assistance Human rights Women’s empowerment Climate impact Anti-corruption Social innovation Independent journalism PAS SION Perception polls Media training Academic research TALENT Journalists Lawyers Social innovators WHO WE ARE WHAT WE DO We work with the best law At the Thomson Reuters Foundation, firms to provide free legal FREE LEGAL assistance to NGOs and we stand for free, independent ASSISTANCE social enterprises in 150 journalism, human rights, women’s countries. empowerment, and the rule of law. We expose corruption worldwide and play a We use Reuters principles UNDER-REPORTED to cover the world’s under- leading role in the global fight against STORIES human trafficking. reported stories. We use the skills, values, and expertise We promote the highest INDEPENDENT of Thomson Reuters to run programmes standards in journalism JOURNALISM that trigger real change and empower around the world. people around the world. We take action to put We tackle global issues. We achieve TRUST WOMEN CONFERENCE the rule of law behind lasting impact. women’s rights. FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TrustLaw is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s award-winning service that spreads the practice of pro bono worldwide. We connect the best law firms and corporate legal teams around the world with NGOs and social enterprises in need of free legal assistance. In three years, we generated the equivalent of $35 million in pro bono support. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty A GLOBAL NETWORK FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE 1,600 $35M MEMBERS IN PRO BONO HOURS 1,200 150 NGOS & SOCIAL COUNTRIES ENTERPRISES 350 900 LAW FIRMS & CONNECTIONS CORPORATE COUNSELS With staff in six countries and fluency in 18 languages, we connect the world’s best lawyers with high-impact social enterprises and NGOs. We are committed to spreading the practice of pro bono, because it makes a real impact. TRUSTLAW AT A GLANCE FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE JOIN THE NETWORK NGOS & SOCIAL ENTERPRISES LAWYERS DISCUSS YOUR LEGAL RECEIVE A WEEKLY NEEDS WITH A MEMBER UPDATE WITH OF OUR TEAM NEW PROJECTS REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa SUBMIT A REQUEST INDICATE YOUR INTEREST FOR PRO BONO IN WORKING ON ANY ASSISTANCE GIVEN PROJECT HOW IT WORKS Requests are then submitted to our fast- We want NGOs and social enterprises to be able growing network of lawyers around the world. to focus on their mission, instead of spending their With 100,000 legal experts located across resources on legal fees. That’s why we connect 150 countries, our network guarantees rapid these organisations with the best law firms in the response and offers in-depth knowledge of both world to get them free legal assistance. international and local legal frameworks. Joining TrustLaw is free and easy. Members asking Some of the connections established by TrustLaw for assistance are helped along the way by our result in large-scale international legal research CONNECT team of in-house lawyers who provide advice on programmes. We publish and distribute those reports how to frame and shape legal requests. so that our members and other organisations can use them as powerful advocacy tools. RESEARCH WITH AN IMPACT TRUSTLAW PUBLICATIONS PRIVACY IN A MOBILE The so-called mHealth patient privacy in mobile health. FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE WORLD market is poised to grow to The study provided the first A United Nations study shows approximately $23 billion by ever global analysis of privacy that more people have access to 2017, but protection of patients’ legislation while looking at a mobile phone than to a toilet, privacy is seen as a barrier to its crucial issues such as data and the World Bank believes expansion. protection, data transfer, and mobile phone ownership will data ownership. outpace basic infrastructure in We connected lawyers at Baker many developing countries. In & McKenzie and Merck with the most rural areas of the world, mHealth Alliance to research people are increasingly relying on mobile technology to access basic health services. “Mobile health has the potential to In Tanzania, the government improve healthcare on a global scale. uses mobile technology to track Thomson Reuters Foundation/Min Zayar Oo This research provides important guidance malaria treatments in 5,000 clinics across the country, and as to how this can be achieved, while still in Rwanda, the health ministry protecting patient privacy.” FIGHTING SLAVERY “It was difficult to lobby without uses mobile phones to monitor -Roy Birnbaum, Merck Corporate Legal Counsel There are 100 million domestic sufficient knowledge. The research filled maternal and child mortality. workers in the world and many a major information gap and helped are forced into servitude and slavery. In the Philippines, 12% us achieve very strong results.” of the country’s women are - Cecilia Flores Oebanda, Executive Director, Visayan Forum employed as domestic workers, receiving salaries pegged at less than one dollar per day. in Chile, France, Italy, Turkey, the Manila-based Visayan Forum United Arab Emirates, South Africa, is an anti-slavery NGO. We and Singapore. connected the organisation with lawyers at White & Case and Visayan Forum used the research to Grasty Quintana Majlis & Cia who successfully negotiate for landmark produced comparative research legislation in the Philippines, on domestic workers’ rights, the “Magna Carta for Domestic looking at the national policies Workers”, passed in February 2013. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo THE TRUSTLAW AWARDS FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE Each year, TrustLaw forges hundreds of strong connections between NGOs, social enterprises, and lawyers. The connections produce outstanding results so, three years ago, we decided to celebrate the best projects. Left to right: Dayin Zhang, Jun He Law Firm, Monique Villa, Hainin Lin, Jun He Law Firm With the TrustLaw Awards, we