URGENT
ACTION FUND

URGENT
ACTION FUND

For Feminist Activism

We provide resources that serve as a lifeline for women, trans and nonbinary activists who face direct threats to their safety and well-being.

What We Do

What We Do

Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism provides fast, flexible support to women, trans and non-binary activists so that they can respond to unexpected risks and opportunities, protect and care for themselves and one another, and nurture and sustain thriving frontline feminist movements for a just and equitable world.

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3,234

rapid response grants provided

125

countries

When feminist movements have access to timely support from trusted funders, they are better equipped to adapt to real-time risks and leverage opportunities in ways that sustain ongoing movements for social change.

Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio
Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio
Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio

Photo Credit: Andrea Piacquadio

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Where We Fund

Urgent Action Fund supports women, trans, and non-binary activists in the Middle East, Europe, the Balkans, the Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia, Russia, Canada, and the United States. Our Sister Funds offer support to activists in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Canada

Canada

Central Asia

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Europe

Austria
Belarus
Belgium
France
Germany 
Hungary
Italy
Lithuania
Netherlands
Moldova
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
Ukraine
United Kingdom
Estonia
Czech Republic
Andorra
Cyprus
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Norway
San Marino
Slovakia
Spain
Switzerland

The Balkans

Albania
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Kosovo
Romania
Serbia
Croatia
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Slovenia

The Caucasus

Georgia
Russian Federation
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Turkey

The Middle East

Jordan
Bahrain
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Lebanon
Oman
Syria
Yemen
Palestine
Kuwait
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
United Arab Emirates

The United States

United States

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feminist activists in real time

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feminist activists

in real time

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Chinyere Ezie

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Role

Chinyere Ezie is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where she advocates for racial justice, gender justice, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) rights, and challenges governmental abuses of power. Chinyere previously worked at the Southern Poverty Law Center where she brought cases defending the rights of LGBTQI+ Southerners. She also served as a Trial Attorney at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where she litigated employment discrimination cases and secured a $5.1 million jury verdict on behalf of workers subjected to unlawful treatment. Chinyere is a William J. Fulbright Scholar, a White House Fellows Program Regional Panelist, and a cum laude graduate of Yale University. She also received a Juris Doctorate from Columbia Law School, where she was an Alexander Hamilton Scholar and served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Gender and Law. Chinyere serves on the Board of Directors of the Transgender Law Center and the feminist grant-making organization the Urgent Action Fund. She was also a Founding Board Member of the National Trans Bar Association.In 2018, she was named one of the nation’s Best LGBTQI+ Lawyers Under 40.