For over 20 years, Urgent Action Fund has supported defenders in unforeseen crises and in unexpected moments of opportunity. Twenty years of building resilient feminist movements. Twenty years of hope in the face of backlash. Twenty years of delivering support to the frontlines, and commitment to a more just, equitable future.
Read MoreJune 24, 2017
At home in Maryland, with my sisters and Mom. The term “ally” wasn’t really used when I was young. I grew up in a time when being gay was not Read More
Read MoreMay 24, 2017
Press release originally published on Karaptan.org. Around 10pm on May 23, 2017, President Rodrigo Duterte placed the entire of Mindanao under Martial Law (ML) after a firefight reportedly ensued Read More
Read MoreMay 20, 2017
To support the activists and groups that we fund, donors must engage in honest conversations around our own burnout and ethics. A contribution to the openGlobalRights debate by Meerim Ilyas Read More
Read MoreMay 9, 2017
Meerim Ilyas and Jennifer Radloff Taken at FPI workshop. Photocredit: genderIT.org At a recent gathering of women human rights defenders from countries with unprecedented levels of backlash against civil society Read More
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