In 2021, we supported activists facing crises across the world and also continued to respond to our partners’ needs.

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In 2021, we supported activists facing crises across the world and also continued to respond to our partners’ needs.

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In 2021, we supported activists facing crises across the world and also continued to respond to our partners’ needs.

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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

Three Ways Funders Can Act Today to Protect Reproductive Rights

The United States Supreme Court reversed Roe v Wade, a decision that protected the right of millions of people across the country to an abortion without government interference. Today’s decision changes that, and people across the country find their reproductive rights further restricted and access to abortions considerably limited. Here are three ways other funders can step up for a pro-choice future.

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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

Over $3.5 Million Awarded to Feminist Activists in Ukraine

Since the war broke out in Ukraine in February 2022, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism has quickly responded, awarding rapid response grants to feminist activists in need. We have awarded over $3.5 million in urgent response funding, and made over 200 grants in 15 countries.

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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

Three Ways Funders Can Act Today to Protect Reproductive Rights

The United States Supreme Court reversed Roe v Wade, a decision that protected the right of millions of people across the country to an abortion without government interference. Today’s decision changes that, and people across the country find their reproductive rights further restricted and access to abortions considerably limited. Here are three ways other funders can step up for a pro-choice future.

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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

Over $3.5 Million Awarded to Feminist Activists in Ukraine

Since the war broke out in Ukraine in February 2022, Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism has quickly responded, awarding rapid response grants to feminist activists in need. We have awarded over $3.5 million in urgent response funding, and made over 200 grants in 15 countries.

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Who We Are

Urgent Action Fund is led by activists, rooted in feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. We believe that the best way to support activists seeking to effect systemic change is to adopt a flexible, participatory, grantmaking approach that supports the creativity and vision of grassroots leaders and a diversity of tactics.

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Who We Are

Urgent Action Fund is led by activists, rooted in feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. We believe that the best way to support activists seeking to effect systemic change is to adopt a flexible, participatory, grantmaking approach that supports the creativity and vision of grassroots leaders and a diversity of tactics.

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Who We Are

Urgent Action Fund is led by activists, rooted in feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. We believe that the best way to support activists seeking to effect systemic change is to adopt a flexible, participatory, grantmaking approach that supports the creativity and vision of grassroots leaders and a diversity of tactics.

This is a caption for the photo.

Who We Are

Urgent Action Fund is led by activists, rooted in feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. We believe that the best way to support activists seeking to effect systemic change is to adopt a flexible, participatory, grantmaking approach that supports the creativity and vision of grassroots leaders and a diversity of tactics.

This is a caption for the photo.

Who We Are

Urgent Action Fund is led by activists, rooted in feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. We believe that the best way to support activists seeking to effect systemic change is to adopt a flexible, participatory, grantmaking approach that supports the creativity and vision of grassroots leaders and a diversity of tactics.

This is a caption for the photo.

Who We Are

Urgent Action Fund is led by activists, rooted in feminism, and strengthened through solidarity. We believe that the best way to support activists seeking to effect systemic change is to adopt a flexible, participatory, grantmaking approach that supports the creativity and vision of grassroots leaders and a diversity of tactics.

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The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Financial Reports

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Our Grants

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

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Our Partners

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Financial Reports

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Our Grants

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

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Our Partners

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Financial Reports

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Our Grants

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

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Our Partners

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Financial Reports

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

Our Grants

The safety of women trans human rights activists/organizations is threatened as a result of their human rights work.
Grant size: up to $8,000.
Grant period: up to 3 months.

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women and LGBTQI
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women and LGBTQI human
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women and LGBTQI
human rights
defenders

Your gift to Urgent Action Fund supports the resilience of
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women and LGBTQI human
rights defenders

women and LGBTQI
human rights
defenders

Your gift to Urgent Action Fund supports the resilience of
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women and LGBTQI human
rights defenders

women and LGBTQI
human rights
defenders

Your gift to Urgent Action Fund supports the resilience of
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women and LGBTQI human
rights defenders

women and LGBTQI
human rights
defenders

Your gift to Urgent Action Fund supports the resilience of
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women and LGBTQI human
rights defenders

women and LGBTQI
human rights
defenders

Your gift to Urgent Action Fund supports the resilience of
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Chinyere Ezie

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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.