07/28/2021
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07/20/2021
How public ‘apologies’ are used against domestic abuse victims in Chechnya
How public ‘apologies’ are used against domestic abuse victims in Chechnya
Activists say Ramzan Kadyrov’s regime uses televised confessions ‘under duress’ to hold back women’s rights, despite changes in society
07/20/2021
Community Healing Hour
Community Healing Hour
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07/20/2021
Where Are Young Women in Philanthropy?
Where Are Young Women in Philanthropy?
Feminist philanthropy is missing something: The voice of young women just starting out. How can we bring younger voices into the fold?
07/15/2021
🗣Calling all #environmental & #climate justice activists! 🗣
The deadline to apply to UAF’s Feminist Innovation Fund is quickly approaching.
The Feminist Innovation fund aims to amplify the work of #women, #trans, and #genderdiverse activists at the intersection of gender & climate justice.
Click here to learn how you can submit an application by July 16, http://bit.ly/3ix4FJJ.
07/14/2021
Happy International Non-Binary Day!
Today we shine a light on those who identify as #nonbinary and celebrate the rich diversity of our community!
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Happy International Non-Binary Day!
Today we shine a light on those who identify as #nonbinary and celebrate the rich diversity of our community!
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07/09/2021
Apply by July 16 to UAF’s Feminist Innovation Fund!
The Feminist Innovation Fund aims to amplify the work of #women, #trans, and #genderdiverse activists at the intersection of gender & climate justice. Learn how to apply by clicking here, bit.ly/3ix4FJJ.
Apply by July 16 to UAF’s Feminist Innovation Fund!
The Feminist Innovation Fund aims to amplify the work of #women, #trans, and #genderdiverse activists at the intersection of gender & climate justice. Learn how to apply by clicking here, bit.ly/3ix4FJJ.
07/02/2021
It’s the closing day of UN Women’s #GenerationEquality Forum. But our work is just beginning. We can bring about transformation toward gender justice if—and only if—we center the power, perspectives, and participation of women and girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people who have been most affected by patriarchy and other intersecting forms of violence and oppression, and if we ensure intersectional feminist movements are equal partners in the global gender justice agenda.
When #women, #girls, #trans, #nonbinary and inters*x people in all of their #diversity, especially those most affected by #intersecting forms of #violence and #oppression, lead action for #gender #justice, it is more #transformative, sustainable, and responsive to root causes.
#ActforEqual #FeministGeneration
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It’s the closing day of UN Women’s #GenerationEquality Forum. But our work is just beginning. We can bring about transformation toward gender justice if—and only if—we center the power, perspectives, and participation of women and girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people who have been most affected by patriarchy and other intersecting forms of violence and oppression, and if we ensure intersectional feminist movements are equal partners in the global gender justice agenda.
When #women, #girls, #trans, #nonbinary and inters*x people in all of their #diversity, especially those most affected by #intersecting forms of #violence and #oppression, lead action for #gender #justice, it is more #transformative, sustainable, and responsive to root causes.
#ActforEqual #FeministGeneration
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07/02/2021
We call on the #GenerationEquality Forum to ensure justice and accessibility across ability, language, technology, and time! #ActForEqual
#ActionEquality #FeministGeneration
1. Ensure #timejustice by considering the #geography and labor of women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x activists in your planning for #Paris and beyond. Schedule sessions that accommodate time differences in order to ensure the viable, meaningful participation of #women, #girls, #trans, #nonbinary and #inters*x people from the Global South.
2. Ensure #languagejustice by providing interpretation well beyond #English, #French, and #Spanish Refuse to let convenience be the enemy of equity, impact and a truly inclusive opportunity to advance gender justice.
3. Ensure #digital #accessibility. Use technology and tools that are accessible and available to all people in all regions, as opposed to relying on technology that is clearly not available in certain parts of the world.
4. Ensure inclusion across abilities.#GEF and other spaces should consider all accessibility issues, including, but not limited to, sight and hearing accessibility.
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We call on the #GenerationEquality Forum to ensure justice and accessibility across ability, language, technology, and time! #ActForEqual
#ActionEquality #FeministGeneration
1. Ensure #timejustice by considering the #geography and labor of women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x activists in your planning for #Paris and beyond. Schedule sessions that accommodate time differences in order to ensure the viable, meaningful participation of #women, #girls, #trans, #nonbinary and #inters*x people from the Global South.
2. Ensure #languagejustice by providing interpretation well beyond #English, #French, and #Spanish Refuse to let convenience be the enemy of equity, impact and a truly inclusive opportunity to advance gender justice.
3. Ensure #digital #accessibility. Use technology and tools that are accessible and available to all people in all regions, as opposed to relying on technology that is clearly not available in certain parts of the world.
4. Ensure inclusion across abilities.#GEF and other spaces should consider all accessibility issues, including, but not limited to, sight and hearing accessibility.
Women's Fund Asia Urgent Action Fund-Africa
07/01/2021
Today, Turkey officially withdraws from the #IstanbulConvention.
The attempt to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention is unconstitutional, unlawful & against international human rights norms.
Regression from the Istanbul Convention should be recognized as a regression from commitments to #equality, #democracy, and rule of law. We send solidarity to feminist & LGBTQI+ rights activists in Turkey. #United4IstanbulConvention http://united4istanbulconvention.com
Today, Turkey officially withdraws from the #IstanbulConvention.
The attempt to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention is unconstitutional, unlawful & against international human rights norms.
Regression from the Istanbul Convention should be recognized as a regression from commitments to #equality, #democracy, and rule of law. We send solidarity to feminist & LGBTQI+ rights activists in Turkey. #United4IstanbulConvention http://united4istanbulconvention.com
07/01/2021
Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter make unprecedented commitments to tackle the abuse of women on their platforms
UAF has signed on!
A safer internet for women and girls is possible. Four tech companies have pledged to tackle abuse against women on their platforms — we’ll be watching to see their progress.
If fully realized these steps would help create a more empowering internet for millions of women & girls worldwide
https://webfoundation.org/2021/07/generation-equality-commitments/
Facebook, Google, TikTok and Twitter — four of the world’s largest tech companies — today announce a bold package of commitments to tackle online abuse and improve women’s safety on their platforms at the UN Generation Equality Forum in Paris. During our consultations on online gender-based ...
07/01/2021
With the UN Women’s Generation Equality Forum underway, we look forward to transparency and accountability throughout the #GEF and beyond and hope for decision-making that is flexible, inclusive, expansive, and spacious in order to ensure the active participation of feminist, intersectional activists most structurally excluded from global processes.
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06/30/2021
UAF grantees like GlobalGirl Media are an inspiration✨
To activate #youngfeminists in Greece, both refugee and Greek-born, they produced a series of videos that feature powerful profiles of feminist organizations. Check out their amazing work here, bit.ly/2TeXkEz #generationequality #GEF
06/30/2021
Due to popular demand, we have extended the deadline to apply to UAF’s Feminist Innovation Fund to July 16, 2021!
We are looking for #Environmental & #Climate justice activists working at the intersection of gender and climate justice to submit an application.
Click here to learn how you can apply, https://bit.ly/3ix4FJJ!
06/30/2021
Today is the first day of UN Women's #GenerationEquality Forum in Paris.
To ensure meaningful progress toward #genderjustice, it is vital that we ensure the full, substantive participation and leadership of structurally excluded women and girls, including but not limited to: racialized, Indigenous, and defenders from other marginalized castes, ethnic and religious groups; environmental and land rights defenders; disability rights activists; le***an, bis*xual, trans, q***r, inters*x, gender non-binary defenders; s*x worker and informal, domestic, and low-wage worker rights defenders; women living with and affected by HIV and AIDS rights defenders; and migrant, displaced, refugee, or stateless defenders and those affected by conflict and occupation.
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#FeministGeneration
Today is the first day of UN Women's #GenerationEquality Forum in Paris.
To ensure meaningful progress toward #genderjustice, it is vital that we ensure the full, substantive participation and leadership of structurally excluded women and girls, including but not limited to: racialized, Indigenous, and defenders from other marginalized castes, ethnic and religious groups; environmental and land rights defenders; disability rights activists; le***an, bis*xual, trans, q***r, inters*x, gender non-binary defenders; s*x worker and informal, domestic, and low-wage worker rights defenders; women living with and affected by HIV and AIDS rights defenders; and migrant, displaced, refugee, or stateless defenders and those affected by conflict and occupation.
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#ActForEqual
#ActionEquality
#FeministGeneration
06/29/2021
The deadline to apply to UAF’s Feminist Innovation Fund is quickly approaching!
We are looking for #Environmental & #Climate justice activists to submit an application to our Feminist Innovation Fund by June 30, 2021.
This fund is a special grantmaking initiative to amplify the transformative work of women, trans, and gender diverse activists working at the intersection of gender and climate justice.
The Feminist Innovation Fund seeks to support grassroots movements from underrepresented communities in implementing innovative, frontline actions to address the root causes of the climate crisis.
There is still time to apply, click here to learn how you can apply, https://bit.ly/3ix4FJJ!
06/29/2021
It’s not too late for #GenerationEquality Forum to prioritize the substantive, meaningful, equitable participation of intersectional feminist movements led by and for women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people.
Women's Fund Asia Urgent Action Fund-Africa
#ActForEqual
#ActionEquality
It’s not too late for #GenerationEquality Forum to prioritize the substantive, meaningful, equitable participation of intersectional feminist movements led by and for women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people.
Women's Fund Asia Urgent Action Fund-Africa
#ActForEqual
#ActionEquality
06/29/2021
Women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people are consistently denied access to—not to mention leadership and power within—decision-making and agenda-setting processes where some of the most consequential decisions are made about their lives. UN Women’s #GenerationEquality Forum is the most important opportunity we’ve had in a generation to change that.
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#ActForEqual #ActionEquality #FeministGeneration #FeministRightsDefenders #FeministParticipation #FeministLeadership
Women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people are consistently denied access to—not to mention leadership and power within—decision-making and agenda-setting processes where some of the most consequential decisions are made about their lives. UN Women’s #GenerationEquality Forum is the most important opportunity we’ve had in a generation to change that.
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#ActForEqual #ActionEquality #FeministGeneration #FeministRightsDefenders #FeministParticipation #FeministLeadership
06/29/2021
As a collaborative of feminist funds who provide holistic support to community-based intersectional feminist activist movements led by and for women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people, the Feminist Generation Consortium knows these movements’ full and substantive participation in the UN Women #GenerationEquality Forum is vital to ensuring relevant and responsive state and donor commitments to gender equality and the true realization of gender justice worldwide. Urgent Action Fund-Africa Urgent Action Fund Women's Fund Asia
As a collaborative of feminist funds who provide holistic support to community-based intersectional feminist activist movements led by and for women, girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people, the Feminist Generation Consortium knows these movements’ full and substantive participation in the UN Women #GenerationEquality Forum is vital to ensuring relevant and responsive state and donor commitments to gender equality and the true realization of gender justice worldwide. Urgent Action Fund-Africa Urgent Action Fund Women's Fund Asia
06/28/2021
Women, feminist, LGBTIQ, and trans-led organizations from around the world are coming together to jointly affirm and amplify feminist principles in relation to understanding gender, s*x, and s*xuality!
We believe gender equality will not be achieved without the realization of human rights for all trans, inters*x, and nonbinary people. Join us in committing to deepen our learning and understanding of intersectionality, feminism, and the rights of LGBTIQ and non-binary people, unlearning internalized patterns of s*xism, racism, and colonialism, and challenging unjust power structures and systems of oppression.
“Human rights are inherent to every person, regardless of gender, s*xual orientation, gender identity, gender expression & s*x characteristics. All individuals have the right to realize and exercise their inalienable rights and freedoms, and no individual or institution has the right to infringe upon the fundamental human rights of another. The realization of the human rights of any one group of persons does not come at the cost of the rights of any others.” Find the statement and sign-on at www.FeministAffirmation.org.
Women, feminist, LGBTIQ, and trans-led organizations from around the world are coming together to jointly affirm and amplify feminist principles in relation to understanding gender, s*x, and s*xuality!
We believe gender equality will not be achieved without the realization of human rights for all trans, inters*x, and nonbinary people. Join us in committing to deepen our learning and understanding of intersectionality, feminism, and the rights of LGBTIQ and non-binary people, unlearning internalized patterns of s*xism, racism, and colonialism, and challenging unjust power structures and systems of oppression.
“Human rights are inherent to every person, regardless of gender, s*xual orientation, gender identity, gender expression & s*x characteristics. All individuals have the right to realize and exercise their inalienable rights and freedoms, and no individual or institution has the right to infringe upon the fundamental human rights of another. The realization of the human rights of any one group of persons does not come at the cost of the rights of any others.” Find the statement and sign-on at www.FeministAffirmation.org.
06/23/2021
The #GenerationEquality Forum is the most important opportunity we’ve had in nearly three decades to center the power, participation, and well-being of women and girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people. Together, we can ensure #feminist #activist voices are heard. Join us in calling on @UN_Women to ensure those most affected by gender injustice are the foremost participants in decision-making to realize gender justice.
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The #GenerationEquality Forum is the most important opportunity we’ve had in nearly three decades to center the power, participation, and well-being of women and girls, trans, gender non-binary and inters*x people. Together, we can ensure #feminist #activist voices are heard. Join us in calling on @UN_Women to ensure those most affected by gender injustice are the foremost participants in decision-making to realize gender justice.
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📢This is a historic moment for UAF 📢 So far in 2020, @urgentactionfund has granted over $1,000,000 to #feminist grassroots movements and activists across our regions 🎉🎉🎉 We proudly support women and transgender human rights defenders who raise critical issues and work on dismantling patriarchal, racist, capitalist, authoritarian, and other oppressive agendas. Now and always, UAF commits to addressing challenges faced by feminist #movements and #humanrights defenders worldwide. Help us in giving a special shoutout to the incredible and hardworking staff at UAF👏🏽 It is because of their dedication and commitment to the grassroots movements and activists that we reached this milestone ✨
Calling all feminist activists! To center the leadership of intersectional feminist activists, UAF has launched the Beijing +25 Advocacy Grants Program. This grant was created to amplify the voices of women, trans, and gender diverse communities and activists to join global advocacy spaces and engage with Beijing +25 processes and/or push for commitments from governments or other stakeholders. Click the link in our bio to learn how you can apply!
"We have been striking now for over a year and still basically nothing has happened. The climate crisis is still being ignored by those in power." @GretaThunberg called out leaders at #COP25, where #activists are protesting inaction on #climatechange.
This #GivingTuesday , we can all defend #WomensHumanRights to make it safer for activists to continue doing their meaningful work! All gifts up to $5,000 made will be matched in honor of the brave activists fighting for women's rights! Help us #FundCourage bit.ly/2Y0Jm6Q
International Women Human Rights Defenders Day 2019
Forget #BlackFriday, today we celebrate and recognize #WomenHumanRightsDefendersDay! Honor a #WHRD for their sacrifices and struggles to make this world an equal place for women & girls. Women are on the frontlines every day, do you have their backs? https://bit.ly/2Y0Jm6Q
Take a look behind the curtains at @urgentactionfund👀✨ Our staff and board members have been busy strategizing for the future of UAF and how we can stand in solidarity with front line #womenshumanrightsdefenders. We love what we do and are honored to stand with them in the fight for justice and equality! #feminisms #love
Urgent Action Fund and over 500 #feminist activists and organizations, lawyers, academics, students, scientists, and writers from over 30 countries have announced their solidarity for the women of #Kashmir in this, its darkest moment. As a result of the Indian government terminating Jammu and Kashmir’s autonomous constitutional status, nearly 8 million Kashmiris are being held hostage by Indian armed forces with mounting evidence of countless injustices to the people of Kashmir. Women have been at the forefront of Kashmiri's struggles for #freedom, #justice, truth, and accountability for widespread #humanrights violations particularly sexual violence and enforced disappearances. Today the women of the world stand with them in resisting the forces of tyranny, militarism, and violence! #StandWithKashmir #StandWithTheWomenofKashmir
Young Activists Imagining the Future of Human Rights
livestream of our event: Young Activists Imagining the Future of Human Rights (over Boba!)
Reclaiming Land, Securing Future: Story of Piondo Farmers’ Union
Eva Bande is a recognizable and immensely courageous face in the Urgent Action Fund community. She started a land reclamation movement in her Indonesian region of Sulawesi protesting unauthorized plantations by palm oil companies. Many Piondo Farmers Union protesters were imprisoned for their activism. Eva was imprisoned the longest. In this short, she discusses what the support of her father has meant for her activism, how the farmers and Ta'a indigenous people are rehabilitating the land, and where her community gets the spirit to keep fighting today. Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights - Asia and Pacific Thousand Currents Global Greengrants Fund Grassroots International
Saving Ourselves: A story from the Bambuti People
Protecting Indigenous land rights is one of the most important and tangible actions for mitigating climate change. It builds local resilience to climate change's global impacts, but advocating for Indigenous land rights is also a deadly. In 2018, 77% of the 321 human rights defeners killed were working on land rights issue. This film explores how the Bambuti people of Eastern Congo began to organize themselves and other Indigenous communities in the region after becoming forcefully evicted from their native forest by their government and conservation groups alike. Global Greengrants Fund | Thousand Currents | Grassroots International Urgent Action Fund-Africa
#StandWithSaudiFeminists
Israa Al-Ghomgham is the first women's human rights defender to face trial that could lead to her ex*****on. #StandWithSaudiFeminists by signing the petition and sharing this video with your communities to spread awareness of the dangers women in #Saudi continue to face. We stand with CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Gulf Center for Human Rights مركز الخليج لحقوق الإنسان, and International Service for Human Rights in demanding #FreeSaudiActivists
Director of Programs, Shalini Eddens is leading a session alongside Alysia Tate of the Chicago Foundation for Women at #WomenFunded2017 -- speaking to the power of cash and rapid response grantmaking in the US. Shalini speaks specifically about #Ferguson, the defining moment for Urgent Action Fund's grant making in the US, and the over 300% increase in security grant requests since the November 2016 election.
Bay Area Rising, February 14, 2013
Shout out to our neighbors and colleagues at #IDEX for organizing a beautiful, powerful and inspiring #1BillionRising event last night!
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On #InternationalWomensDay2018, as Mattel is turning Frida Kahlo into a Barbie-doll, we remember the q***r, feminist, communist activist and artist that she was until the day she died.