Indigenous leader Daria Egereva & human rights defender Natalia Leongardt risk 20 years in jail in Russia. Working with the UN to protect Indigenous rights & calling for climate action is not a crime.
100+ organizations demand their immediate release!
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An illustration by Tracy Chahwan depicting a group of activists in purple, blue, and green tones. The text says: “Did you know? 58% of activists report that governments or other authorities are behind the threats they face".
The very governments responsible for protecting human rights defenders are often the same ones threatening them.
But feminist activists courageously raise their voices, speaking truth to power for a more just world. They aren’t giving up and neither will we.
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Her leadership shapes movements for sovereignty, cultural revitalization & trans inclusion across Hawai'i & the Pacific—reminding us liberation is always intergenerational. #WHM
Hinaleimoana’s activism protects language, honors ancestors, & nurtures identity as forms of resistance. She bridges generations, ensuring that the knowledge our elders pass forward is preserved through the young people who continue the struggle for cultural survival & self-determination.
Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu is a Hawaiian māhū leader whose life shows how defending cultural heritage is a feminist act. Through advocacy, preserving language & ceremony, & mentoring youth, she resists the colonization of Hawai'i—& restores the Indigenous understanding of gender diversity as sacred.
Rivera fought for trans people, sex workers, & queer youth long before mainstream LGBTQI+ organizations acknowledged them. Her legacy is uncompromising: care is political, and trans women of color have always been at the heart of queer liberation. #WHM
Sylvia Rivera, a trans Latina trailblazer, co-founded Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (STAR) with fellow Stonewall activists in 1970. STAR was one of the first trans-led mutual-aid networks, offering food, shelter, & safety to trans youth who had been abandoned by every institution.
Hamer believed liberation demands resources, shared leadership & collective struggle. Her legacy endures in movements for voting rights, food sovereignty & Black self-determination. We honor her. #WHM
After being forcibly sterilized, a practice targeting Black women, Hamer turned trauma into power. She organized sharecroppers & rural families to build cooperatives, health clinics & political structures.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a Black feminist freedom fighter who reshaped the Civil Rights Movement—exposing how white supremacy & racial capitalism were used to control & exploit Black women in the US South.
First up: Berta Cáceres: Indigenous feminist organizer who defended land, water & her people's sovereignty. She knew resistance is collective & caring for the Earth is a feminist act.
This Women's History Month, we honor women who reshaped the world through collective struggle, community care & refusal to accept patriarchy, capitalism & colonial violence.
RENAMAT is a Bolivian network of Indigenous women, founded by Margarita Aquino, who were displaced and harmed by mining pollution and came together to defend their land, water, and rights. Our sister fund, UAF-LAC, has worked with RENAMAT since 2018.
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Iraqi feminist leader Yanar Mohammed was assassinated on March 2. Philanthropy must join activists in a sustained movement for justice and invest in the safety and survival of frontline feminist movements.
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Ten years later, Berta’s words still call us to action, and we continue to demand justice for her and her community.
She exposed the powerful interests behind the project & mobilized her community to resist, even under constant threat. Honoring Berta means recognizing that Indigenous communities still face violence for defending their territories & that environmental justice cannot be separated from human rights.
10 years after her murder, Berta Cáceres—a Lenca Indigenous leader—remains a guiding force for communities protecting land and life. Her defining struggle was against the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam, built on the sacred Gualcarque River without the Lenca people's consent.
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“When we are connected, it is easier to prevent and face reprisals.”
Are you a feminist activist facing – or worried about facing – backlash? Get real, tangible advice from other activists now on how to anticipate risks, protect yourself, and heal: urgentactionfund.org/2025/10/15/n...
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We condemn the assassination of Yanar Mohammed and join Iraqi civil society organizations in their demand for justice. We send our deepest solidarity to Yanar’s family, to her colleagues, and to all the women and girls whose lives she transformed. Read our statement here: lnkd.in/dp5fYq4C.
We’re hiring! UAF is looking for an HR consultant or consulting firm to support our People, Culture, & Operations Team with projects like policy development, payroll support & organizational development—all grounded in feminist & equitable values.
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The people of Iran, particularly children, detainees, & other vulnerable groups, must not be forced to pay the price of geopolitical conflict. Respect for international law & the protection of human dignity must remain the priority for all involved.@femenanet.bsky.social
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These tactics were established by feminist movements, making it critical to honor & resource the Black & Indigenous feminist architects behind this visionary work as communities continue resisting ICE & other forms of state violence.
From pod mapping to networks of care, these often under-resourced collective care practices are proving essential to community survival & resistance, showing what becomes possible when movements prioritize relationships & mutual safety.
These strategies, developed by feminists & LGBTQ people of color working with survivors of domestic & state violence, offer alternatives to carceral approaches by centering survivors’ experiences & creating new ways of being that break cycles of generational trauma, punishment & family separation.
Building on generations of invisible care labor by women, femmes & LGBTQ people in movements like the Black Panthers & American Indian Movement, today’s rapid response & mutual aid networks demonstrate how community care & safety can effectively replace reliance on police & the state.
Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ organizers have pioneered abolition, transformative justice, and healing justice frameworks that center collective care as a strategy for liberation—frameworks now driving resistance to ICE and state violence in Minneapolis and beyond.
We’re inviting our LGBTI grantee partners to take the LGBTI Pathways survey! Your input helps document funding gaps, risks & priorities, and building evidence to guide donors and strengthen support for LGBTI movements worldwide. Open until 20 April 2026: lgbtipathways.org/welcome-to-t...
"As global governance backslides, we must recognise where the centre of gravity truly lies: with Indigenous guardians, feminist organisers, youth networks, and frontline communities whose visions are already charting the path toward a just and liveable future."
Join us tomorrow for the final session of the CLIMA Fund learning series, “Not If, But How,” which aims to unpack the climate crisis and how to resource solutions that are grounded in the wisdom and leadership of grassroots movements across the Global South.
Register now: bit.ly/NIBH-26
Love is political. Choosing to care for one another is a radical act of resistance, especially because systems of domination depend on our isolation to thrive. When we build communities rooted in care and collective joy, we can dismantle harmful systems and work towards collective liberation.