Feminist activists are fighting for our collective future. Given the intensifying threats they face, policymakers must prioritize their safety and the sustainability of their movements. Here’s how: urgentactionfund.org/2025/11/20/w...

We're taking a pause from July 24 to August 2 to reconnect with the care practices that sustain our work. We'll be offline & not reviewing grant requests until August 3, but you can still apply for a grant or support our work with frontline feminist activists on our website urgentactionfund.org.

Across 101 countries, LGBTQI+ communities held pride in 2025, even as government repression, funding cuts, & political hostility intensified. @outrightintl.bsky.social's new report captures a portrait of courage when the risks grew & resources shrank. outrightinternational.org/sites/defaul...

From Armenia to Belarus to Syria, feminists are facing down repression with courage, creativity & sheer endurance. Our latest blog looks at what activists are navigating every day, the strategies they're using to protect democratic spaces, and why resourcing their efforts matters. shorturl.at/p9OPH

Women & gender-expansive activists are reshaping what disability rights organizing looks like. This #DisabilityPrideMonth, read “Activists From Strength," a report that shows us a roadmap for how to resource and support inclusive, intersectional, & sustainable movements. shorturl.at/25ePi

Collective resistance doesn't happen by accident. It is built through years of care, trust, & community infrastructure. If we want movements to endure, we must resource the systems that sustain them. Read our latest blog post now: urgentactionfund.org/2026/06/03/w...

A crisis doesn't start when the world notices or end when headlines fade. Feminist movements are redefining responses: local, collective, & long-term. Listen to the full episode now: www.devex.com/news/every-c...

Women’s leadership is essential to peace. Yet, women peacebuilders are often targeted with reprisals and marginalization–even forced into exile, like Anna. Here’s her story: feministactivismwithoutfear.org/story/anna/

As global conflict and crises intensify, frontline feminist activists must be ready to act, navigate shifting political realities, and care for themselves and their communities. That is where we step in. Learn more about our rapid response grants at urgentactionfund.org/grants.

Queer poetry holds lives with tenderness and truth—from Audre Lorde to James Baldwin to Kai Cheng Thom, generations of poets teach us to be our authentic selves and imagine freer futures. As Pride Month ends, help us honor them: share your favorite queer poet below!

Frontline activists show us what courage looks like. If you want a glimpse into what #FeministActivismWithoutFear truly means, stream the episode on Global Citizen. Listen now and stand with those protecting our freedoms: www.globalcitizen.org/en/video/sto...

Kyrgyzstan is on the brink of passing a harmful bill that would ban legal gender recognition, prohibit gender-affirming health care, & restrict access to information for trans and gender-diverse youth. We stand in solidarity with trans communities in Kyrgyzstan. www.hrw.org/news/2026/06...

Kyrgyzstan: Anti-Trans Bill Threatens Rights

A harmful draft law before the Kyrgyzstan parliament would prohibit legal gender recognition, ban gender-affirming health care, and restrict information about gender diversity and the possibility of…

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Care is the infrastructure that makes long-term activism possible. "Putting Out Fires Till We Burn Out" documents how feminist & LGBTQI+ organizers in the South Caucasus & Western Balkans sustain movements amid permanent urgency. Read now: urgentactionfund.org/publications/

Targeting the rights of LGBTQIA+ people (and activists that support them) is a centerpiece of the authoritarian playbook. Supporting queer rights activists is one of the first lines of defense against expanding authoritarianism around the globe. Diana’s story ➡️ urgentactionfund.org/2025/12/11/q...

Pride is protest. Pride is Art. Pride is survival. #Pride exists because LGBTQI+ people fought & still fight for the right to live, love, & create freely. It began as an uprising led by trans women of color, drag queens, lesbians, & queer youth who refused to be erased.

There is no reproductive freedom without Queer liberation. Happy Pride Month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Our work doesn't only happen in grant reports. It also happens in the words of the activists we walk alongside, in the lessons we carry across regions, and in the quiet & not-so-quiet revelations we encounter every day. Subscribe to our Substack: urgentactionsisterfunds.substack.com/subscribe

💡 Important new report on collective care in regions that are shaped by cycles of war, displacement, intensified repression, and severe funding constraints:

Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism@urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Putting Out the Fire Till We Burn Out" is live. Care isn't just wellbeing—it's movement infrastructure. Drawing from 75 activists across the South Caucasus & Western Balkans, our findings are clear: care is political strategy. 🔗 Read the full report: urgentactionfund.org/publications/

Check out this new report by our partners at @whrdic.bsky.social!

Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition@whrdic.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our 2025 Annual Report captures the moment of reinvigoration: how the Coalition rebuilt its structures, strengthened its collective vision, and reasserted its role in a rapidly changing and challenging global landscape. 📙 Read the full report on our website whrdic.org/our-work/sta...

Care is movement infrastructure. At our event on the sidelines of #WomenDeliver, we explored how collective care sustains feminist movements amid crises and how funders can resource it effectively. Read "Putting Out Fires Until We Burn Out" to learn why funding care is essential. shorturl.at/N08Xn

Feminist movements are fearless, and so are the funders and supporters who stand with them in solidarity. ✊🏾✊🏿👊🏻 Here are 3️⃣ recommendations for how to support feminist activists at this critical moment: urgentactionfund.org/2025/10/31/h...

"Putting Out the Fire Till We Burn Out" is live. Care isn't just wellbeing—it's movement infrastructure. Drawing from 75 activists across the South Caucasus & Western Balkans, our findings are clear: care is political strategy. 🔗 Read the full report: urgentactionfund.org/publications/

What does it cost to speak out for human rights? In the latest episode of Voices of Change by Global Citizen, feminist activists share what it means to organize in the face of backlash—and the power of collective care that keeps movements alive. 🎧 Stream now: glblctzn.co/7MBPRgBij2b

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! climaterights.org/wp-content/u...

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. urgentactionfund.org/2025/09/25/f...

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.

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.

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.

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. Read more here: shorturl.at/QKPNi

Forced from her home, this Bolivian Indigenous farmer now defends the land and women’s rights.

Forced from her home, this Bolivian Indigenous farmer now defends the land and women’s rights.

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