Communities in Cajamarca, Colombia, are using legal and civic tools to defend their territory, protect their water and shape its future.

Explore the Legal Empowerment Across Borders toolkit, developed collaboratively by LEF, the Bernstein Institute for Human Rights, and grantee partners to document community-led approaches to justice b...

Community organizing in the streets of Minneapolis shows what solidarity looks like at scale. We share four things activists everywhere can learn from the movement in Minnesota.

Human rights activists are being targeted by authoritarians with crackdowns and threats to funding. Donate today and make twice the difference in fueling their resistance.

We supported human rights activists in Syria through years of conflict and repression. Today, they are the roots of a growing movement.

The world is changing—and so are we. But our commitment to justice, dignity, and fundamental freedoms will never waver.

Developers are buying up land and bulldozing vital ecosystems. But community-led activism is pushing back—and it’s working.

Defending The Dunes follows a coastal community in Tamil Nadu, India, who depend on coastal sand dunes for protection from storms and saltwater intrusion, and as a key part of the unique local ecosyst...

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Can virtual spaces help build power for justice? Paul Waiswa shares his experience co-creating on Zoom with a group of LEF grantee partners.