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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

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We partner with frontline feminist movements to support women, trans, and non-binary activists striving to create a more just and equitable world. Learn more at urgentactionfund.org.

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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our 2025 annual report is out now. It documents the ways in which activists continue to be courageous constellations, showing us the way forward during a time of global backlash against movements for equity and justice. Read Constellations of Courage here: urgentactionfund.org/constellatio...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People in low-income communities of color are disproportionately impacted by dangers fueled by #ClimateChange and hold the solutions and strategies we need to adapt to and address climate crises. It’s time to fund the activists and movements holding impacted communities together tinyurl.com/36pp53hp
A person with long brown hair in pig tails looks to the right and holds up a pink megaphone in her left arm. She is wearing a purple shirt with orange dots. The background is blue. The words over her say "People in frontline communities hold the solutions and strategies we need to address climate crises. We must listen to and fund them."
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Addressing the impact of #ClimateChange is harder for marginalized communities as they have fewer financial resources. Yet, they hold and lead some of the most innovative solutions to the climate crises and adapting to climate change. Their views and strategies must be centered tinyurl.com/ye3c4yvc
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How Communities Of Color Are Hurt Most By Climate Change
Climate change is affecting all of us. But, like many other challenges in society, it’s hurting communities of color the most. The racial wealth gap is the result of systemic racism eating away at ...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If philanthropy wants to meet the current moment, it must acknowledge who has been doing abolitionist and collective care work all along and help sustain them. Read our op-ed in @npquarterly.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/2tpukxbc
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Collective Care Infrastructure and Abolitionist Vision: Funding What Holds Communities Together | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Collective care and abolition work has long served as vital infrastructure for communities in the United States. Here, we acknowledge its deep-rooted lineages.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As part of CLIMA Fund, we are excited to launch the Democracy’s Immune System Initiative to raise $10M to invest in movements that protect democratic space, practice democratic governance, and transform democratic systems. climasolutions.org/democracys-i...
A infographic of the human body with text about how "Grassroots climate justice movements function like an immune system."
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
During #ClimateWeek, read through the SAGE Encyclopedia of Environmental Justice, a new initiative by Dr. Dorceta Taylor, which uniquely documents key events, institutions, and people of color in the #EnvironmentalJustice movement from all over the world. tinyurl.com/yfjxcyaf
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Meet the woman behind the world’s first environmental justice encyclopedia
Dorceta Taylor spent decades pushing back on the idea that environmentalism ‘wasn't a Black thing.’ Now she's rewritten its history.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Led by Women for Women’s Human Rights, we joined more than 450 civil society organisations from 65 countries to call for an end to the crackdown on LGBTI+ organisations, activists and human rights defenders in Turkey. You can read the letter in the images.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Peacebuilders like Anna [name changed] are sometimes considered traitors and face threats and intimidation. Collective care can help heal the activists like Anna who are trying to heal their communities. Read Anna’s story for #InternationalDayOfPeace tinyurl.com/mrsevm67
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Anna - Feminist Activism Without Fear
Anna has worked for years to ensure women’s voices are included in peacebuilding efforts and advocated against the escalation of violence in her home country. Today, she’s been forced into exile–but n...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Most human rights grants only address 1 population or issue area. Despite the intersections between the climate crisis, the erosion of civic space, and social inequality, just 5% of environmental grants also address access to justice. This #ClimateWeek, let’s commit to intersectional funding.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Collective care is a strategy for organizing that centers interdependence, shared responsibility, and community well-being and this makes movements more powerful and sustainable. How do you engage in collective care? Art by: Nafisa Ferdous
Three figures dance together in front of a colorful flag. They all have dark hair, brown skin and smiles. Their varied clothing flows as they dance together.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On International Day of Democracy, we recognize frontline feminist movements, including our grantee partners, who operate at the intersection of democratic backsliding, nationalism, and economic precarity. They lean on deeply rooted practice of community care to do their work. tinyurl.com/2tf4tc6r
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What do we mean by rapid response grants? Fast, flexible, trust-based resources moved directly into the hands of frontline activists so they can act and defend human rights and democracy and protect our planet and communities in real time. urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our Sister Fund @uaf-africa.bsky.social released their 2025 report. They received 5,029 grant applications and distributed 409 grants across 42 African countries. Their report captures this work alongside the joy and collective vision of the 3rd Feminist Republik Festival heyzine.com/flip-book/UA...
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The UAF-Africa 2025 Annual Action Report
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In the Western Balkans, care for #FeministActivists often appears in moments of survival and in pauses between crises. Too often, care focuses on what helps feminist organizers endure hostile conditions, not on what could transform those conditions. Learn more: urgentactionfund.org/publications/
Three women sit in a line, braiding flowers into each other's long hair. One woman has red hair and wears blue. One woman has blonde hair and wears green and the third woman has brown hair and wears pink. There is a quote from a Youth Activist in Serbia, "[When] a girl writes to me on social media to tell me how she got inspired by me or my work to change her reality, that gives me the only strength to get out of bed."
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
"Revolutions that last don't happen from the top down. They happen from the bottom up." - Gloria Steinem, 1934-2026 Thank you for everything you did for the world, @gloriasteinem.bsky.social Photo by: Gage Skidmore #RIPGloriaSteinem #FeministLeader
An older woman stands at a podium smiling and holding a microphone. She is wearing a black pantsuit with gold buttons. Her left hand is raised in the air.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Movements are more powerful and sustainable when they have access to resources to tend to activists’ emotional, mental, physical, digital, and spiritual well-being and safety; Here’s how movements can prioritize collective care in the face of backlash: urgentactionfund.org/2025/12/04/k...
An illustration by Tracy Chahwan featuring three women gathered together amidst green foliage against a purple background. The text reads: "How can movements respond to backlash with collective power and care?" followed by a button that says "Read Key Recommendations."
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
What can the broader feminist movement learn from feminists with #Disabilities? Find out in our ally @womenenabled.bsky.social’s new report, "Disability is a Gender Issue,” which includes findings from a survey of their community. Available in English and Spanish womenenabled.org/reports/tren...
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Trend Report 2026: Disability is a Gender Issue - Women Enabled International
Through a gender and disability lens that no other trend report offers, this document shows just how critical this leadership is. It presents a focused—though not exhaustive—snapshot of six key anti-r...
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National Women's Law Center @nwlc.org · 26/08/2026
Today is Women’s Equality Day and the 106th anniversary of women’s right to vote! We’re celebrating by releasing our new report that outlines why and how efforts to defend and strengthen American democracy must be paired with efforts to expand gender justice.
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Justice for Her, Democracy for All Report - 2026 - National Women's Law Center
History shows that democracy and gender justice rise and fall together. Functional democracies create the legal frameworks and institutions that make gender and racial equality possible, with women—particularly women of color—often leading the movements that drive those advances. By contrast, attacks on the economic security and rights of women, people of color, and LGBTQIA+ communities […]
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MADRE @madrespeaks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“Faces of Resilience” captures the voices, courage, heartbreak, and unwavering determination of Afghan women who, under Taliban rule, continue fighting for gender justice, security, and lasting change in Afghanistan. Read the full publication. bit.ly/3s3zE70
"Faces of Resilience" 

Collage of Afghan Women Human Rights Defenders
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
For years, we've seen the courage, creativity, & urgency of feminist activists up close. Across continents, crises, and moments of possibility. We will be sharing some of our insights and learnings on Substack. Follow us & read our first post now: substack.com/home/post/p-... Photo Credit: Fosforo
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Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition @whrdic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We mourn the passing of Marieme Hélie-Lucas, a pioneering feminist, sociologist, activist, and one of the founders of WHRDIC. 🕊️ Read the Commemoration Statement by WHRDIC in remembrance of Marieme Hélie-Lucas: whrdic.org/our-work/sol...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When philanthropy follows community, wisdom and transformation grow. Read "The Living Infrastructure of Change" and see why the future is already taking root: www.greengrants.org/2026/08/12/t...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
When global systems fail after climate disasters, communities step up. It is happening right now, in real places, led by real people. Read “Infrastructures for the Future Is Already Here” to see what resilience looks like: www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-inf...
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The infrastructure of the future is already here - Alliance magazine
The war on Iran that broke out earlier this year has caused a cascade of crises for people both within Iran and around the world, showing clearly the interconnected precarity our food, economic, and e...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Feminist & LGBTQI+ activists are building strategies that model care-centered futures. Our blog shares what we've learned with Dalan Fund & FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund about why resourcing collective care is key to sustaining frontline work. urgentactionfund.org/2026/06/11/l...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Feminist activists resist repression on the frontlines. Our rapid response grants help them stay safe, protect communities, & build movements for justice. Hear directly from our grantees on how flexible funding strengthened their safety & expanded their capacity. urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Grassroots feminist organizers have been navigating crises long before the world pays attention. On the DEVEX podcast, we discuss how our #FeministCrisisResponse model centers their leadership & reframes what effective response really means. Tune in now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvHC...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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...
An illustration by Nafisa Ferdous of two activists with raised fists creating a bright red sunburst of energy. Below them, two smaller figures of police face off. Text reads: "Policymakers have a responsibility to protect activists.”
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
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.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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
Illustration of two women on a sage green background, one with a blue patterned scarf covering her lower face and one in a red patterned headscarf, both with orange flowers in their hair. The text reads, 'Feminist movements are not only resisting authoritarianism but also modeling democratic values. 'Illustration by Anna Rabko.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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/
An illustration by Nafisa Ferdous of a woman speaking passionately into a microphone with the text: "Peace agreements that include women are 35% more likely to last at least 15 years."
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
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.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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!
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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...
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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...
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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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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
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/
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
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...
An illustration by Tracy Chahwan featuring an activist speaking into a microphone. The image includes a quote from Diana, a feminist activist: "The fact is that queer people do not have the same rights... There is this huge new political, conservative push to silence us and take away our rights."
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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.
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Center for Reproductive Rights @reprorights.org · 01/06/2026
There is no reproductive freedom without Queer liberation. Happy Pride Month! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
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
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ECNL @ecnl.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
💡 Important new report on collective care in regions that are shaped by cycles of war, displacement, intensified repression, and severe funding constraints:
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Check out this new report by our partners at @whrdic.bsky.social!
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
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
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
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...
An illustration by Tracy Chahwan showing a group of joyful activists in the back of a truck. The text reads, "Become a fearless funder for fearless feminist activists" with a button for “Three Recommendations” A blue graphic with the header “Become a fearless Funder. It lists three numbered points: 1) Provide flexible funding for collective power, protection, and care; 2) Adopt a feminist, inclusive understanding of backlash; and 3) Build strong relationships with feminist activists. A circular inset illustration in the bottom right shows a group of activists in blue outfits holding hands in a circle around a large orange fire.
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"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/
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
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
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Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism @urgentactionfund.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
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...
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