Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism
@urgentactionfund.bsky.social
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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Hi, we are Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism. We partner with frontline feminist movements to support women, trans, and non-binary activists striving to create a more just and equitable world. We’d love to build community here on Bluesky.
Learn more about us! urgentactionfund.org
Learn more about us! urgentactionfund.org
To protect our planet, we must care for its defenders. 🌎✊
We cannot address climate change without supporting frontline activists, protecting their safety, and centering their voices.
Here is one activist’s story: urgentactionfund.org/2025/11/20/t...
We cannot address climate change without supporting frontline activists, protecting their safety, and centering their voices.
Here is one activist’s story: urgentactionfund.org/2025/11/20/t...
February 3, 2026 at 1:02 PM
To protect our planet, we must care for its defenders. 🌎✊
We cannot address climate change without supporting frontline activists, protecting their safety, and centering their voices.
Here is one activist’s story: urgentactionfund.org/2025/11/20/t...
We cannot address climate change without supporting frontline activists, protecting their safety, and centering their voices.
Here is one activist’s story: urgentactionfund.org/2025/11/20/t...
How do we decentralize & decolonize philanthropy—in practice?
Our latest report documents the journey behind the creation of Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific, offering learnings for philanthropic organizations reimagining power, governance, and solidarity.
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-bir...
Our latest report documents the journey behind the creation of Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific, offering learnings for philanthropic organizations reimagining power, governance, and solidarity.
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-bir...
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
How do we decentralize & decolonize philanthropy—in practice?
Our latest report documents the journey behind the creation of Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific, offering learnings for philanthropic organizations reimagining power, governance, and solidarity.
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-bir...
Our latest report documents the journey behind the creation of Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific, offering learnings for philanthropic organizations reimagining power, governance, and solidarity.
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/the-bir...
Dr. King’s legacy is not just an inspiration but instructions for confronting injustice with courage & collective power. Today is an opportunity to not only honor this legacy of work for justice and racial equity but also to examine all the ways in which we each may be complicit in injustice.
January 19, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Dr. King’s legacy is not just an inspiration but instructions for confronting injustice with courage & collective power. Today is an opportunity to not only honor this legacy of work for justice and racial equity but also to examine all the ways in which we each may be complicit in injustice.
Join the CLIMA Fund for a four-part learning series, Not If, But How, that unpacks the climate crisis & how to reach grassroots solutions that are grounded in the wisdom & leadership of grassroots movements across the Global South.
Calls on: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, & 17.
Register now: bit.ly/NIBH-26
Calls on: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, & 17.
Register now: bit.ly/NIBH-26
January 13, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Join the CLIMA Fund for a four-part learning series, Not If, But How, that unpacks the climate crisis & how to reach grassroots solutions that are grounded in the wisdom & leadership of grassroots movements across the Global South.
Calls on: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, & 17.
Register now: bit.ly/NIBH-26
Calls on: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, & 17.
Register now: bit.ly/NIBH-26
Did you know that a survey of nearly 350 human rights defenders across the globe revealed that 19.4% reported symptoms of PTSD? You can be part of a collective care response that helps create psychological safety for activists ➡️ urgentactionfund.org/2025/09/15/t...
January 6, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Did you know that a survey of nearly 350 human rights defenders across the globe revealed that 19.4% reported symptoms of PTSD? You can be part of a collective care response that helps create psychological safety for activists ➡️ urgentactionfund.org/2025/09/15/t...
The most powerful transformation emerges from those embedded in their communities who are brave enough to lead. We must sustain the movements building the future we long to see.
Your gift, whether it's $25 or $2,500, helps activists move quickly when it matters most. urgentactionfund.org/donate
Your gift, whether it's $25 or $2,500, helps activists move quickly when it matters most. urgentactionfund.org/donate
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The most powerful transformation emerges from those embedded in their communities who are brave enough to lead. We must sustain the movements building the future we long to see.
Your gift, whether it's $25 or $2,500, helps activists move quickly when it matters most. urgentactionfund.org/donate
Your gift, whether it's $25 or $2,500, helps activists move quickly when it matters most. urgentactionfund.org/donate
If you’re a climate or environmental justice activist facing unanticipated risks and threats or are organizing emergent advocacy strategies, apply for a grant now to continue advancing grassroots-led solutions: urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
December 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you’re a climate or environmental justice activist facing unanticipated risks and threats or are organizing emergent advocacy strategies, apply for a grant now to continue advancing grassroots-led solutions: urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
We're looking for a feminist event planner based in New York to join us as a part time consultant in 2026. Learn more and apply here: urgentactionfund.org/careers.
December 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We're looking for a feminist event planner based in New York to join us as a part time consultant in 2026. Learn more and apply here: urgentactionfund.org/careers.
"When we move decision-making power to the communities we serve, we create more responsive, adaptive, and sustainable systems." -on why now, a time of heightened crises, is exactly the time to invest in shifting power to frontline feminist organisations.
The birth of UAF Asia and the Pacific: A guide for decolonisation through regionalisation - Alliance magazine
Last month Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism and Urgent Action Fund-Asia and the Pacific launched a report detailing how and why we created the latter, as a step towards further decentralising…
www.alliancemagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"When we move decision-making power to the communities we serve, we create more responsive, adaptive, and sustainable systems." -on why now, a time of heightened crises, is exactly the time to invest in shifting power to frontline feminist organisations.
Attacks on LGTBQIA activists in #Kazakhstan are deeply concerning. Authorities must take meaningful action to protect human rights defenders against rogue entities working to deter and intimidate them. www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement...
December 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Attacks on LGTBQIA activists in #Kazakhstan are deeply concerning. Authorities must take meaningful action to protect human rights defenders against rogue entities working to deter and intimidate them. www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement...
Declaration+25 supplements the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Together, they establish standards for protecting human rights defenders and their work. This new toolkit from our friends at @ishr.ch explores Declaration +25 and its use for activists. ishr.ch/defenders-to...
December 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Declaration+25 supplements the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Together, they establish standards for protecting human rights defenders and their work. This new toolkit from our friends at @ishr.ch explores Declaration +25 and its use for activists. ishr.ch/defenders-to...
"Beneath the rhetoric of inclusion lay a profound structural failure that reveals how the climate finance mechanisms are reproducing colonial extractive relationships, and how a feminist approach to climate justice is systematically undermined at every level." via @menafem.bsky.social on #COP30
COP30 Feminist Reflection #3: How Many Times Do We Have to Pay for the Climate Crisis? - menafem movement
The 30th round of COP was another disappointment in the road to feminist climate justice. The COP of truth failed to be true in any shape or form. Honestly speaking, none of the presented governments…
menafemmovement.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Beneath the rhetoric of inclusion lay a profound structural failure that reveals how the climate finance mechanisms are reproducing colonial extractive relationships, and how a feminist approach to climate justice is systematically undermined at every level." via @menafem.bsky.social on #COP30
To honor our commitment to collective care and well-being, all Urgent Action Fund staff will be offline for a holiday break from December 22 to December 26.
You can still apply for a grant and make a donation to support frontline feminist activists on our website. See you online again soon!
You can still apply for a grant and make a donation to support frontline feminist activists on our website. See you online again soon!
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
To honor our commitment to collective care and well-being, all Urgent Action Fund staff will be offline for a holiday break from December 22 to December 26.
You can still apply for a grant and make a donation to support frontline feminist activists on our website. See you online again soon!
You can still apply for a grant and make a donation to support frontline feminist activists on our website. See you online again soon!
We're looking for a feminist event planner based in New York to join us as a part time consultant in 2026.
Learn more and apply here: urgentactionfund.org/careers.
Learn more and apply here: urgentactionfund.org/careers.
December 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We're looking for a feminist event planner based in New York to join us as a part time consultant in 2026.
Learn more and apply here: urgentactionfund.org/careers.
Learn more and apply here: urgentactionfund.org/careers.
"We go to #COP30 to hold the line, reclaim our collective power, and insist that we do belong. We go there because feminist, Indigenous, and grassroots movements have always been & should continue to be at the centre of climate politics." via @menafem.bsky.social
COP30 Feminist Reflections #2: From Melanesian Shorelines to COP Halls: A Reflection on Climate Colonialism, Resistance, and the Politics of Belonging - menafem movement
Reflecting on the 30th UNFCCC COP, it is somehow not surprising to me that after three decades there is still no real pathway to end fossil fuel dependence. Belém was my fourth COP and the real voice…
menafemmovement.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"We go to #COP30 to hold the line, reclaim our collective power, and insist that we do belong. We go there because feminist, Indigenous, and grassroots movements have always been & should continue to be at the centre of climate politics." via @menafem.bsky.social
Stop Scrolling! We’ve got a funding opportunity for climate and environmental justice activists. urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
👇 Check your eligibility below. 👇
👇 Check your eligibility below. 👇
December 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Stop Scrolling! We’ve got a funding opportunity for climate and environmental justice activists. urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
👇 Check your eligibility below. 👇
👇 Check your eligibility below. 👇
"Feminist and Indigenous groups have long argued that forest finance must support rights-based, community-driven stewardship, not offset schemes or donor-driven programs. But COP30 left these voices out of the financial architecture." Reflections on #COP30 from @menafem.bsky.social.
COP30 Feminist Reflections #1: Forests like never before, never! - menafem movement
In the heart of the Amazonia, people called the COP30 different names, “COP of truth”, “COP of indigenous people”, “COP of forests”, but what they never called it was “COP of brackets”, the ultimate…
menafemmovement.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Feminist and Indigenous groups have long argued that forest finance must support rights-based, community-driven stewardship, not offset schemes or donor-driven programs. But COP30 left these voices out of the financial architecture." Reflections on #COP30 from @menafem.bsky.social.
The latest edition of The Landscape of Public International Funding for Human Rights Defenders offers the most up-to-date overview of global public funding trends affecting human rights defenders. Here are some key findings:
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protectdefenders.eu/projects/res...
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protectdefenders.eu/projects/res...
The Landscape of Public International Funding for Human Rights Defenders
This initiative aims to investigate the availability and effectiveness of Official Development Aid (ODA) for human rights work from 2017 to 2020
protectdefenders.eu
December 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The latest edition of The Landscape of Public International Funding for Human Rights Defenders offers the most up-to-date overview of global public funding trends affecting human rights defenders. Here are some key findings:
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protectdefenders.eu/projects/res...
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protectdefenders.eu/projects/res...
Grassroots movements and activists are the leaders & strategists in the struggle to eliminate the intensifying climate disasters & protect democracy.
Will funders step up to resource these movements enough to win?
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/how-phi...
Will funders step up to resource these movements enough to win?
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/how-phi...
December 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Grassroots movements and activists are the leaders & strategists in the struggle to eliminate the intensifying climate disasters & protect democracy.
Will funders step up to resource these movements enough to win?
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/how-phi...
Will funders step up to resource these movements enough to win?
www.alliancemagazine.org/blog/how-phi...
Fariba Kamalabadi was arrested in 2022 and sentenced to 10 years in prison following a one-hour trial on charges of “forming and leading groups to act against national security.”
#FreeFariba #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
#FreeFariba #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Fariba Kamalabadi was arrested in 2022 and sentenced to 10 years in prison following a one-hour trial on charges of “forming and leading groups to act against national security.”
#FreeFariba #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
#FreeFariba #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
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🚨Two women, two cases of rape. In #Rakhine State, the Arakan Army is targeting #Rohingya women with sexual violence just like the Burmese military did in 2017 & for decades.
The world must listen to survivors' voices, bring justice & end root causes of #SGBV. #16Days #Myanmar
The world must listen to survivors' voices, bring justice & end root causes of #SGBV. #16Days #Myanmar
December 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
From Belarus to Kazakhstan to the U.S., frontline feminists are the architects of more just and joyful futures for all. Here are a few examples of resistance and resilience revealing the undeniable strength of our grantee partners, even in the face of immense adversity 👇👇 urgentactionfund.org/donate
December 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
From Belarus to Kazakhstan to the U.S., frontline feminists are the architects of more just and joyful futures for all. Here are a few examples of resistance and resilience revealing the undeniable strength of our grantee partners, even in the face of immense adversity 👇👇 urgentactionfund.org/donate
Evelyn Guillén was sentenced to 8 years in prison for a fabricated crime related to drug trafficking. On November 29, 2025 the Nicaraguan regime replaced prison with alternative forms of detention
#FreeEvelyn #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
#FreeEvelyn #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
December 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Evelyn Guillén was sentenced to 8 years in prison for a fabricated crime related to drug trafficking. On November 29, 2025 the Nicaraguan regime replaced prison with alternative forms of detention
#FreeEvelyn #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
#FreeEvelyn #FreeWHRDs #SpreadingTheEcho
More here 👉https://t.ly/jMZed
Digital violence silences women, trans, and nonbinary people's voices, limits their participation in society, and perpetuates real-world harm. There's #NoExcuse for digital abuse. ❌
We can face risks like digital violence with collective power and care: feministactivismwithoutfear.org #16Days
We can face risks like digital violence with collective power and care: feministactivismwithoutfear.org #16Days
December 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Digital violence silences women, trans, and nonbinary people's voices, limits their participation in society, and perpetuates real-world harm. There's #NoExcuse for digital abuse. ❌
We can face risks like digital violence with collective power and care: feministactivismwithoutfear.org #16Days
We can face risks like digital violence with collective power and care: feministactivismwithoutfear.org #16Days
If you are a feminist climate or environmental justice activist facing unanticipated risks and threats or organizing emergent advocacy efforts, we see you! And we’ve got a funding opportunity for you. 👇👀👇 urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/
December 8, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you are a feminist climate or environmental justice activist facing unanticipated risks and threats or organizing emergent advocacy efforts, we see you! And we’ve got a funding opportunity for you. 👇👀👇 urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/