Women Human Rights Defenders – Global Fund for Women https://www.globalfundforwomen.org Wed, 02 Apr 2025 21:16:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Favicon.svg Women Human Rights Defenders – Global Fund for Women https://www.globalfundforwomen.org 32 32 Sparks of Resistance: Gender Justice Movements Defend Democracy in Guatemala  https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/latest/article/gender-justice-movements-defend-democracy-in-guatemala Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:08:43 +0000 https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/?p=63104 It’s simple: at Global Fund for Women, we believe that women’s political empowerment and equal participation are essential building blocks for gender justice, along with the right to live free from violence and discrimination, to have full control over their bodies, and to advance climate and racial justice. For nearly forty years, we have provided financial support to advance feminist leaders'

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]]> Keep It Collective: Women Human Rights Defenders and Community Care https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/latest/article/women-human-rights-defenders-community-care Mon, 15 May 2023 22:52:39 +0000 https://www.globalfundforwomen.org/?p=58062 Women human rights defenders are often first responders to violence in their communities. They see the daily trauma around them and internalize it along with their own. Despite these compounding wounds—and sometimes due to them—feminist activists like the women featured on this page keep showing up, day after day. And confronted with the high risk of burnout, they are determined to keep surviving.

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