MISSION STATEMENT
Urgent Action Fund, as part of women’s rights movements worldwide, supports women's rights defenders striving to create cultures of justice, equality and peace. We provide rapid response grants that enable strategic interventions, and participate in collaborative advocacy and research. We are led by activists, inspired by feminism, and strengthened through solidarity.
CURRENT NEWS!
An Evening with Mu Sochua
July 2, 2009
Join Urgent Action Fund as we support Cambodian Parliamentarian, UAF Grantee and Human Rights Activist, Mu Sochua. In the U.S. for a brief stay before her upcoming trial, Mrs. Mu is raising awareness of her prosecution by the Cambodian Prime Minister due to her anti-corruption and human rights work. Click here for details on the event.
Read a statement by Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) condemning the prosecution of Sochua.
On the morning of the event, you can listen to Joel Edelstein of KGNU radio interview Mu Sochua live from 8:35 - 9:30 a.m. KGNU is available at 88.5 FM in Boulder, 1390 AM in Denver or streaming live on http://www.kgnu.org.
Urgent Action Fund just made our 700th grant!!
Since 1997, UAF has supported women activists in 87 countries for a total of more than $3 Million. Our 700th grant was provided to Colectivo Feminista Mujeres Universitarias (COFEMUN) in Honduras. COFEMUN is working to prevent the proposed ban on Emergency Contraception that was just passed in the Congress by conservative factions from becoming law. COFEMUN is organizing the citizens of Honduras to demonstrate to President Zelaya, who now has the right to either approve or veto the ban, that public sentiment is NOT behind this erosion of rights.
You can watch the video of their protests on YouTube
UAF Welcomes new Development Officer
Ho-Ming So Denduangrudee joins UAF and is looking forward to continuing her support of the worldwide network of women social activists in her capacity as Development Officer at UAF.
UAF on the Airwaves!
Boulder-based KGNU featured Ariella Futral, Director of Grantmaking, on their dotorg series June 3, 2009, highlighting the unique work of Urgent Action Fund. You can listen to the segment here: KGNU Interview
Former UAF Board Co-Chair and Executive Director of the new UAF-Latin America, Eleanor Douglas, was interviewed by Radio Canada International's The Link on June 1, 2009. Eleanor discussed the history of UAF as well as the founding of the third Sister Fund in Colombia this year. Listen to the interview.
Announcing UAF’s Latest Publication:
Insiste, Resiste, Persiste, Existe: Women’s Human Rights Defenders’ Security Strategies (Resiste) by Jane Barry and Vahida Nainar is presented by Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights.
Resiste brings us the voices of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) from all over the world. Each woman speaks from her personal experience of combating violence and discrimination in complex contexts – in situations of overt or hidden conflict, organized armed violence as well as rising fundamentalisms in Iran, Colombia, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Algeria, Tunisia, Bosnia, Serbia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Read More...Watch our new video
Celebrating a Decade of Innovative Funding for Women's Human Rights
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