WHAT WE DO
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights operates two core programs that strengthen and inform one another, enabling UAF to fund women human rights defenders quickly, strategically and effectively in diverse environments around the world.
The Rapid Response Grantmaking Program supports women's rights activists at critical junctures, when groups are able to use funds to take advantage of unexpected opportunities and/or respond to threats. This unique model of strategic grantmaking relies on having a clear understanding of the contextual situation in which each grant is made, which UAF gains through its engagement in various human and women’s rights networks and through its Research, Publications & Advocacy program. Urgent Action Fund conducts in-depth research projects on issues of importance to women's human rights activism. Each publication is designed to be used as an advocacy tool in the hands of activists and their allies.
Collaborative research combined with grants analysis provides UAF with detailed, first-hand information on the realities and strategies of activists, which we use to refine our own grantmaking program and to positively influence the field of human rights funding.
