Indispensable Measures to ensure the Holistic Protection And Leadership of WHRDs
Over a dozen global organizations that work for the protection of women human rights defenders, have created a historical document…
We’ve Had Enough: A Call to Action to Protect Women Human Rights Defenders & Their Communities
On the 20th anniversary of the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, we gathered with women human rights defenders from…
Civic Explorations Newsletter
"There is no revolution without the other 51%: lessons from feminist movements about how change happens." In this edition, HIVOS…
Just (Global Feminist) Transitions
Last April, the EDGE Funders Alliance held its Reorganizing Power for Systems Change conference in Barcelona, providing social movement activists,…
Citizen Action & the Perverse Confluence of Opposing Agendas
When opposing political interests are using the same terms and tactics in diametrically opposed agendas, Lisa Veneklasen asks how we…
From Survivors to Defenders: Women Confronting Violence in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala
Targeted killing of women—including women human rights defenders—has risen alarmingly in recent years in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala, reaching crisis…
Paving the Road for Freedom & Equality
Read reflections about the achievements, lessons and experiences of the Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders Initiative and how it has…
Violence Against Whrds in Mesoamerica, 2012-2014 Report
Drawing on data collected by the Mesoamerican Registry of Attacks on Women Human Rights Defenders through the Regional Monitoring and Information System, this report provides updated information…
The Our Bodies, Our Lives Campaign for Better Arvs in Malawi: Enacting Social Accountability Through Women’s Activism and Organizing
This case study was presented at the Scaling Accountability: Integrated Approaches to Civil Society Monitoring and Advocacy workshop organised by the Transparency…
From Women’s Individual and Collective Power to Political Change Pekka: Integrated Approaches to Movement-Building and Social Accountability
Building on previous writings by Annie Holmes, Alia Khan, Lisa VeneKlasen, Alexa Bradley, this case study examines how a grassroots…
Women’s Movement Building in the Philippines: A Journey of Meeting Challenges, Drawing Lessons and Strengthening Resolve to Advance Women’s Emancipation and Empowerment
A compilation of work from the first movement building workshop in 2009, this publication features Filipino women activists, feminists and…
