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We are looking for a Digital Communications Facilitator

We seek a creative, visionary Digital Communications Facilitator (DCF) to join our team on a full-time basis.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION extended: 15 September 2021

The COVID Crisis Grants are still open!

The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the vulnerabilities of women and non-binary human rights defenders and activists in Asia and the Pacific. UAF A&P has opened a special grant specifically to support their economic and basic needs during these multiple levels of crises. The deadline for the COVID Crisis Grants has been extended to December 31, 2021.

Our Annual Report for 2020 is out!

UAF A&P dedicates this report to the brave women, girls and non-binary human rights defenders and activists of Afghanistan. We extend our solidarity to them in this difficult hour of their lives.

Support Women and Non-Binary Human Rights Defenders of Afghanistan

The Urgent Action Sister Funds are committed to the resistance and resilience of the brave women, girls, and non-binary activists and defenders of Afghanistan. We pledge to make resources and our collective support available for their safety and well-being as quickly and safely as possible.
This is a time for feminist collectives and movements to be united in solidarity with Afghan women and non-binary human rights defenders and activists – and ensure that we rally international support for the human lives and liberty at stake.

Steering Towards New Feminist Horizons

The UAF A&P Strategy Plan 2021-2023

It's a new year, and we have a new lens with which to view our work and purpose. Presenting 'Steering Towards New Feminist Horizons', the UAF A&P Strategy Plan for 2021-2023!

Our Values

Our values are rooted in our community and stem from consultations amongst staff, advisors, board members grantees and partners. These values ground our work and purpose and allow us to respond to the evolving needs of activists, communities, movements and the contexts in which we work.

Learning and unlearning as a way to collaboratively thrive and flourish

Relationship-building and nurturing trust

Fore-fronting lived experiences of defenders and activists

Intentionally acknowledging our position as a funder to shift power and redistribute privilege

Flexibility to understand contexts of activists and defenders, and the support they require

Be amplifiers and facilitators for feminist movements to be seen and heard

Learning from setbacks to improve and improvise

Resourcing Resilience

Often, the contexts in which we work are unpredictable and politically volatile. Resilient defenders and organisations protect and support their communities by taking bold, creative and innovative steps to respond to emerging issues and unanticipated opportunities.

We resource resilience by listening deeply to our community and partners and offering necessary resources to women and non-binary human rights defenders and organisations in Asia and the Pacific when those resources are needed the most.

Building resilience also includes creating safe and inclusive environments, amplifying and generating critical information, practicing feminist models of leadership, and above all, adapting, learning and responding as we go.