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In the tradition of sharing knowledge from generation to generation, our latest report, ‘Rumah Kita: The Story of Our Becoming,’ tells the story of the creation of Urgent Action Fund Asia & Pacific (UAF A&P). The youngest of the four Urgent Action Sister Funds, UAF A&P is emblematic of the ways that each Sister Fund builds upon a shared foundation and benefits from the wisdom of its predecessors, while elaborating its own distinctive offerings and ways of working.
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Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific’s Annual Learning Report 2023 – A Thousand Shapes, A Thousand Forms. Morphing Cultures of Resistance and Audacious Care – is a reflection of another year where conflicts and struggles took new forms that demanded new ways of organising and resourcing feminist movements and activism. Like the remarkable ability of slime moulds to navigate complex environments and find the most efficient paths to resources, UAF A&P’s work with defenders followed similar unconventional paths.
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The Asia and Pacific regions are witnessing democratic backsliding coupled with rising militarism. State actors have weaponized laws and tightened surveillance against women, trans, and non-binary human rights defenders and activists in countries like Myanmar, China, Afghanistan, and India, while non-state actors have weaponized regressive culture and religion, prioritizing profits over people, and extracting resources on indigenous peoples’ lands.
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