Facing Risks with Collective Power & Care

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Around the world, humanitarian, political, and climate crises are intensifying with alarming speed, while hard-won democratic, human rights, and gender justice protections are under ever-greater attacks. As feminist activists and their movements mobilize solutions to these challenges, they are being targeted with increased—and increasingly intense—forms of backlash, or “reprisals.”

From experiences of digital surveillance and smear campaigns, to violence that targets the well-being of activists’ organizations, loved ones, and communities, their stories are a cautionary tale for us all.

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Feminist activists are leading urgent, innovative movements for justice, equity, and liberation worldwide. Today, they are less and less safe.

Stories

Around the world, feminist activists are facing greater risks for a just world. These are their stories.

Stories

Irina

Irina

Diana

Diana

Selma

Selma

Hana

Hana

Vera

Vera

Solutions

Solutions

With vibrant, well-resourced networks of collective care, feminist activists can more safely face—and heal from—risks together and ensure their movements thrive.

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