Five years of mapping human rights funding: our key findings
Mapping a problem: that’s how HRFN’s Executive Director phrased it when we and Foundation Center launched our Advancing Human Rights initiative. Recognizing a knowledge gap in the sector, we set out...
View ArticleWhite People in Philanthropy — This Is Our Move
“America is burning,” Vanessa Daniel wrote last fall. “White people in philanthropy, what is your move?” For foundation leaders — some 90 percent of whom are white — this urgent question from Daniel,...
View ArticleLatin American countries sign legally binding pact to protect land defenders
The treaty was signed two years after the killing of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, who had protested against the construction of a dam. Photograph: Jorge Cabrera/Reuters Officials from 24 Latin...
View ArticleProtect Washington Act Has Been Filed!
Today, diverse constituencies across the state representing working families, communities of color, environmental and clean energy advocates, health professionals, businesses, and faith organizations...
View ArticleOur Voices, Our Environment
At Global Greengrants Fund, Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds and Wallace Global Fund, we are celebrating the release of a landmark report, undertaken in partnership with the Global...
View ArticleMaasai herders driven off land to make way for luxury safaris, report says
Tourists on safari in the Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania. Photograph: Justus de Cuveland/imageBROKER/REX/Shutterstock The Tanzanian government is putting foreign safari companies ahead of Maasai herding...
View ArticleMary Robinson launches new feminist fight against climate change
Former Irish president’s initiative kicks off with podcasts pairing her with comedian Maeve Higgins. Women around the world who are leading the fight against climate damage are to be highlighted by...
View ArticleGlobal Witness Report
Nonhle Mbuthuma leads the Amadiba Crisis Committee, which opposes the excavation of dunes and plains along South Africa’s Wild Coast by mining developments. Communities’ fears of forced evictions and...
View ArticleAre Rising Attacks On Human Rights Defenders The ‘New Normal’?
Daphne Caruana Galizia published scathing reports alleging official corruption. SUVA, Fiji, Dec 4 2017 (IPS) – At CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance working to strengthen citizen participation,...
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