Empowering Garment Workers in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, 85% of the 3.5 million people employed in the garment industry are women, many of whom face sexual violence and harassment at work. ...
Impact Stories
ACROSS BORDERS: How Advocates for Workers’ Rights Are Collaborating to Change the World
Across borders, we know that women working in the garment industry experience sexual harassment, verbal abuse, and even assault at work. While the ...
Self-Care and Sustaining Activism: Infographic
What keeps activists and women human rights defenders going? Collective and self-care are key. Explore our infographic to learn more about self-care ...
Self-care from the frontlines: Women human rights defenders on how they stay motivated to keep fighting
Women human rights defenders are at the forefront of advancing rights. They mobilize to create more just and less violent societies—and often at ...
8 Quotes to Get Charged Up for 2019
Women human rights defenders and activists embody courage every time they stand up to those not only trying to deny their rights, but to also deny ...
Integrated, Inclusive, and Intersectional: Introducing Global Fund for Women’s Updated Focus Areas
A note from Leila Hessini, VP of Programs In this new video, Vice President of Programs Leila Hessini shares Global Fund for Women's updated ...
INFOGRAPHIC: What is the global gag rule?
We’ve talked about the Mexico City Policy, also known as the global gag rule, since it was reinstated and expanded by U.S. President Trump in one ...
Reclaiming Rights for LBTQI People in Palestine
No matter where you are in the world, teaching young people about sex and sexuality and advocating for the rights of LGBTQI people requires boldness ...
Making it Concrete: Using the Sustainable Development Goals to Bring Sexual Health Rights to Women in Nepal
How do you take ambitious, global goals for improving human rights and conditions and make them concrete? How do you implement goals meant to improve ...
“You have to keep fighting”: Uruguayan Feminists Work to Build on their Gains
For women in many Latin American countries, the small nation of Uruguay might seem like the country that could. After years of organizing and ...