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There are a number of rapid and flexible funding opportunities offered by SfV partners across Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and Latin America and the Caribbean. These grants are designed to support women and gender-diverse human rights defenders facing urgent risks, navigating moments of opportunity, or working to strengthen resilience and collective care. Read below and heard over to our partners’ website to learn more about the types of grants available in each region, who is eligible, and how to apply.

 

 

Africa

 

In the Africa region, SfV partner UAF Africa offers a variety of grants to support women and gender-diverse human rights defenders who are navigating urgent risks or working to sustain their activism. UAF Africa provides Rapid Response Grants for urgent security, well-being, and advocacy needs, as well as grants for Collective Care and Healing to support long-term resilience and community-based safety. Grants are available to individuals, organisations, and informal networks that are women-led or gender-diverse-led, and working to advance justice and equality. If you are a defender in Africa facing threats, responding to an opportunity, or in need of support for healing and care, UAF Africa may be able to assist. Visit the grants page to learn more about available support, eligibility, and how to apply. Applications are accepted year-round and reviewed on a rolling basis to provide timely support when it’s most needed. Read more at UAF Africa’s and apply for the grants here.

Asia Pacific

In the Asia and Pacific region, SfV partner UAF Asia and Pacific offers a range of open grants to support women and non-binary human rights defenders facing urgent risks or working to build long-term resilience. These include Security and Well-being Grants for emergencies, Resourcing Resilience Grants for timely initiatives, and Webs of Safety and Care Grants to strengthen community-based safety practices. Special Grants are also offered in response to emerging needs. Each grant is designed to address different aspects of safety, care, and movement-building.If you are a woman or gender-diverse human rights defender in Asia and the Pacific facing urgent risks or emerging opportunities, UAF Asia and Pacific may be able to support you. Their flexible, rapid grants are designed to strengthen safety, well-being, and resilience. Visit the grants page to learn about available funding, eligibility, and how to apply. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with timely response and support. Read more on UAF Asia Pacific website to explore the grant options and start your application.

Latin America and the Caribbean

In Latin America and the Caribbean, SfV partner Fondo de Acción Urgente para América Latina y el Caribe, UAF LAC offers Rapid Response Grants to support feminist defenders, women and gender-diverse people, facing urgent risks or seizing opportunities to advance their political advocacy and rights work. These grants are available to individuals, collectives, organisations, and networks confronting threats or responding to critical moments in their activism. UAF LAC’s support focuses on strengthening holistic protection, collective care, and feminist movement-building in the region. If you are a feminist defender navigating a high-risk situation or strategic opportunity, UAF LAC may be able to accompany you. Visit FAU LAC’s grants page to learn more about eligibility and how to apply—applications are being  accepted on a rolling basis for timely, flexible support.