The Board of Directors of the US Peace Memorial Foundation unanimously voted to award the 2020 US Peace Prize to Channel grantee partner Women Cross DMZ (WCDMZ) Co-Founder, Christine Ahn, for her “bold activism to end the Korean War, heal its wounds, and promote women’s roles in building peace.”...
New Feminist Peace Initiative Calls for Movement-Driven US Foreign Policy Framework
Channel grantee partner, Women Cross DMZ (WCDMZ), recently announced a new Feminist Peace Initiative in partnership with Grassroots Global Justice Alliance and MADRE. The Initiative dramatically reimagines US foreign policy by building on intersectional feminist principles such as collective care, reparations, right relationship with people and the planet, and accountability....
Cultural Survival Responds to COVID-19 in Indigenous Communities
On June 18, 2020, Channel grantee partner Cultural Survival launched a mapping project (see map below) to document and disseminate data that illustrates the impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Peoples and communities as part their broader effort to respond to the growing crisis with a holistic, multi-layered approach....
Abortion Decriminalized in Oaxaca
On September 25th, 2019, abortion was decriminalized in the state of Oaxaca following an intense period of campaigning. Channel grantee partner, Consorcio Oaxaca, played a key role in the process by working at the forefront of the pro-choice movement alongside other feminist women’s organizations, establishing alliances with women senators, and…...
WLW’s Historic Win In Colombia
In a groundbreaking case, Channel grantee partner, Women’s Link Worldwide (WLW), successfully advocated on behalf of their client Helena* in Colombia. During the armed conflict in Colombia, the FARC guerrilla group recruited 14-year-old Helena and forced her to use contraceptives and to have an abortion in inhumane conditions. “You can’t…...
Latest News from Our Grantee Partner: Global Press Institute
- Actress Encourages Literacy, Sets Example at Mongolian Book Festival January 19, 2021
- Cotton Farmers Decry End of Cash Payments January 19, 2021
- While a Mother Worked Late, Her Son Learned to Cook January 18, 2021
- Urban Sprawl Threatens to Bury Centuries-Old Art Technique January 17, 2021
- Muralists Paint Poetry to Celebrate Traditional Script January 17, 2021
