VidaAfrolatina Announces New Cohort of Grantees

On September 4, 2023, VidaAfrolatina, a Channel grantee partner, began announcing the members of their second cohort of grantees through a week-long social media campaign. The new cohort consists of 17 organizations “doing transformative work to cultivate the healing of Black women and girls in Latin America” and end sexual violence…...

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AIL Announces New Educational Project

Afghan Institute for Learning (AIL), a long-time Channel grantee partner, has partnered with TV Meraj, a private project of the Sakena Fund, to produce Meraj Academy....

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UN Human Rights Prize Awarded to DRC Activist

On July 20, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly announced the five winners of the 2023 UN Human Rights Prize. Julienne Lusenge, president of Women’s Solidarity for Inclusive Peace and Development (SOFEPADI), was one of five awarded the Prize....

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Report from UN Women and UNDP Assesses Global Women’s Rights

On July 18, 2023, the United Nations Development Program and UN Women released a new report assessing the state of women’s rights around the globe, with particular regards to the UN Sustainable Development Goals....

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FDA Approves First OTC Birth Control Pill

On July 13, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Opill, a progestin-only birth control pill (POP), for over-the-counter (OTC) use. This news, coming after nearly two decades of advocacy and research by the Free the Pill coalition, means the United States will join over 100 countries where…...

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FLD Honors 2023 Human Rights Defenders

Front Line Defenders, a Channel grantee partner, announced the five winners of the 2023 Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk on May 23, 2023 at a ceremony in Dublin (see video below)....

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WEI Announces Feminist Accessibility Protocol

Women Enabled International, a Channel grantee partner dedicated to fighting for the rights of women with disabilities, released a new Feminist Accessibility Protocol on April 26, 2023 along with the Inclusive Generation Equality Collective (IGEC). The Protocol is a “groundbreaking set of 13 commitments setting the standard for disability accessibility…...

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IFIP Launches Report on Indigenous Funding Trends

On April 20, 2023, the International Founders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP), a Channel grantee partner, held a launch event at the Ford Foundation for their upcoming report, “Global Funding Trend Analysis on Indigenous Peoples Philanthropy.” The report, developed by IFIP and Archipel Research and Consulting, is a “global analysis of…...

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Report Outlines U.S. Demand for International Journalism

On March 7, 2023, Global Press, a long-time Channel partner, published a groundbreaking report in partnership with Media Impact Funders entitled Unlocking U.S. Audience Demand for International News which describes U.S. audience demand for international journalism and provides recommendations for funders who care about supporting public interest media around the…...

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Disability Inclusion Short Film Wins Award

Jenny Chinchilla, an alumna of Mobility International USA’s (MIUSA) Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability (WILD), a program Channel has long supported, has released a new film promoting “a multi-cultural approach to strengthen inclusion in disaster risk reduction.”...

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