On April 2, 2025, a ‘Rapid Gender Analysis (RGA) – Myanmar Earthquake’ brief was released to address the devastating gendered impacts of the March 28, 2025 earthquake in Myanmar....
Defunding Freedom
A new report from Channel partner Outright International, Defunding Freedom: Impacts of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts on LGBTIQ People Worldwide, sheds light on the stark realities facing LGBTIQ movements around the world due to the sudden unexpected freeze and rollback of U.S. foreign aid starting in January 2025....
The Human Cost
In light of the sudden and unexpected suspension in February 2025 of the United States Agency for International Development‘s (USAID) lifesaving humanitarian programs, the Channel Foundation and others in our sector are concerned with the widespread potential impacts on our partners and on the globe....
WRN’s Legacy Endures
Honoring a Legacy of Peace and Advocacy: The Women’s Regional Network Sunsets, but Its Flame Endures The Women’s Regional Network (WRN), a trusted grantee and partner of the Channel Foundation since 2011, together championing the rights and voices of marginalized women in South Asia’s most conflict-affected regions, made the difficult…...
Defending Rights, Risking Lives in Mesoamerica
In October 2024, the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras) publicly launched their latest report “Data that Hurt Us, Networks that Save Us: 10+ Years of Attacks against Women Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica,” which outlines the alarming rise in violence against women human rights defenders (WHRDs) across…...
Underfunded Yet Unstoppable
Channel Foundation is pleased to share research from a new report, “Seeds for Harvest: Funding gender, climate, and environmental justice” that reveals the critical role and severe underfunding of women-led climate and environmental initiatives. Published on Sept. 26, 2024, the report was collaboratively put together by several Channel colleagues —…...
Report Analyzes Violence Against WHRDS
On June 18, 2024, Femena, a Channel grantee, spotlighted its research and new report titled “Silent No More: WHRDs in SWANA Speak Out About Sexual Violence by Security Forces at its event called Untold Stories of Resistance. The report highlights the sexual violence Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) experience by…...
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