In March 2025, two Channel Foundation grantee partners released a groundbreaking new publication, Activists from Strength: What You Need to Know to Be a Disability and Gender-Inclusive Funder....
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…...
Celebrating 25 Years of the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders
On June 19, 2024, a new “Declaration on Human Rights Defenders +25,” was launched to mark a quarter-century since the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders was adopted. This Declaration is the result of collaborative and consultative efforts of at least 18 organizations including Channel grantee partner Front Line Defenders.…...
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 —…...
Latest News from Our Grantee Partner: Global Press Institute
- Local Governments Erase Traditional — and Legally Protected — Land Grants in Zimbabwe April 20, 2025
- Ways of Worship: Global Traditions of Devotion and Celebration April 18, 2025
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- Loss of US Aid Highlights Africa’s Slow Progress on Medical Research Goals April 13, 2025
- Adults Live Alongside Kids in Nepal’s Juvenile Detention Homes April 11, 2025
