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== <big style="text-shadow:#6dbdc9 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#b7f8db -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"> Funding Opportunities with Specific Deadline</big> ==
'''Common Application'''
* Deadline: April 12
* https://islamicscholarshipfund.submittable.com/submit/344726/2026-isf-common-application-internships-fellowships-law-policy-media
'''Summer School in Digital Human Rights'''
* Deadline April 15
* https://www.law.lu.se/study/summer-school-digital-human-rights
'''Nepal Grants'''
* Deadline: Rolling basis until April 15, 2026.
* https://www.icnl.org/wp-content/uploads/Nepal-Call-for-Proposals_March-2026_final.pdf
'''OpenMedia Summer Fellowship 2026'''
* Deadline April 19
* https://openmedia.org/article/item/openmedia-summer-fellowship-2026-next-gen-policy-changemakers-wanted
'''EU Grant for Media Freedom, Freedom of Expression, and Journalist Protection in Pakistan'''
* Deadline is April 21, 2026.
* https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/prospect-details/186121PROSPECTSEN
'''Laboratory for Women’s Rights Online Initiative'''
* Deadline: April 21, 2026
* https://pops.expertisefrance.fr/sdm/ent2/gen/ficheCsl.action?PCSLID=CSL_2026_4sZQPjYqHf&ongletActif=2
'''2026 Oxford AI and Media Policy Summer Institute July 20 to 31'''
Janisha R. Gabriel Movement Protection Fund - Information Session
* Deadline April 23, 2025
* https://solidairenetwork.org/how-we-partner/movement-protection-fund/
'''2026 Oxford AI and Media Policy Summer Institute July 20 to 31'''
* Deadline: Early decision March 14; Final deadline April 21
* https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/oxford-ai-and-media-policy-summer-institute/2026-oxford-ai-and-media-policy-summer-institute
'''ISOC Community-Centered Connectivity Grant Program'''
* Deadline May 7
* https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/community-centered-connectivity/
'''Community Access Fund for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers'''


'''Do you have a funding opportunity running?''' Send it to us! We will post it here and we will share it on our social media and weekly newsletter.  Write to: team[at]digitalrights[dot]community.
* May 31
* https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/community-access-fund-application
'''Digital Justice Fund'''


* You must register on the platform by May 24, and submit an application by June 21
* <nowiki>https://apply.hypha.digitalfreedomfund.org/</nowiki>


== Current Funding Opportunities==
'''InDiCo-Global'''
 
* Deadline: June 30, 2026
 
* https://indico-global-grants.eu/indico-global-third-open-call
'''.ORG Impact Awards'''
 
* May 27. 
* <nowiki>https://enter.orgimpactawards.org/</nowiki>
 
'''DiploFoundation Knowledge Fellow'''
 
* May 31
* <nowiki>https://dig.watch/opportunity-become-a-knowledge-fellow</nowiki>
 
'''Community Access Fund for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers'''
 
* May 31
* <nowiki>https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/community-access-fund-application</nowiki>
 
'''Promoting Inclusive Digital Services in Kyrgyzstan'''
 
* Deadline: June 2
* <nowiki>https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/prospect-details/185902PROSPECTSEN</nowiki>
 
'''Interledger Fellowship Program'''
 
* Deadline: June 15
* <nowiki>https://interledger.org/grant/fellowship</nowiki>
 
'''InDiCo-Global. Deadline'''
 
* Deadline: June 30, 2026
* <nowiki>https://indico-global-grants.eu/indico-global-third-open-call</nowiki>
 
'''Cross-Border Collaborative Investigations on the Impact of AI'''
 
* July 22
* <nowiki>https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/current/grants-cross-border-collaborative-investigations-impact-ai</nowiki>


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|'''Opportunity'''
![[Funding Opportunities Archive|Past Funding Opportunities with deadlines (Archive)]]
|'''Type'''
|'''Organization'''
|'''Deadline'''
|-
|[https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/ Digital Freedom Fund Grants]
|Fund
|Digital Freedom Fund
|March 1, 2022
|-
|[https://www.opentech.fund/funds/icfp/ Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP)]
|Fellowship
|Open Technology Fund
|March 13, 2022
|-
|[https://www.thefreefund.org/ The FREE Fund]
|Fund
|The FREE Fund
|Rolling Basis
|-
|[https://urgentactionfund.org/ Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights]
|Fund
|Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
|Rolling Basis
|-
|[https://derechosdigitales.tumblr.com/post/187151070656/qu%C3%A9-son-los-derechos-digitales-una-gu%C3%ADa-al Fondo de Respuesta Rapida]
|Fund
|Derechos Digitales
|Rolling Basis
|-
|[https://www.opentech.fund/funds/rapid-response-fund/ Rapid Response Fund]
|Fund
|Open Technology Fund
|Rolling Basis
|-
|[https://www.opentech.fund/funds/internet-freedom-fund/ Internet Freedom Fund]
|Fund
|Open Technology Fund
|Rolling Basis
|-
|[https://www.doriafeministfund.org/about-us Doria Feminist Fund]
|Fund
|Collective for Research and Training Development - Action
|Rolling Basis
|-
|[https://numun.fund/ Numun Fund]
|Fund
|The Numun Fund
|Rolling Basis
|-
|[https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/ Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance]
|Fund
|Open Briefing
|Rolling Basis
|-
|}
|}


== Closed Opportunities ==
== <big style="text-shadow:#6dbdc9 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#b7f8db -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"> Funding Opportunities Received on a Rolling Basis </big> ==
'''Lebanese Journalists At Risk or Pressure'''
 
* No Deadline
* <nowiki>https://www.skeyesmedia.org/en/News/News/07-04-2026/13133</nowiki>
 
'''AI Security Institute Challenge Fund'''
 
* Deadline: Rolling
* https://www.aisi.gov.uk/grants#challenge-fund


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'''Global Fund for Community Foundations'''
|-
 
|'''Opportunity'''
* Deadline: Rolling
|'''Type'''
* https://globalfundcommunityfoundations.org/what-we-do/grants/apply-for-a-grant/
|'''Organization'''
'''Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Funding Opportunity'''
|-
 
|[https://www.womensfundasia.org/SFMCall/ Strengthening Feminist Movements]
* Deadline: Rolling
|Fund
* https://www.drkfoundation.org/apply-for-funding/
|Women’s Fund Asia
'''The Bitcoin Development Fund'''
|-
 
|[https://www.womensfundasia.org/LFSCall/ Leading from the South]
* Deadline: Rolling
|Fund
* Human Rights Foundation
|Women’s Fund Asia
* https://hrf.org/program/financial-freedom/bitcoin-development-fund/
|-
 
|[https://pulsante.org/ Fondo para Organizaciones de Empoderamiento Cívico]
'''Digital Rights Fund for WANA Region'''
|Fund
 
|Pulsante
*SMEX
|-
*Deadline: Rolling Basis
|[https://www.state.gov/statements-of-interest-requests-for-proposals-and-notices-of-funding-opportunity/drl-fy20-latin-america-and-caribbean-small-grants-program/ Latin America and Caribbean Small Grants Program]
 
|Fund
*https://smex.org/digital-rights-fund/
|US Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
 
|-
'''FOSS United''' 
|[https://earthjournalism.net/opportunities/indigenous-environmental-journalism-story-grants Indigenous Environmental Journalism Story Grants]
 
|Fund
*Deadline: Rolling Basis
|Earth Journalism Network
*https://fossunited.org/grants
|-
'''Digital Impact Alliance Fellowship'''
|[https://pulsante.org/en/rapid-response-fund/ Rapid Response Fund]
 
|Fund
* Deadline: Rolling
|Pulsante
* https://dial.global/apply-to-our-fellows-program/
|-
 
|[https://internews.org/updates/small-grants-produce-localized-internet-shutdown-resources OPTIMA]
'''Sovereign Tech Fund'''
|Fund
 
|Internews
*Deadline: Rolling
|-
 
|[https://www.netgainpartnership.org/smallgrantsrfp NetGain Year Five Small Grants: Request for Proposals]
*https://sovereigntechfund.de/en/applications/
|Fund
 
|Media Democracy Fund
'''Incident Emergency Fund'''
|-
 
|[https://www.euneighbours.eu/en/south/stay-informed/opportunities/support-independent-media-serving-public-interest-neighbourhood EU Neighbours South]
*Digital Defenders Partnership
|Fund
 
|European Union
*Deadline: Rolling Basis
|-
 
|[https://iwpr.net/engage/rfa-countering-disinformation-lac Countering Disinformation LAC]
*https://www.digitaldefenders.org/incident-emergency-fund/  
|Award
 
|Institute for War & Peace Reporting
'''Safety Net Fund'''
|-
 
|[https://www.osce.org/fom/ai-free-speech Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence & Freedom of Expression]
*Deadline: Ongoing
|Fund
 
|OSCE
*https://wphfund.org/whrds-safety-net/
|-
 
|[https://www.osce.org/fom/ai-free-speech 2020 <A+> Tech Fellow]
'''Rapid Response Fund'''
|Fellowship
 
|The Alliance for Inclusive Algorithms
*Derechos Digitales
|-
 
|[https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/covid-19-litigation-fund/ COVID-19 Litigation Fund]
* Deadline: Rolling Basis
|Fund
 
|Digital Freedom Fund
*https://www.derechosdigitales.org/sobre-el-fondo-de-respuesta-rapida/    
|-
 
|[https://fordfoundation.forms.fm/2020-digital-infrastructure-research-rfp/forms/8103 2020 Digital Infrastructure Research RFP]
'''Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism'''
|Grant
 
|Ford Foundation
*Deadline: Rolling Basis
|-
 
|[https://www.opentech.fund/funds/community-prototype-fund/ The Community Prototype Fund (CPF)]
*https://urgentactionfund.org/  
| Fund
 
|Open Technology Fund
'''Urgent Action Fund - Asia & Pacific'''
|-
 
|[https://citizenlab.ca/2020/06/citizen-lab-fellowship-surveillance-digital-security-and-race/ Surveillance, Digital Security and Race]
*Deadline: Rolling
|Fellowship
 
|Citizen Lab
*https://www.uafanp.org/our_grants  
|-
'''Apoyos de Respuesta Rápida'''
|[https://www.whistleblowingfund.org/ Digital Whistleblowing Fund]
 
|Fund
*Fondo Acción Urgente
|Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights and Renewable Freedom Foundation
*Deadline: Rolling
|-
*https://fondoaccionurgente.org.co/es/que-hacemos/apoyos-de-respuesta-rapida/
|[https://www.reset.tech/open-calls/reset-our-future-fund/ Reset Our Future Fund]
 
|Fund
'''Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance'''
|Reset Tech
 
|-
*Deadline: Rolling Basis
|[https://www.reset.tech/open-calls/information-control-fellowship/ Information Control Fellowship]
 
|Fellowship
*https://www.openbriefing.org/support/referral/
|Reset Tech
 
|-
== <big style="text-shadow:#6dbdc9 0.1em 0.1em 1.5em,#b7f8db -0.1em -0.1em 1.5em;"> Emergency Grants and Relocation and Resettlement Support Specifically for HRDs at Risk </big> ==
|[https://www.reset.tech/open-calls/resident-fellowship/ Resident Fellowship]
 
|Fellowship
=== Emergency Grants ===
|Reset Tech
'''[https://www.csolifeline.org/ Lifeline]''' (an initiative by Freedom House and Front Line Defenders) provides small, short-term emergency grants to CSOs threatened because of their human rights work. Lifeline grants can address security, medical expenses, legal representation, prison visits, trial monitoring, temporary relocation, equipment replacement, and other urgently needed expenses.
|-
 
|[https://www.ishr.ch/sites/default/files/documents/20200604_tender_for_tech_tool_final.pdf Expression Of Interest]
'''[https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/programme/protection-grants Front Line Defenders Protection Grants]''' can pay for provisions (grants are for amounts up to a maximum of €7,500) to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and their organizations including, but not limited to:
|Award
 
|International Service for Human Rights
* improving physical security of an organization or individual, digital security and communication security;
|-
* supporting legal fees for HRDs who are being judicially harassed;
|[https://openinternet.global/open-internet-democracy-leaders-program Open Internet for Democracy Leaders Program]
* paying for medical fees for HRDs who have been attacked or who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities;
|Fellowship
* providing family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family members who are at risk because of a HRD's activities.
|Open Internet for Democracy Initiative
 
|-
'''[https://urgentactionfund.org/our-grants/ Urgent Action Fund’s Rapid Response Grants]''' resource the resilience of human rights and gender justice movements by supporting the security and advocacy interventions of activists when a swift response is needed. Specifically, Rapid Response Grants offer quick, flexible funding to respond to security threats or unexpected advocacy opportunities experienced by women, transgender, or gender non-conforming, activists and human rights defenders.
|[https://www.grantfortheweb.org/apply Grant for the Web]
 
| Award
'''[https://www.civicus.org/index.php/what-we-do-2/defend/crisis-response-fund CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund]''' welcomes applications from formal or informal civil society actors & consortia, including social movements. Grants must be for a 3-6 month period. Amount: US$10,000 - US$20,000 for Advocacy Grants or Resiliency Grants.
|Grant for the Web
 
|-
'''[https://wphfund.org/ The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund]''' provides rapid, flexible funding and direct logistical support to women HRDs from/working in crisis and conflict-affected areas, working at community, national, regional or international levels. For individuals they have an Advocacy Support Stream and a Safety Net Stream.
|[https://united4iran.org/en/irancubator/contest.html IranCubator 2.0]
 
|Award
'''[https://www.mccaininstitute.org/programs/democracy-programs/human-rights-defenders-program/ McCain Institute's Human Rights Defender Program]''' (under the Democracy Program) provides temporary, transitional support to activists who are forced to work underground or flee their countries so they can continue to fight in the human rights arena.
|United for Iran
 
|-
'''[https://freedomhouse.org/programs/LGBTI-assistance The Dignity for All: LGBTQI+ Assistance Program]''' is a consortium of six leading human rights and LGBTQI+ organizations that provides emergency assistance, advocacy funding, and security support to human rights defenders and civil society organizations under threat or attack due to their work for LGBTQI+ rights.
|[https://news.cyrilla.org/2020/04/call-for-proposals-cyrilla-applied-research-and-advocacy-grants/ Cyrilla Collaborative]
 
| Award
'''[https://protectdefenders.eu/ ProtectDefenders.eu]''' provides a range of services to human rights defenders at risk, including an emergency helpline (run by Front Line Defenders), emergency grants, and temporary relocation.
|Cyrilla
 
|-
[https://www.omct.org/en/what-we-do/material-support/emergency-support-for-human-rights-defenders-at-risk?utm_source=chatgpt.com '''Emergency Support for Human Rights Defenders at Risk'''] offers vital aid and urgent support to at-risk human rights defenders worldwide. Support includes various interventions such as medical care (including psychological support and rehabilitation), legal aid, social assistance, physical and digital security, communication tools, security training, safe transportation, and temporary relocation assistance.
|[https://www.digitaldefenders.org/funding/sustainable-protection-funding/ Sustainable Protection Funding]
 
| Fund
=== Relocation and Resettlement support specifically for HRDs at risk ===
|Digital Defenders Partnership - HIVOS
'''[https://www.mccaininstitute.org/programs/democracy-programs/human-rights-defenders-program/ Human Rights Defenders Program, McCain Institute]''' - Through the Human Rights Defenders program, the McCain Institute provides funding, logistical assistance and referrals to human rights defenders in distress, helping them to:
|-
 
|[https://www.digitaldefenders.org/funding/regional-partnership-funding/ Regional Partnership Funding]
* Settle into a safe environment
| Fund
* Receive training involving extra security precautions, networking, and career development if unable to return home any time soon
|Digital Defenders Partnership - HIVOS
* Find sustainable employment as a means to continue their human rights work throughout the time they are unable to return to their home countries
|-
 
|[https://programafrida.net/en Fund for Internet Strengthening in Latin America and the Caribbean]
'''[https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/canada-program-canada-global-refugee-stream-human-rights-defenders Canada Global Refugee Stream for Human Rights Defenders]''' - The Canadian government has established a dedicated refugee stream for human rights defenders for resettlement to Canada.
| Fund
 
|Program Frida
'''[https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/ Rainbow Railroad]''' is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide.
|-
 
|[https://internews.org/information-saves-lives-rapid-response-fund-application-guidelines-and-form Information Saves Lives Rapid Response Fund]
'''[https://www.journalistsindistress.org/ Journalists in Distress Network]''' resources for journalists who have received serious threats or are in distress in relation to their work, and may need emergency relocation
| Fund
 
|Internews
[https://crd.org/emergency-fund/temporary-relocations/?utm_source=chatgpt.com '''Civil Rights Defenders – Emergency Fund / Temporary Relocations'''] Supports HRDs under threat with rapid assistance: legal fees, security training, psychosocial support, temporary relocations of HRDs and their families from high-risk contexts.
|-
 
|}
[https://wphfund.org/whrds/?utm_source=chatgpt.com '''UN Women Fund – Window for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs)'''] The “Safety Net” Stream provides urgent costs including relocation for women (and trans/LGBTI) HRDs, up to USD $10,000.

Latest revision as of 16:24, 21 May 2026

Do you have a funding opportunity you want to share? Send it to us using our simple online form. We will post it here and in Weekly Digital Rights Newsletter. Make sure to sign up!

This page has three sections:

1) Funding opportunities with specific deadlines

2) Funding opportunities received on a rolling basis

3) Emergency Grants and Relocation and Resettlement Support Specifically for HRDs at Risk

Funding Opportunities with Specific Deadline

Common Application

Summer School in Digital Human Rights

Nepal Grants

OpenMedia Summer Fellowship 2026

EU Grant for Media Freedom, Freedom of Expression, and Journalist Protection in Pakistan

  • Deadline is April 21, 2026.

Laboratory for Women’s Rights Online Initiative

  • Deadline: April 21, 2026

2026 Oxford AI and Media Policy Summer Institute July 20 to 31

Janisha R. Gabriel Movement Protection Fund - Information Session

  • Deadline April 23, 2025

2026 Oxford AI and Media Policy Summer Institute July 20 to 31

ISOC Community-Centered Connectivity Grant Program

Community Access Fund for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers

Digital Justice Fund

  • You must register on the platform by May 24, and submit an application by June 21
  • https://apply.hypha.digitalfreedomfund.org/

InDiCo-Global

  • Deadline: June 30, 2026

.ORG Impact Awards

  • May 27. 
  • https://enter.orgimpactawards.org/

DiploFoundation Knowledge Fellow

  • May 31
  • https://dig.watch/opportunity-become-a-knowledge-fellow

Community Access Fund for LGBTQI+ Asylum Seekers

  • May 31
  • https://www.rainbowrailroad.org/community-access-fund-application

Promoting Inclusive Digital Services in Kyrgyzstan

  • Deadline: June 2
  • https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/prospect-details/185902PROSPECTSEN

Interledger Fellowship Program

  • Deadline: June 15
  • https://interledger.org/grant/fellowship

InDiCo-Global. Deadline

  • Deadline: June 30, 2026
  • https://indico-global-grants.eu/indico-global-third-open-call

Cross-Border Collaborative Investigations on the Impact of AI

  • July 22
  • https://www.freepressunlimited.org/en/current/grants-cross-border-collaborative-investigations-impact-ai
Past Funding Opportunities with deadlines (Archive)

Funding Opportunities Received on a Rolling Basis

Lebanese Journalists At Risk or Pressure

  • No Deadline
  • https://www.skeyesmedia.org/en/News/News/07-04-2026/13133

AI Security Institute Challenge Fund

Global Fund for Community Foundations

Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Funding Opportunity

The Bitcoin Development Fund

Digital Rights Fund for WANA Region

  • SMEX
  • Deadline: Rolling Basis

FOSS United

Digital Impact Alliance Fellowship

Sovereign Tech Fund

  • Deadline: Rolling

Incident Emergency Fund

  • Digital Defenders Partnership
  • Deadline: Rolling Basis

Safety Net Fund

  • Deadline: Ongoing

Rapid Response Fund

  • Derechos Digitales
  • Deadline: Rolling Basis

Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism

  • Deadline: Rolling Basis

Urgent Action Fund - Asia & Pacific

  • Deadline: Rolling

Apoyos de Respuesta Rápida

Open Briefing’s Responsive Assistance

  • Deadline: Rolling Basis

Emergency Grants and Relocation and Resettlement Support Specifically for HRDs at Risk

Emergency Grants

Lifeline (an initiative by Freedom House and Front Line Defenders) provides small, short-term emergency grants to CSOs threatened because of their human rights work. Lifeline grants can address security, medical expenses, legal representation, prison visits, trial monitoring, temporary relocation, equipment replacement, and other urgently needed expenses.

Front Line Defenders Protection Grants can pay for provisions (grants are for amounts up to a maximum of €7,500) to improve the security and protection of human rights defenders and their organizations including, but not limited to:

  • improving physical security of an organization or individual, digital security and communication security;
  • supporting legal fees for HRDs who are being judicially harassed;
  • paying for medical fees for HRDs who have been attacked or who have suffered a medical condition as a result of their peaceful human rights activities;
  • providing family assistance for imprisoned HRDs or family members who are at risk because of a HRD's activities.

Urgent Action Fund’s Rapid Response Grants resource the resilience of human rights and gender justice movements by supporting the security and advocacy interventions of activists when a swift response is needed. Specifically, Rapid Response Grants offer quick, flexible funding to respond to security threats or unexpected advocacy opportunities experienced by women, transgender, or gender non-conforming, activists and human rights defenders.

CIVICUS Crisis Response Fund welcomes applications from formal or informal civil society actors & consortia, including social movements. Grants must be for a 3-6 month period. Amount: US$10,000 - US$20,000 for Advocacy Grants or Resiliency Grants.

The Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund provides rapid, flexible funding and direct logistical support to women HRDs from/working in crisis and conflict-affected areas, working at community, national, regional or international levels. For individuals they have an Advocacy Support Stream and a Safety Net Stream.

McCain Institute's Human Rights Defender Program (under the Democracy Program) provides temporary, transitional support to activists who are forced to work underground or flee their countries so they can continue to fight in the human rights arena.

The Dignity for All: LGBTQI+ Assistance Program is a consortium of six leading human rights and LGBTQI+ organizations that provides emergency assistance, advocacy funding, and security support to human rights defenders and civil society organizations under threat or attack due to their work for LGBTQI+ rights.

ProtectDefenders.eu provides a range of services to human rights defenders at risk, including an emergency helpline (run by Front Line Defenders), emergency grants, and temporary relocation.

Emergency Support for Human Rights Defenders at Risk offers vital aid and urgent support to at-risk human rights defenders worldwide. Support includes various interventions such as medical care (including psychological support and rehabilitation), legal aid, social assistance, physical and digital security, communication tools, security training, safe transportation, and temporary relocation assistance.

Relocation and Resettlement support specifically for HRDs at risk

Human Rights Defenders Program, McCain Institute - Through the Human Rights Defenders program, the McCain Institute provides funding, logistical assistance and referrals to human rights defenders in distress, helping them to:

  • Settle into a safe environment
  • Receive training involving extra security precautions, networking, and career development if unable to return home any time soon
  • Find sustainable employment as a means to continue their human rights work throughout the time they are unable to return to their home countries

Canada Global Refugee Stream for Human Rights Defenders - The Canadian government has established a dedicated refugee stream for human rights defenders for resettlement to Canada.

Rainbow Railroad is a global not-for-profit organization that helps at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety worldwide.

Journalists in Distress Network resources for journalists who have received serious threats or are in distress in relation to their work, and may need emergency relocation

Civil Rights Defenders – Emergency Fund / Temporary Relocations Supports HRDs under threat with rapid assistance: legal fees, security training, psychosocial support, temporary relocations of HRDs and their families from high-risk contexts.

UN Women Fund – Window for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) The “Safety Net” Stream provides urgent costs including relocation for women (and trans/LGBTI) HRDs, up to USD $10,000.

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