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Investing in Hope: A Message from Our President and CEO
The world is changing—and so are we. But our commitment to justice, dignity, and fundamental freedoms will never waver.
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Today, we are sharing our strengthened strategy and identity.
Amid huge challenges for human rights, we've been unpacking our place in this turbulent global context and preparing for the important work ahead.
Read more from @gabucher.bsky.social: fundhumanrights.org/updates/investing-in-hope/
Amid huge challenges for human rights, we've been unpacking our place in this turbulent global context and preparing for the important work ahead.
Read more from @gabucher.bsky.social: fundhumanrights.org/updates/investing-in-hope/
The Fund for Global Human Rights and The Legal Empowerment Fund stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples who continue to protect the planet, advocate for their rights, and lead the way toward a just and sustainable future.
Read the full statement below.
Read the full statement below.
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The Fund for Global Human Rights and The Legal Empowerment Fund stand in solidarity with Indigenous peoples who continue to protect the planet, advocate for their rights, and lead the way toward a just and sustainable future.
Read the full statement below.
Read the full statement below.
Kenya’s High Court has affirmed the right of transgender people to self-identify after six years of advocacy led by Amka Africa.
For LEF, this win shows how justice grows when people can shape the law.
Learn more about Amka Africa's work: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
For LEF, this win shows how justice grows when people can shape the law.
Learn more about Amka Africa's work: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Kenya’s High Court has affirmed the right of transgender people to self-identify after six years of advocacy led by Amka Africa.
For LEF, this win shows how justice grows when people can shape the law.
Learn more about Amka Africa's work: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
For LEF, this win shows how justice grows when people can shape the law.
Learn more about Amka Africa's work: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
When we began supporting frontline human rights groups in Syria in 2021, our goal was to help movements survive the war and work for peace. Since then, much has changed.
Today, after the Assad regime’s downfall, the courage & determination of Syrian civil society are on full display. bit.ly/492o9Ab
Today, after the Assad regime’s downfall, the courage & determination of Syrian civil society are on full display. bit.ly/492o9Ab
Human Rights in Syria: Hope, Healing, and Rebuilding
We supported human rights activists in Syria through years of conflict and repression. Today, they are the roots of a growing movement.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
When we began supporting frontline human rights groups in Syria in 2021, our goal was to help movements survive the war and work for peace. Since then, much has changed.
Today, after the Assad regime’s downfall, the courage & determination of Syrian civil society are on full display. bit.ly/492o9Ab
Today, after the Assad regime’s downfall, the courage & determination of Syrian civil society are on full display. bit.ly/492o9Ab
At a convening in Panama, justice groups from Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. explored how solidarity can reshape systems that have excluded and punished.
Read more on LEF’s website:
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Read more on LEF’s website:
legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/t...
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
At a convening in Panama, justice groups from Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. explored how solidarity can reshape systems that have excluded and punished.
Read more on LEF’s website:
legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/t...
Read more on LEF’s website:
legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/t...
The Legal Empowerment Fund has launched its first newsletter—sharing stories, updates, and lessons from across the legal empowerment movement.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The Legal Empowerment Fund has launched its first newsletter—sharing stories, updates, and lessons from across the legal empowerment movement.
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Today, we are sharing our strengthened strategy and identity.
Amid huge challenges for human rights, we've been unpacking our place in this turbulent global context and preparing for the important work ahead.
Read more from @gabucher.bsky.social: fundhumanrights.org/updates/investing-in-hope/
Amid huge challenges for human rights, we've been unpacking our place in this turbulent global context and preparing for the important work ahead.
Read more from @gabucher.bsky.social: fundhumanrights.org/updates/investing-in-hope/
Investing in Hope: A Message from Our President and CEO
The world is changing—and so are we. But our commitment to justice, dignity, and fundamental freedoms will never waver.
fundhumanrights.org
October 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Today, we are sharing our strengthened strategy and identity.
Amid huge challenges for human rights, we've been unpacking our place in this turbulent global context and preparing for the important work ahead.
Read more from @gabucher.bsky.social: fundhumanrights.org/updates/investing-in-hope/
Amid huge challenges for human rights, we've been unpacking our place in this turbulent global context and preparing for the important work ahead.
Read more from @gabucher.bsky.social: fundhumanrights.org/updates/investing-in-hope/
The Foundation for Youth Empowerment and Advocacy, a grantee partner of the LEF, continues its legal empowerment workshops in Kapiario, Sierra Leone—reaching 30 activists, mostly women and youth, with practical knowledge on legal frameworks tied to climate justice and community action.
October 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Foundation for Youth Empowerment and Advocacy, a grantee partner of the LEF, continues its legal empowerment workshops in Kapiario, Sierra Leone—reaching 30 activists, mostly women and youth, with practical knowledge on legal frameworks tied to climate justice and community action.
We are concluding a 4-day convening in Manila with the LEF’s Southeast Asia cohort, focused on land and environmental justice. The convening centred cross-border learning and community power. Learn more about the cohort: tinyurl.com/3nhjyujy
Reflections from the convening to follow soon.
Reflections from the convening to follow soon.
September 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We are concluding a 4-day convening in Manila with the LEF’s Southeast Asia cohort, focused on land and environmental justice. The convening centred cross-border learning and community power. Learn more about the cohort: tinyurl.com/3nhjyujy
Reflections from the convening to follow soon.
Reflections from the convening to follow soon.
What happens when ancestral knowledge meets cutting-edge tech and legal know-how? In Tamil Nadu, fisherfolk and activists are working together to defend coastal sand dunes—ecosystems that saved lives during the 2004 tsunami.
Watch the video below and read the full story: bit.ly/4pgy9vd
Watch the video below and read the full story: bit.ly/4pgy9vd
September 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
What happens when ancestral knowledge meets cutting-edge tech and legal know-how? In Tamil Nadu, fisherfolk and activists are working together to defend coastal sand dunes—ecosystems that saved lives during the 2004 tsunami.
Watch the video below and read the full story: bit.ly/4pgy9vd
Watch the video below and read the full story: bit.ly/4pgy9vd
“What’s the use of money with no water?”
Developers are bulldozing sand dunes that have protected community water supplies for centuries in Tamil Nadu, India. But activists and fisherfolk are working together to defend the dunes. And it’s working. Watch our new video and share to expose the story.
Developers are bulldozing sand dunes that have protected community water supplies for centuries in Tamil Nadu, India. But activists and fisherfolk are working together to defend the dunes. And it’s working. Watch our new video and share to expose the story.
Defending The Dunes
Defending The Dunes follows a coastal community in Tamil Nadu, India, who depend on coastal sand dunes for protection from storms and saltwater intrusion, and as a key part of the unique local ecosyst...
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September 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“What’s the use of money with no water?”
Developers are bulldozing sand dunes that have protected community water supplies for centuries in Tamil Nadu, India. But activists and fisherfolk are working together to defend the dunes. And it’s working. Watch our new video and share to expose the story.
Developers are bulldozing sand dunes that have protected community water supplies for centuries in Tamil Nadu, India. But activists and fisherfolk are working together to defend the dunes. And it’s working. Watch our new video and share to expose the story.
The Legal Empowerment Fund is offering $10–30k grants for Caribbean grassroots organisations working on land and environmental justice through legal empowerment.
Deadline to apply is 19th September. Full details: bit.ly/4fDXkDE
Deadline to apply is 19th September. Full details: bit.ly/4fDXkDE
August 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Legal Empowerment Fund is offering $10–30k grants for Caribbean grassroots organisations working on land and environmental justice through legal empowerment.
Deadline to apply is 19th September. Full details: bit.ly/4fDXkDE
Deadline to apply is 19th September. Full details: bit.ly/4fDXkDE
The Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF) is excited to launch the LEF Communications Grant—a new pilot initiative supporting ten grassroots groups that use communications to advance legal empowerment and broaden their impact.
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
August 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF) is excited to launch the LEF Communications Grant—a new pilot initiative supporting ten grassroots groups that use communications to advance legal empowerment and broaden their impact.
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/updates/lef-...
“People at higher risk of HIV, such as gay men and people who inject drugs, are facing record levels of criminalisation worldwide, according to UNAIDS.”
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July 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“People at higher risk of HIV, such as gay men and people who inject drugs, are facing record levels of criminalisation worldwide, according to UNAIDS.”
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
ORRA has released a new documentary showing their long fight for justice after fossil fuel development displaced communities in Uganda. A direct look at legal empowerment in action.
Watch and share: youtu.be/hZouBswsuVc?...
Watch and share: youtu.be/hZouBswsuVc?...
A decade of struggle seeking justice in Uganda’s Courts by the oil refinery project affected persons
YouTube video by OIL REFINERY RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (ORRA)
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July 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ORRA has released a new documentary showing their long fight for justice after fossil fuel development displaced communities in Uganda. A direct look at legal empowerment in action.
Watch and share: youtu.be/hZouBswsuVc?...
Watch and share: youtu.be/hZouBswsuVc?...
Messaging groups are becoming critical spaces of justice. A new LEF piece explores how grassroots organizers are using digital tools to support one another, resist, and build collective power.
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/w...
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/w...
When Virtual Spaces Become Bridges | Legal Empowerment Fund
Can virtual spaces help build power for justice? Paul Waiswa shares his experience co-creating on Zoom with a group of LEF grantee partners.
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July 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Messaging groups are becoming critical spaces of justice. A new LEF piece explores how grassroots organizers are using digital tools to support one another, resist, and build collective power.
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/w...
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/w...
Explore grassroots justice in action.
LEF’s video series with Mott Foundation follows amazing community leaders in Nairobi and Mexico City using legal know-how to demand rights and shape systems. Watch now: mott.org/legal-empowerment
LEF’s video series with Mott Foundation follows amazing community leaders in Nairobi and Mexico City using legal know-how to demand rights and shape systems. Watch now: mott.org/legal-empowerment
July 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Explore grassroots justice in action.
LEF’s video series with Mott Foundation follows amazing community leaders in Nairobi and Mexico City using legal know-how to demand rights and shape systems. Watch now: mott.org/legal-empowerment
LEF’s video series with Mott Foundation follows amazing community leaders in Nairobi and Mexico City using legal know-how to demand rights and shape systems. Watch now: mott.org/legal-empowerment
At the World Justice Forum, LEF and Namati spotlighted how legal empowerment pushes back against authoritarianism + builds democratic resilience from the ground up. Justice isn’t just a right—it’s power in people’s hands. We’ll keep amplifying this where it matters most.
June 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
At the World Justice Forum, LEF and Namati spotlighted how legal empowerment pushes back against authoritarianism + builds democratic resilience from the ground up. Justice isn’t just a right—it’s power in people’s hands. We’ll keep amplifying this where it matters most.
The Legal Empowerment Fund is joining global partners in Sevilla to push for more investment in grassroots justice. At this FfD4 side-event, we’re making the case: financing justice is key to equity, peace & opportunity.
More: www.sdg16.plus/events/finan...
More: www.sdg16.plus/events/finan...
June 26, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The Legal Empowerment Fund is joining global partners in Sevilla to push for more investment in grassroots justice. At this FfD4 side-event, we’re making the case: financing justice is key to equity, peace & opportunity.
More: www.sdg16.plus/events/finan...
More: www.sdg16.plus/events/finan...
How can philanthropy use power more responsibly?
We spent 18 months interrogating how power shows up—in philanthropy, in human rights, and in our own organization—and shared our findings over at Open Global Rights.
Here are four key takeaways from the article:
We spent 18 months interrogating how power shows up—in philanthropy, in human rights, and in our own organization—and shared our findings over at Open Global Rights.
Here are four key takeaways from the article:
June 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How can philanthropy use power more responsibly?
We spent 18 months interrogating how power shows up—in philanthropy, in human rights, and in our own organization—and shared our findings over at Open Global Rights.
Here are four key takeaways from the article:
We spent 18 months interrogating how power shows up—in philanthropy, in human rights, and in our own organization—and shared our findings over at Open Global Rights.
Here are four key takeaways from the article:
In Uganda, Youth for Green Communities, supported by The Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF), is tackling rising human-wildlife conflict linked to oil extraction. This is what legal empowerment looks like.
Learn more about LEF: legalempowermentfund.org/publications...
Learn more about LEF: legalempowermentfund.org/publications...
June 9, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In Uganda, Youth for Green Communities, supported by The Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF), is tackling rising human-wildlife conflict linked to oil extraction. This is what legal empowerment looks like.
Learn more about LEF: legalempowermentfund.org/publications...
Learn more about LEF: legalempowermentfund.org/publications...
In the June 2025 issue of Alliance magazine, Fund CEO @gabucher.bsky.social joins Ashif Shaikh of People’s Courage International and Yasmin Madan of Co-Impact to reflect on how philanthropy can shift power, deepen trust, and support systems change.
Here are six takeaways from their discussion.
Here are six takeaways from their discussion.
June 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In the June 2025 issue of Alliance magazine, Fund CEO @gabucher.bsky.social joins Ashif Shaikh of People’s Courage International and Yasmin Madan of Co-Impact to reflect on how philanthropy can shift power, deepen trust, and support systems change.
Here are six takeaways from their discussion.
Here are six takeaways from their discussion.
Movements are shaping the future—but they’re also facing serious challenges. The Legal Empowerment Fund reflects on lessons from the African Social Movements Baraza and what it means to stand with those who are shifting power.
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/b...
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/b...
June 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Movements are shaping the future—but they’re also facing serious challenges. The Legal Empowerment Fund reflects on lessons from the African Social Movements Baraza and what it means to stand with those who are shifting power.
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/b...
Read more: legalempowermentfund.org/commentary/b...
Across much of South Asia, spring has brought stifling heat. In Delhi, temps topped 104°F (40°C) in April—and intense rains came early too, flooding cities and disrupting lives. For many, this “new normal” is more than uncomfortable—it’s deadly.
[Image: Women working at a brick kiln near Mumbai]
[Image: Women working at a brick kiln near Mumbai]
May 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Across much of South Asia, spring has brought stifling heat. In Delhi, temps topped 104°F (40°C) in April—and intense rains came early too, flooding cities and disrupting lives. For many, this “new normal” is more than uncomfortable—it’s deadly.
[Image: Women working at a brick kiln near Mumbai]
[Image: Women working at a brick kiln near Mumbai]
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that families displaced by femicide must be recognized as indirect victims—with full reparations. The ruling follows years of work by OCNF; a grantee of the Legal Empowerment Fund.
Read their full statement (in Spanish): redtdt.org.mx/archivos/19351
Read their full statement (in Spanish): redtdt.org.mx/archivos/19351
May 30, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Mexico’s Supreme Court has ruled that families displaced by femicide must be recognized as indirect victims—with full reparations. The ruling follows years of work by OCNF; a grantee of the Legal Empowerment Fund.
Read their full statement (in Spanish): redtdt.org.mx/archivos/19351
Read their full statement (in Spanish): redtdt.org.mx/archivos/19351
MENA Rosa held legal literacy workshops in Algeria for women—including women with HIV and women migrant workers—with support from the LEF. Since 2010, they've built a strong network pushing for policies that reflect women's experiences. Learn more about LEF's work: legalempowermentfund.org
May 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
MENA Rosa held legal literacy workshops in Algeria for women—including women with HIV and women migrant workers—with support from the LEF. Since 2010, they've built a strong network pushing for policies that reflect women's experiences. Learn more about LEF's work: legalempowermentfund.org