Human Rights Defense: 20 grants, $251,952
Quilombola win land rights victory in Brazil
Our grantmaking supports deep transformations in unjust systems by advancing social movements. Thanks to our supporters, we had many successes in 2019:
Quilombola win land rights victory in Brazil
African women lead on food policy
Women "resist to live, march to transform"
After more than two years of struggle, Puerto Rican feminists have won an important victory. Finally, gender-based violence will be treated as the emergency it is.
With the new year comes a new victory from our Brazilian partner the Landless Workers Movement (MST). After three years of occupation on public land, rural families have won a recognized settlement near São Cristóvão do Sul.