As we stand in solidarity with Palestinians this Land Day, let’s also hold our own government and industries accountable for the suffering and human rights violations they are enabling. And let's remember the courage and creativity to transform weapons of death into beacons of life, on canister at a time.
The fact that it was International Women's Day when someone chose to break into the offices of Sector de Mujeres is not lost on anyone who is paying attention. The women consider the office break-in to be an intimidation attempt.
Around the world, these women are taking the patriarchy to task, while healing the environment – all the time building the movement for grassroots feminism. Today, International Women’s Day, is a time for protest, organizing, and celebration.
Just like the World March of Women's contingent in January's Women's March, you can build grassroots feminism in your community this March 8th. Watch this video to learn more.
A Brazilian babaçu nut harvester and community leader told us about some of the accomplishments of her community and big challenges.
A look at the successes Grassroots International and our partners have had in 2018 — including a dramatic increase in our solidarity and impact.
The Women's March, #MeToo, and Time's Up movements have grown in the United States over the last few years. Grassroots International partner the World March of Women is in complete solidarity with these movements — while seeking to bring in a deep, global vision.
These five narrative frames and their embedded assumptions determine how billions of dollars in climate philanthropy and finance are spent. Without mapping and exposing these frames we cannot engage in honest conversation about the role of philanthropists in supporting transformative change.
Solidarity to Solutions was a week of uplifting grassroots climate leadership to counter the narrative of the Global Climate Action Summit that corporations and national leaders will move us towards a climate safe, equitable future. Here are some of our reflections, as funders, on navigating those spaces.
Below is a report from COPINH, a partner of Grassroots International, whose persistence and organizing clarity have demanded justice for Berta Caceres.
Interview with Ramata Ouedraogo, a farmer with Grassroots International partner We Are the Solution.
There is a political crisis happening in Nicaragua. Its spark was a set of reforms to social security that President Daniel Ortega’s government put in place to address the budget shortfall facing the country’s social security system, though, at this point, there is a broader set of concerns and threats.
On this World Water Day, we want to honor the movements in Latin America struggling for their human right to water.
Test show that people affected by November 2015 hydrodam disaster in Brazil are contaminated with nickel and arsenic.
Today women around the world are calling for transforming society away from one based on the exploitation and disenfranchisement of women – rooted in patriarchy, white supremacy and capitalism – to one that values women everywhere. March 8th's International Women's Day remains an important part of this movement.
Environmental changes in the Dry Corridor – Corredor Seco – and Atlantic Coast have driven migration in Honduras, one of the countries most affected by climate change. Here, women have gathered together in old and new collectives, as they struggle to create economic opportunities and grow crops against increasing weather variability.
Are you looking to engage more directly in supporting frontline movements in Palestine? Are you outraged by the atrocities and violence funded by the US government in its support of Israeli settlements and military operations? Do you want to be...
From Brazilian mass movement building to pinpoint alternatives and retain the countryside, to Honduran reclamation of natural resources through food sovereignty, agroecology, and climate justice, to relentless Palestinian efforts of upholding international law and defending human rights, people are challenging destructive political orders. Doing so is a collective act of resilience and resistance, ‘grabbing back’ in order to move forward in uncertain times.
