This is a toolkit about burnout and vicarious trauma. It was created on June 6, 2020, with the intention of providing resources for self-care and healing amid the very necessary work of organizing specifically against anti-Black racism and police brutality, though these principles apply to any kind of movement work, and these movements are intersectional. This is a toolkit for organizers, students, parents, allies, and anyone for whom its message resonates.
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[en]This page from Ssense is a compilation of links, resources, guides, and writings. If you are looking to donate funds, volunteer time, educate yourself on complex topics, this is where we’ll post it; if you are looking for ways to stay safe while protesting, know your rights, or participate in actions and demonstrations from home, this is where you’ll find it. While primarily focused on North America, they are also incorporating information from international sources. They will be updating it on an ongoing basis, and have committed to vetting everything included here to ensure it is inclusive, current, accurate, and transparent.
The Audre Lorde Project is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color center for community organizing, focusing on the New York City area. Through mobilization, education and capacity-building, we work for community wellness and progressive social and economic justice. Committed to struggling across differences, we seek to responsibly…
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Reading time: 4 minutes The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders (HRD) defines women human rights defenders as both female human rights defenders, and any other human rights defenders who work in the defence of women’s rights or on gender issues (A/HRC/16/44). Typical challenges faced by WHRDs in East Africa both in urban settlements and grassroot…
HACEY is a development organization focused on improving the health and productivity of vulnerable and underserved populations in Africa. Founded in 2007, we are a non-profit organization committed to supporting women, girls and young people in Nigeria to live a productive and healthy life. We achieve this through innovation, Capacity development, Advocacy, Research and Education (i.C.A.R.E)…
Reaching the Unreached Tanzania (RUT) works to support communities in attaining better health and fighting against gender and children violence through community-based programs and interventions. RUT is dedicated to protect and promote the dignity, well-being and rights of marginalized groups particularly adolescent girls and young women (AGYW), women, and children. It is committed to improve…
The purpose of this manual is to serve activists and students. This service is expected to unfold in three ways: (1) primarily as a manual for reporting to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; (2) as a resource for students, particularly those in remote locations with less access to the Internet and large English language libraries; and (3) as an educational tool in training workshops, particularly for practical topics.
Feminism In India is an award-winning digital intersectional feminist media organisation to learn, educate and develop a feminist sensibility among the youth. It is required to unravel the F-word and demystify the negativity surrounding it. FII amplifies the voices of women and marginalized communities using tools of art, media, culture, technology and community.
The Kazakhstan Feminist Initiative (Feminita) is a grassroots queer-feminist group aimed at creating and strengthening the rights of women and activist communities that can make changes in the social, political, economic and cultural spheres for the most oppressed groups of the population of Kazakhstan (lesbians, bisexuals, queer, women Disabled, women in sex work). “Queer” (queer)…
Asorevi una organización de carácter privado, no lucrativa, no religiosa, apolítica, social, cultural, educativa, humanitaria, de asistencia social y de desarrollo integral. Velamos por un tratamiento integral para pacientes de cáncer de la red hospitalaria nacional, que cada paciente cuente con un trato digno y humano tanto en hombres como mujeres. Asorevi ayudas en la…