April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025Categories Women Enabled International: Advancing the Rights of Historically Excluded Women and GirlsChannel grantee partner Women Enabled International (WEI) organized a UN Commission on the Status of Women Side Event […]
April 8, 2025 April 8, 2025Categories ReportsPushing for Disability Inclusive FundingIn March 2025, two Channel Foundation grantee partners released a groundbreaking new publication, Activists from Strength: What You […]
December 10, 2023 December 10, 2023Categories AwardsGlobal Coalition Accepts UN Human Rights PrizeThe Global Coalition of Civil Society, Indigenous Peoples, Social Movements, and Local Communities for the Universal Recognition of […]
December 7, 2023 December 7, 2023Categories AwardsWEI Founder Honored With Human Rights AwardStephanie Ortoleva, an international human rights lawyer and founder of Women Enabled International (WEI), a longtime Channel grantee […]
April 26, 2023 April 26, 2023Categories ReportsWEI Announces Feminist Accessibility ProtocolWomen Enabled International, a Channel grantee partner dedicated to fighting for the rights of women with disabilities, released […]
October 26, 2022 October 26, 2022Categories VictoriesCEDAW Committee Adopts General Recommendation on Indigenous Women and GirlsOn October 26, 2022, the Committee of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination […]
May 31, 2022 May 31, 2022Categories VictoriesCEDAW Committee Preparing General Recommendation on Indigenous WomenIndigenous women’s groups and their allies including several Channel grantee partners (the International Indigenous Women’s Forum or FIMI, […]
March 10, 2022 March 10, 2022Categories ActionSolidarity with UkraineTo stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine, particularly the women being forced to flee and activists […]
December 22, 2021 December 22, 2021Categories VictoriesChannel Grantees Collaborate on Disability InclusionRecognizing a need to be more inclusive of women with disabilities, Channel partner World Pulse invited fellow grantees […]
June 30, 2019 June 30, 2019Categories ReportsWomen with Disabilities Transforming Movements ReportOn June 25th, 2019 Disability Rights Fund (DRF) released their “1 in 5” report which features women with […]
March 23, 2018 March 23, 2018Categories LaunchesPioneering Toolkit for Women with DisabilitiesOn March 14, 2018 as a part of the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New […]
January 30, 2018 January 30, 2018Categories ReportsSpotlight on Two Activist FoundersWomen in Foreign Policy recently spotlighted two remarkable founders of Channel grantee partners in their online series on […]
April 6, 2017 April 6, 2017Categories ReportsSupporting Inclusive Movements: Funding the Rights of Women with DisabilitiesLeading advocates and women’s rights donors agree that much more can and needs to be done to include […]
May 2, 2016 May 2, 2016Categories AwardsAdvocate Stephanie Ortoleva Named a Leader of the 21st CenturyOn May 2, 2016, President and Founder of Channel partner Women Enabled International,
March 8, 2016 March 8, 2016Categories ReportsFirst Ever Global Women’s Disability Rights Advocacy Report ReleasedOn March 8, 2016, International Women’s Day, Channel grantee partner Women Enabled International,
January 10, 2015 January 10, 2015Categories LaunchesWomen Enabled International Launches First Mapping ProjectIn August 2015, Channel grantee partner Women Enabled international (WEI) launched a survey to help create a first-ever map and […]