From growing conservatism and rapidly shrinking civil society space to the destruction of our shared ecosystem, the world as we’ve known it is facing challenges that can often feel insurmountable. In the midst of these difficult realities, young feminist organising provides a resilient and hopeful bright spot. Young feminist activists are part of a long history of youth activism and resistance, and we’re excited to be able to extend support to 25 new grantee partners in their individual and collective journeys to liberation. Their work stitches communities together, pushes back against human rights infringements, and helps to build the better world we all dream of.
In our last Call For Applications [CFA] in 2022, FRIDA received over 1000 applications and the process took 9 months and required a sizable budget and human capacity. Given current internal capacities and resources, in 2025 we decided to host a community-led CFA. We tapped into the FRIDAverse (Our incredible Grantee partners & advisors) to help bring new partners into our orbit and asked our community to recommend groups they knew were making an impact. At the end of the call, we emerged with 24 new grantee partners, each doing incredible, necessary work.
In this zine you will find brief biographies of some of FRIDA’s new partners as well as information on the regions they are based in. Due to an increasingly hostile global political context, the amount we share about some of our partners and their work will vary depending on risk profile and regional contexts. We will also share lovenotes, written by each of the new grantee partners, for their fellow grantee partners, the groups that voted for them and the wider FRIDAVerse. May their words of love and encouragement, as well as their work and courage, serve as inspiration to all of us.
