WHAT can rapid response FINANCIAL assistance GRANTS be used TO SUPPORT?

Dignity for All provides small, short-term emergency grants to activists and organizations threatened because of their human rights work. These grants can support: 

• Legal Representation 

• Prison Visits 

• Trial Monitoring 

• Temporary Relocation 

• Dependent Support   

• Security

• Equipment Replacement

• Medical Expenses          

               

What constitutes an emergency?

An emergency is an urgent need for assistance arising from threats to an HRD or CSO on the basis of their work on LGBTQI+ human rights. The threat needs to have occurred within the past 3 months. It can be a physical, virtual, or legal threat that is perpetrated by state actors, non-state actors, family, or community members.

WHO IS eligible for support?

• Activist/Organization has a track record of human rights work of at least 6 months 

• Threat is related to human rights work and has occurred in the past 3 months 

• Independent references can verify threat and applicant’s history of human rights activism 

• Request should not seek funds for core operations costs or programmatic expenses 

• Organizations can be informal or unregistered, including journalist associations, networks, community-based organizations, student groups, and labor unions 

HOW CAN YOU apply for rapid response financial assistance?

To apply, contact info@dignitylgbti.org and let us know how we can contact you securely before sending sensitive information. To apply by PGP/GPG encrypted email (recommended), please use our public key.  

Applications are available in Arabic, English, Farsi, French, Kiswahili, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish.