V-Day Annual Report 2017 - RISE FOR WOMEN WORKERS 1 | Page 31
SOLIDARITY
PROJECTS
CLIMBING POETREE
DOLPHIN ANTI-RAPE AND
AIDS CONTROL
GABRIELA
GUERNICA
PROMOTING WOMEN’S
CAPABILITIES BY EDUCATION
(PWCE) CENTER IN KABUL
TASARU NTOMONOK INITIATIVE
V-DAY SAFE HOUSE FOR THE GIRLS
AGNES PAREYIO
WOMEN’S DRUMMERS
INTERNATIONAL
AFIA WALKING TREE
THE RISING
FUND
provides immediate support
to projects, organizations and
individuals whose work in creating
art and social change is urgent and
immediate. Recipients of Rising
Fund support focus on shifting
patriarchy and changing the
paradigm of the issue of violence
against women and girls.
This year’s grantees include the
African American Policy Forum, Rada
Boric, Farkhunda Trust for Afghan
Women’s Education, Elman Peace
and Human Rights Center, Kolkata
Sanved, Coordination of Women’s
Groups SEKA, Laura Flanders
Limited, National Domestic Workers
Alliance, Honor the Earth, and
Equality Labs. They received a total
of $195,000 in support.