Tag: Access Now Grants

In 2023, Access Now Grants supported activists facing digital threats around the world, from Palestine to Myanmar to Ukraine and beyond.

After almost 15 years at the helm, Access Now’s co-founder and Executive Director Brett Solomon is stepping down from the role, making way for a new leader.

Explore VitaFest 2022, the first international festival on community care for digital resilience, and meet the organizers at RightsCon.

In 2021, Access Now Grants supported grassroots, frontline, and feminist digital rights organizations and human rights defenders.

We’re excited to welcome Meerim Ilyas to the Access Now Grants program’s Advisory Board, and to share her reflections on the human rights challenges we face and how funding organizations should respond.

Today Access Now joined more than 30 public interest and human rights organizations in a letter to the U.S. Congress that calls for continued support of the Open Technology Fund (OTF) and global internet freedom.

With so many amazing sessions to choose from, we wanted to take a moment to recognize the contribution that Access Now grantees are making to the program and to the RightsCon community.

As we reflect on 2017 and look ahead to next year, we’re grateful for you — the global community that cares about human rights.

Here’s how the Access Now Grants program supported the grassroots in 2017.

Help us #StandUp4HumanRights by giving to grassroots digital rights groups across the globe.