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In order to achieve social and economic justice in this country, women and girls need quality, affordable health care; the right to bear and parent children; access to safe and legal abortions; a commitment to end domestic violence; and the removal of environmental health threats, just to name a few critical issues. The Tides Reproductive Justice Fund (RJF) addresses these issues head-on.
Focusing on reproductive justice, we are supporting a wide spectrum of women to build a grassroots movement that resonates with the public and has the power to win real victories at the local, state, and federal levels. The Fund helps build this practical strength by supporting efforts to engage underrepresented women specifically including women of color, low-income, young, rural, immigrant, LGBT, and incarcerated women.
Individual donors who are passionate about the reproductive freedom of women and girls formed the Tides Reproductive Justice Fund four years ago. Their vision inspired others to join them in this funding collaborative, which now includes individual and institutional donors.
Underlying this work is the fact that women's rights need to become a more integral part of the progressive movement. By funding organizations that are actively building bridges between reproductive justice and other social justice work, like the reproductive health impact of environmental pollution, for example, the Reproductive Justice Fund is working to pull women's issues out from the margins and into the center of national politics.
Currently in its sixth year of grantmaking, the Reproductive Justice Initiative has to date awarded $7.5 million to nearly 60 organizations.
If you would like more information about the Tides Reproductive Justice Fund, contact us at info(at)tides.org. The RJF sponsors donor and activist education events throughout the year; please let us know if you would like to participate.
The reproductive justice movement is a new and transformational approach to advancing reproductive freedom in the U.S.
It includes the full spectrum of reproductive issues that impact women's lives—from the right to bear and raise healthy children to the right to terminate a pregnancy, access quality reproductive health care, and live in an environment that is free of toxins that harm reproductive health.
