A Feminist Foundation for Democracy, Solidarity and Civic Participation
Women at Risk. Democracy at Stake.
ADLIGA supports women at risk, human rights defenders, civic leaders, researchers, educators and artists affected by repression, war, displacement and political persecution.
Institutional focus
Protection enables participation.
Participation creates influence. Influence generates power. ADLIGA works to protect civic agency where democratic space is shrinking.
WHO WE ARE
A feminist foundation advancing democracy, solidarity and civic participation.
ADLIGA is dedicated to advancing democracy, human rights, gender equality and civic participation through solidarity, education and knowledge production.
Founded on more than fifteen years of experience in feminist civic education, democratic engagement and human rights advocacy, ADLIGA works across borders to support women affected by repression, war, displacement, political persecution and exclusion.
Core framework
Protection. Participation. Power.
Protection enables participation. Participation creates influence. Influence generates power.
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Protection
Safety, dignity and solidarity as preconditions for democratic participation.
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Participation
Civic engagement, public dialogue and democratic belonging.
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Power
Leadership, knowledge production and influence as conditions for social change.
Programs
Supporting safety, agency and democratic participation.
ADLIGA works across protection, civic participation, leadership, dialogue, research and solidarity.
Protection
Women at Risk Protection Programme
Protection, dignity and support for women facing repression, war, displacement or political persecution.
Participation
Women’s Democratic Participation Programme
Supporting civic participation, public dialogue and democratic belonging across borders.
Power
Women’s Leadership and Civic Learning Programme
Leadership, knowledge and learning for women shaping democratic futures.
SOLIDARITY FUND
Support women who continue democratic work under pressure.
The Women at Risk Solidarity Fund supports women human rights defenders, civic leaders, educators, researchers, artists, activists and community builders affected by repression, war, displacement and political persecution.
The fund helps preserve safety, dignity, visibility and participation when democratic space is shrinking.
INSIGHTS & UPDATES
Latest from ADLIGA
Author commentary, news and reflections from ADLIGA’s work across democracy, solidarity and civic participation.
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Our House Brings the Experience of Women in Exile into the EU Gender Action Plan IV
Policy input urges the EU to confront gendered transnational repression across borders. Our House Centre for Human Rights and Relief has prepared a new Policy Input for the development of the EU Gender Action Plan IV (GAP IV) 2028–2034, bringing into the European policy debate an issue that remains too often overlooked: authoritarian repression does…
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Torture of Aliaksandra Pulinovich Has Stopped. Now She Must Be Freed
After international pressure, Aliaksandra Pulinovich’s treatment improved. But she remains imprisoned today. Aliaksandra Pulinovich was only 16 when she was detained at her school on 12 January 2024. After a year-long investigation, she was sentenced to 10 years and three months in prison on charges including “high treason,” “terrorism,” and participation in an “extremist formation.”…
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When a Migration-Related Security Assessment Becomes a Funding Barrier
Lithuania: a documented cross-border inconsistency affecting a migrant woman human rights defender and a women-led CSO Case submitted for the Verian study commissioned by the European Parliament Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) on changes in the funding environment for women’s rights civil society organisations in the EU Purpose of this submission This…
Publications
Research, monitoring, cases and public materials.
ADLIGA collects and publishes knowledge on women, democracy, civic participation and social change.
CAMPAIGNS & SOLIDARITY ACTIONS
Civic action, public solidarity and democratic resilience.
Use this section for active campaigns, petitions, urgent appeals and public actions. On project sites it can be connected to a campaign category or maintained manually by editors.
Campaigns
Active solidarity actions
Highlight current actions and petitions without hard-coding old theme logic.
Events
Events and public programs
Use posts, categories or an events plugin depending on the project’s editorial needs.
Migration-ready
Prepared for older project sites
Old category-driven sections can be mapped into a cleaner taxonomy during migration.
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