Confidential support

Get help safely.

If you are a survivor of gender-based violence, an LGBTQI+ person facing persecution or a human rights defender at risk, RFLD and its member organisations can help you find support. You do not need to give your name to read this page.

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Who we help

Areas of assistance

We treat every request confidentially. Depending on where you are and what you need, we can help you directly or connect you with trusted member organisations and partners.

Women and survivors

Referral to safe shelter, legal, psychosocial and medical support for survivors of domestic violence, FGM, sexual assault and harassment.

LGBTQI+ people

Confidential help to find legal support, stigma-free health care and safety options if you face persecution or violence from the state or your family.

Human rights defenders

Digital security advice and access to urgent support for activists and journalists facing threats or arrest, including RFLD's urgent action grants.

Offline process

Confidential assistance form

To ask for support, download the form as a PDF, fill it in offline on a device you trust, and send it to integrity@rflgd.org. If you can, send it from an encrypted email service, and only include the details you are comfortable sharing.

↓RFLD Confidential Assistance Form (PDF)
Fill in offline, then email to integrity@rflgd.org

Report a concern

To report misconduct, abuse or exploitation by anyone working for or with RFLD, use our confidential reporting channel.

Report a concern · integrity@rflgd.org

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Other routes to support are described on our Get Support page.

For funders and partnersPour les bailleurs et les partenaires

Fund the women who defend rights in Africa, nowFinancez maintenant les femmes qui défendent les droits en Afrique

Aid to women’s organisations is falling. RFLD moves funding fast to women-led organisations and defenders, in French and English, through a network of 1,143 member organisations in more than 35 African countries.L’aide aux organisations de femmes recule. Le RFLD achemine vite les financements vers les organisations de femmes et les défenseures, en français et en anglais, grâce à un réseau de 1 143 organisations membres dans plus de 35 pays africains.

RFLD currently serves as Co-Chair of the SEA-T Programme Advisory Council, mandated to ensure the programme’s direction, priorities, and resources are meaningfully aligned with the visions of African women-led civil society. The SEA-T Programme is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.Le RFLD assure actuellement la coprésidence du Conseil consultatif du programme SEA-T, chargé de veiller à ce que l’orientation, les priorités et les ressources du programme soient réellement alignées sur les visions de la société civile africaine portée par les femmes. Le programme SEA-T est financé par le ministère fédéral allemand de la Coopération économique et du Développement (BMZ) et mis en œuvre par la Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. See the partnershipVoir le partenariat

1,143member organisationsorganisations membres
35+African countriespays africains
N°553ACHPR observer statusstatut d’observateur CADHP
CandidSeal of Transparency 2025Sceau de transparence 2025

DonateFaire un don Partner with RFLDDevenir partenaire See our financialsVoir nos états financiers