Ruby Johnson

Ruby Johnson is the Co-Director of FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund, a youth led fund that strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. She has worked with Fred Hollows Foundation, UN Women in Cambodia, and Amnesty International. She is based in Mexico

The global pulse of young feminists organising

Young feminists are organising across movements in an intersectional way, locally, nationally and regionally, and they are using artivism and technology as core tools in their work.

By Ruby Johnson and Deepa Ranganathan

/ 8 Mar 2016

Defending ourselves: defining the rights of girls

Exploited in the media, sanctioned by the state, and controlled by religious fundamentalism, decisions about the bodies of young women and girls seem to be everyone's business but their own.

By Ruby Johnson and Deepa Ranganathan

/ 19 Oct 2015

Our bodies as battlegrounds

From Kyrgyzstan to Brazil and Sri Lanka, young feminists are trying to shift the debate over sexual and reproductive rights away from a focus on population control and the family unit, to the right of women to have bodily autonomy.

By Ruby Johnson and Marisa Viana

/ 6 Mar 2015

Young feminists: resisting the tide of fundamentalisms

Fundamentalism is a root cause of multiple forms of violence experienced by young women and trans*youth worldwide. Young feminists human rights defenders are key actors in this space.

By Ruby Johnson and Devi Leiper O'Malley

/ 8 Dec 2014

Claiming rights, facing fire: young feminist activists

The increased violence against young women human rights defenders needs to be matched by funders prepared to respond more directly to the priorities identified by young people. Ruby Johnson says shifting the framework of how funders work with young people is essential.

By Ruby Johnson

/ 20 Oct 2014