RUBY JOHNSON
Feminist activist, strategist, writer and practitioner
I have over 17 years experience working with global and grassroots organisations to advance gender justice and human rights. I support organisations to build strategies, design programs, develop participatory practices and strengthen their organisations. I have solid experience working with young women and girls and co-creating initiatives that centre the decision making and power of young people.
I am committed to shifting power in philanthropy and international development and have a strong understanding of how funders can meaningfully resource activists and movements. I have a passion for creative documentation and storytelling. I have experience working with young feminist led collectives across the globe, women’s human rights defenders and environmental defenders in Latin America, and Asia and the Pacific and expertise in funding with a gender, youth and intersectional lens.
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I have experience as a Co-Executive Director, Co-Founder, Board Member and Social Justice Consultant across the development and philanthropic sector.
Current and recent clients
"Through co-leading FRIDA and building the only global fund focused on young feminists, she has developed deep expertise in resourcing grassroots girl and young women led organizations and building participatory grantmaking models. Ruby is also an excellent facilitator, strategist, connector, listener and communicator, and is deeply connected to multiple social justice movements globally. In addition to being a joy to collaborate with, to all of her work Ruby brings creativity, a strategic mind, rigor, love, and is not afraid to look beyond, and push others to look beyond, the well-trodden path."
Jody Myrum,
Social Justice Consultant, Former Director of the NoVo Foundation's Initiative to Advance Adolescent Girls' Rights