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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>We&#39;re a global fund dedicated to safe abortion.&#xA;&#xA;Sign up for our newsletter: www.saafund.org/register</description><link>https://bsky.app/profile/safeabortion.bsky.social</link><title>@safeabortion.bsky.social - Safe Abortion Action Fund (SAAF)</title><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/safeabortion.bsky.social/post/3mujpn3o3bc2v</link><description>&#34;No one really talks about what happens to women after they’ve had a termination, and specifically how hard it can be to navigate abortion in the workplace.&#34;&#xA;&#xA;https://www.stylist.co.uk/health/abortion-work-place-treatment/1108768</description><pubDate>02 Sep 2026 10:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:3vpzzppda3qveadn7k5far7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mujpn3o3bc2v</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/safeabortion.bsky.social/post/3muhbrlclgc2z</link><description>Funding for global feminist collectives from @equalityfund.bsky.social &#xA;&#xA;Deadline to apply is 16 September:&#xA;&#xA;https://equalityfund.ca/en/posts/connect-open-call #funding #fund #grant</description><pubDate>01 Sep 2026 11:08 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:3vpzzppda3qveadn7k5far7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhbrlclgc2z</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/safeabortion.bsky.social/post/3mu2zlmrkws2l</link><description>“I don’t think demanding that women and girls be safe and have ownership over their own bodies is a radical idea.”&#xA;&#xA;Good for Olivia Rodrigo for speaking out about (and raising money for!) reproductive rights:&#xA;&#xA;https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2026-08-27/olivia-rodrigos-daisy-chain-fields-is-festival-scale-roar-for-abortion-rights-womens-health</description><pubDate>27 Aug 2026 14:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:3vpzzppda3qveadn7k5far7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2zlmrkws2l</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/safeabortion.bsky.social/post/3mu2ovmwlih23</link><description>FUNDING: &#39;Multi-year, core, flexible grant open for initiatives, collectives, groups, and organisations advancing feminist tech activism in the Larger Majority World&#39;&#xA;&#xA;Numan Fund: numun.fund/sgs3/&#xA;&#xA;Deadline: 6 September 2026</description><pubDate>27 Aug 2026 10:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">at://did:plc:3vpzzppda3qveadn7k5far7o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2ovmwlih23</guid></item><item><link>https://bsky.app/profile/safeabortion.bsky.social/post/3mtzciuaf7u2j</link><description>&#34;Abortion remains markedly inaccessible in South Africa despite our liberal law.&#34; 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