As we witness the closing space of civil society in the region, we also witness life-saving strategies led by and for human rights defenders who see protection not as an individual matter, but as a collective one. One example is the IM-Defensoras network, best known for its Feminist Holistic Protection (FHP) framework, which focuses on building strong protective community networks to enhance the resilience of women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in the region. A key role funders can play is to strengthen the human rights defense ecosystem in the region because doing so strengthens democracy and helps society in general to protect and uplift the important role that human rights defenders play.