While you begin telling your grantees about the decision to provide exit grants because of the NGO law changes, Acadia's government announces a series of laws that strictly regulate individual conduct and which criminalize identities. The laws restrict what women can wear, including the banning of dress/accessories that denote religious/ethnic affiliation or honor indigenous people.

 

The laws also restricts individuals to attire that "is aligned with their biological sex".  Your grantees have been extremely critical of these new laws and these criticisms have attracted a lot of media attention. Many of XYZ donors are also up in arms about these laws and the Executive Director has been fielding calls from private foundations and wealthy individuals about what XYZ is going to do in Acadia.