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Women Deliver 2026: Voices from the Pacific on feminist leadership and resourcing
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (977+ words) Across the Pacific, women's and feminist movements are leading transformative change in the face of climate pressures, shrinking civic space, fragile economies, and limited access to basic services. Yet the funding ecosystem remains far from meeting these complex realities." In…...
Dalit feminism in India: A movement built to last, but hard to fund
1+ mon, 22+ hour ago (985+ words) Over the years, as she worked across rural and urban settlements in southern India, Manorama, who grew up in an educated and relatively progressive Dalit household, noticed how Dalit women bore a disproportionate share of this inequality. "I saw that…...
Feminist funders and civil society urge UN member states to "pay up'and stop 'financial blackmail"
2+ mon, 17+ hour ago (344+ words) Over 1, 200 feminist funders and civil society groups have called for United Nations member states to "pay up, as the very survival of UN teeters on the brink of "imminent collapse. "Rather than confronting the political use of non-payment, the response…...
The 3rd Feminist Republik Festival by UAF Africa
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (398+ words) Ese Emerhi, Alliance magazine Tsitsi Marylin Midzi, Urgent Action Fund " Africa nabela Lemos, Kete Fumo & Dipti Bhatnagar (Justi'a Ambiental) With capitalism's reliance on fossil fuels for economic growth, the links between extractivism, environmental degradation, and poverty are evident. Most of…...
3rd Feminists Republik Festival - Weathering the storm: Seeding the future
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (189+ words) Healing as infrastructure: what movements need to survive Voices from the trenches: grounding the discourse In grounding resistance, regeneration, and care in the realities of conflict, the session offered a clear message: feminist leadership in crisis is not a deviation…...
Accelerating feminist crisis response " meeting need and finding healing in the midst of the storm
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (603+ words) African women and girls are in the midst of a storm. Across the continent, we are witnessing multiple, overlapping, and intersecting crises that span social, political, and environmental lines. Armed conflict has increased " in " Accelerating feminist crisis response " meeting need…...
Counting down the days: What we are most excited for at the 3rd feminist republik festival!
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (444+ words) We, African feminists, are the ones who plant millet in the storm, who drum through the thunder, who braid healing into the wind'so that those who come after us inherit rhythm, not rupture. The 3rd Feminist Republik Festival's theme, "Regenerating in…...
From scarcity to abundance: What did we learn at the Financing for Feminist Futures Conference?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1156+ words) It's sometimes hard to find a single quote that encapsulates an entire conference, but this one, from Hivos CEO, Marco De Ponte, comes very close. Having wound my way through the skinny streets of Madrid in late October, I arrived…...
If we want democracy to thrive, we need feminist AI: Luisa Machado on financing youth activism, digital justice, and ethical AI at F4 FF
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1235+ words) Luisa Machado; Founder of Equilabs and co-founder of Jeunes Open Gov At the age of 16 they became the first openly queer person to be elected as the President of the Brazilian Youth Parliament, and have since gone on to co-lead…...
Why feminist financing must lead the global development agenda
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (299+ words) But grassroots feminist movements are helping to even the equation. Their innovations, organising, and leadership skills are sustaining women, girls, LGBTIQ+ people, and other vulnerable communities through conflict, climate impacts, and democratic backsliding. Feminism, he reminded us, is not an…...