AWID News

An analysis based on a women's and human rights perspective.

The myths exposed in this publication come from the experiences of more than 1,600 women’s rights activists who responded to AWID’s Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms survey, as well as 51 key experts who were interviewed for the project.

Religious fundamentalisms are gaining strength within the world’s major and minor religions, and across all the world’s regions. In the views of women’s rights activists, these movements have intensified over the last ten years, and have grown more visible, strategic and aggressive.

What do we mean when we speak of the phenomenon of “religious fundamentalisms”? Is the term useful for women’s rights activists? Who are the main fundamentalist actors in the contemporary world?

AWID presents an analysis of women’s movements and 10 Case Studies from different regions of the world that mobilized women to make a difference.

AWID's Where is the Money for Women's Rights strategic initiative carried out a survey on funding for women's rights organisations based on 1035 organisations worldwide.

AWID through the Where is the Money for Women's Rights? initiative has produced factsheets to help in understanding the dynamics around funding for womens rights activities.

The Second FundHer Report: Financial Sustainability for Women's Movements Worldwide. By Joanna Kerr, 2007