Building Feminist Movements and Organizations
Changing Their World: Concepts and Practices of Women’s Movements
An anthology of case studies that provide examples of how diverse, vibrant women's movements in different regions of the world are actually doing movement building, and how they understand and see the relationship between organizations and movements
Highlights from three experiences of women's organizing around the world
What we can learn about the needs and characteristics of global feminist movements.
Building Feminist Organisations and Movements
Global Perspectives, a collection of 25 essays by activists from all over the world that explores what it means to be an effective women's organization, and what it takes to build the kinds of movements we need to transform women's lives. To order this publication please email contact@awid.org
Young Feminist Activism Program
Defending Our Dreams: Global Feminist Voices for a New Generation
Ordering information and reviews of this pioneering collection of original experiences, perspectives and visions of young feminists seeking to understand the current world order and shape a better future
Making Waves: How Young Women Can (and Do) Transform Organizations and Movements
This primer is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of our movement
Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms
Feminists on the Frontline: Case Studies of Resisting and Challenging Fundamentalisms
The case studies relate to a diversity of regional and religious contexts, drawing from almost 200 responses to an open call for proposals, and come from Western Europe and North America, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East,South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
New Insights on Religious Fundamentalisms: Research Highlights
AWID’s research examines how the global rise of religious fundamentalisms is understood and experienced by women’s rights activists located within different regional and religious contexts.
Shared Insights: Women's Rights Activists Define Religious Fundamentalisms
This publication aims to understand how women’s rights activists from different parts of the world experience and define the complex phenomenon of religious fundamentalisms
Religious Fundamentalisms on the Rise: A Case for Action
This publication seeks to build a deeper and more shared understanding among women’s rights activists and their allies of the way fundamentalist projects work to undermine women’s rights, human rights and development.
Exposed: Ten Myths about Religious Fundamentalisms
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.
Influencing Development Actors and Practices for Women's Rights
Alternative Development Models from a Human Rights and Women's Rights Perspective
Issues presented at at sessions co-convened by AWID and partners on Alternative Feminist Models
Ownership and Women's Organisations participation
Issue paper on country ownership and gender equality
Harmonisation and Gender Equality
Harmonising and doing business differently at the country level - rationalising aid delivery and the division of labour
Managing for Development Results and Gender Equality
Input for the preparation of the round table 4 on Managing for Development Results at the 3rd High Level Forum, Accra, 2008
Mutual Accountability and Women's Rights
Inputs for the preparation of the round table 5 at the High Level Forum 3 - Accra 2008
The Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (PD) aims to reform the delivery and management of aid.
An analysis based on a women's and human rights perspective.
Primer No. 1: An Overview of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness & the New Aid Modalities
In 2005 civil society organizations bore witness to the signing of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (PD)—history’s most recent agreement by donor and recipient countries to reform the delivery and management of aid monies in order to strengthen its impact and effectiveness
Primer No.2: Key Official Bodies related to the implementation of the Paris Declaration
Outlining and clarifying the roles of these groups in the lead up to the High Level Forum (HLF3) taking place in Accra, Ghana.
Describing how the parallel tracking process is being undertaken independently by CSOs
Primer No. 4: Monitoring and Evaluation of the Paris Declaration Implementation
A general overview of this process, the key results of the first official round of monitoring, and the main concerns and recommendations put forward by CSOs participating in the parallel process towards the HLF3.
Primer No.5: Making Women's Rights and Gender Equality a priority in the Aid Effectiveness Agenda
Highlights from research on implementing the Paris Declaration and the main recommendations from the International Consultation of Women’s Organizations and Networks and Aid Effectiveness organized by AWID, WIDE and UNIFEM in Ottawa (January-February 2008).
Primer No.6: Women's Organisations proposals to influence the 3rd High Level Forum Debates in Accra
Primer No. 7: Regional perspectives in the preparation process towards Accra
Briefs: The Impact of the crisis on Women
This series presents different sub-regional perspectives on the impacts of the crisis on women’s rights.
Where is the Money for Women's Rights?
This report explores possible strategies for changing the existing funding landscape so that more resources are made available to women’s rights organizations.
Financial Sustainability for Women's Movement's Worldwide (2007)
This report probes deeper into fundamental questions related to resource mobilization and movement-building.
FundHer Brief: Money Watch for Women's Rights Movements and Organisations (2008)
This publication aims to provide an updated snapshot of key funding trends impacting women’s rights organizations.
Where is the money for Women's Rights - 2008 survey results
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.
Funding to fight HIV/AIDS through the promotion of Women's Rights: A case study from South Africa
This document includes an introduction to some general trends in the funding landscape for women’s rights organizations working on HIV and AIDS, and presents a report that looks at bilateral funding for the work on HIV, AIDS and women in South Africa.
The report captures the highlights and outcomes of the “Feminist Resource Mobilization Strategy Meeting for Women’s Rights Organizations & Movements in the MENA Region, convened by AWID and the GFW in Marrakech, Morocco.
Money for Women's Rights in the Middle East and North Africa
This directory of funders was compiled by AWID and the Global Fund for Women (GFW) as a resource guide for women's rights organizations in the Middle East and North Africa.
Where is the money for Women's Rights - Factsheets
Factsheets to help in understanding the dynamics around funding for women's rights activities.
