Marren Akatsa-Bukachi
Resourcing Feminist Movements
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Around the world, feminist, women’s rights, and allied movements are confronting power and reimagining a politics of liberation. The contributions that fuel this work come in many forms, from financial and political resources to daily acts of resistance and survival.
AWID’s Resourcing Feminist Movements (RFM) Initiative shines a light on the current funding ecosystem, which range from self-generated models of resourcing to more formal funding streams.
Through our research and analysis, we examine how funding practices can better serve our movements. We critically explore the contradictions in “funding” social transformation, especially in the face of increasing political repression, anti-rights agendas, and rising corporate power. Above all, we build collective strategies that support thriving, robust, and resilient movements.
Our Actions
Recognizing the richness of our movements and responding to the current moment, we:
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Create and amplify alternatives: We amplify funding practices that center activists’ own priorities and engage a diverse range of funders and activists in crafting new, dynamic models for resourcing feminist movements, particularly in the context of closing civil society space.
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Build knowledge: We explore, exchange, and strengthen knowledge about how movements are attracting, organizing, and using the resources they need to accomplish meaningful change.
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Advocate: We work in partnerships, such as the Count Me In! Consortium, to influence funding agendas and open space for feminist movements to be in direct dialogue to shift power and money.
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DATA SNAPSHOTS
Where is the money for feminist organizing?
1,174 feminist, women's rights & LGBTQI+ organizations
from 129 countries participated in AWID's 2024 survey.
The data reveals the state of resourcing for feminist movements between 2021-2023, amid current major defunding trends in aid and philanthropy.
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Protection of the Family
The Issue
Over the past few years, a troubling new trend at the international human rights level is being observed, where discourses on ‘protecting the family’ are being employed to defend violations committed against family members, to bolster and justify impunity, and to restrict equal rights within and to family life.
The campaign to "Protect the Family" is driven by ultra-conservative efforts to impose "traditional" and patriarchal interpretations of the family, and to move rights out of the hands of family members and into the institution of ‘the family’.
“Protection of the Family” efforts stem from:
- rising traditionalism,
- rising cultural, social and religious conservatism and
- sentiment hostile to women’s human rights, sexual rights, child rights and the rights of persons with non-normative gender identities and sexual orientations.
Since 2014, a group of states have been operating as a bloc in human rights spaces under the name “Group of Friends of the Family”, and resolutions on “Protection of the Family” have been successfully passed every year since 2014.
This agenda has spread beyond the Human Rights Council. We have seen regressive language on “the family” being introduced at the Commission on the Status of Women, and attempts made to introduce it in negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals.
Our Approach
AWID works with partners and allies to jointly resist “Protection of the Family” and other regressive agendas, and to uphold the universality of human rights.
In response to the increased influence of regressive actors in human rights spaces, AWID joined allies to form the Observatory on the Universality of Rights (OURs). OURs is a collaborative project that monitors, analyzes, and shares information on anti-rights initiatives like “Protection of the Family”.
Rights at Risk, the first OURs report, charts a map of the actors making up the global anti-rights lobby, identifies their key discourses and strategies, and the effect they are having on our human rights.
The report outlines “Protection of the Family” as an agenda that has fostered collaboration across a broad range of regressive actors at the UN. It describes it as: “a strategic framework that houses “multiple patriarchal and anti-rights positions, where the framework, in turn, aims to justify and institutionalize these positions.”
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¿Cuánto tiempo toma responder la encuesta?
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Antes de comenzar
Antes de comenzar a aplicar la metodología de investigación WITM, es importante que te prepares y que sepas con qué te vas a encontrar.
Capacidad
Antes de implementar la metodología de investigación WITM de AWID, te recomendamos que leas el Manual completo.
Si bien el propósito de este Manual es democratizar las investigaciones sobre WITM, tu organización podrá usar esta metodología en la medida de su capacidad, es decir, sus recursos y experiencia en investigación.
Utiliza la Planilla «¿Estoy listx?» para evaluar en qué medida estás preparadx para comenzar la investigación WITM. Cuantas más preguntas de la planilla puedas responder, más preparadx estarás para embarcarte en la investigación.
Confianza
Antes de comenzar cualquier investigación, te recomendamos evaluar los lazos que tiene tu organización con la comunidad y la confianza que ha generado en ella.
En muchos contextos, algunas organizaciones tal vez no quieran compartir abiertamente información financiera por distintos motivos que van desde la preocupación acerca de cómo se utilizará la información hasta el miedo frente a la «competencia» por el financiamiento o la ansiedad ante las restricciones cada vez mayores que impone el gobierno a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil.
Cuando desarrolles vínculos con otras organizaciones y te pongas en contacto con ellas de manera informal en el estadio previo a dar inicio a la investigación, ser clarx acerca de tus objetivos te ayudará a generar confianza. La transparencia permitirá que quienes participen en la investigación sepan por qué estás recogiendo información y qué beneficios podrá esperar la comunidad de tu trabajo.
Recomendamos asegurarte de que la información se recoja de manera confidencial, preservando el anonimato de quienes respondan. Esto permitirá que lxs participantes se sientan más cómodxs compartiendo información delicada contigo.
Primer paso
También recomendamos que consultes la Planilla «¿Estoy listx?» para evaluar tus avances.
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Je ne me sens pas à l’aise à l’idée de communiquer le nom de mon groupe et nos coordonnées à l’AWID. Puis-je quand même participer à l’enquête?
Tout à fait, ces questions sont facultatives, et nous reconnaissons votre droit à l’anonymat. Merci de répondre aux questions de l’enquête, peu importe votre décision quant à la mention du nom de votre groupe, organisation et/ou mouvement et de vos coordonnées.
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Our 2013 Annual Report provides key highlights of our work during the year to contribute to the advancement of women’s rights and gender equality worldwide.
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Stephanie Bracken is a feminist who is dedicated to building and supporting strong systems that meet the needs of the moment and the people who interact with them, and serve principles of justice. She holds a Master of Human Rights from the University of Sydney and a BA in Gender Studies, History, and Philosophy from McGill University, and has experience working with feminist and social justice organizations on monitoring, evaluation & learning, strategic work planning, governance, project management, and building operational systems and processes. Stephanie is based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, where she enjoys singing with others, camping, fiber arts, and spending time with her kids and community.
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Juhi is a tech enthusiast with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Gujarat Technological University and a postgraduate background in Wireless Telecommunications and Project Management from Humber College. With a passion for problem-solving and a love for staying ahead in the ever-evolving tech landscape, Juhi has found herself navigating through various industries as an IT Technician. to the nurturing environment of the School Board, Juhi has had the opportunity to apply her technical skills in diverse settings, always embracing new challenges with enthusiasm. Beyond the code and circuits, Juhi loves life's adventures. Exploring new places and cultures is like a breath of fresh air to her. Whether it's discovering hidden gems in the city, trying out exotic cuisines, or embarking on thrilling adventure sports, Juhi is always up for new experiences.
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Fatima Qureshi
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A nomad of cultures, born in Hong Kong, rooted in Turkish-Pakistani heritage, Fatima’s love for narratives - both in reading and co-creating them - fueled her passion for communications activism. Supported by her education in journalism, Fatima has worked for 7 years in digital and media communications fields with NGOs that provide education opportunities and legal aid to refugee and asylum seekers, as well as with the Muslim feminist movement which applies feminist and rights-based lenses in understanding and searching for equality and justice within Muslim legal tradition. She is a regular op-ed writer on feminist issues in the Global South.
Through storytelling in this hyper-digital age of social media, Fatima continues to collaborate with community organizers and grassroots activists to create audiovisual content with the aim to cultivate bridges of understanding towards collective liberation and decolonization. On days when she’s not working, she intently watches independent feminist films coming from Iran, Morocco and Pakistan and on other days, she performs spoken word poetry with her comrades in Kuala Lumpur.
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What issues does AWID work on?
AWID works towards the realization of gender justice and women’s human rights worldwide. We work to strengthen the voices and impact of women’s rights advocates, organizations and movements. Our main Priority Areas relate to themes that are closely linked to dominant global trends.
These themes reflect growing challenges that negatively impact women’s rights worldwide.
- Economic Justice
- Resourcing Women’s Rights
- Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms
- Women Human Rights Defenders
- Young Feminist Activism
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