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Short Summary
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| Title |
Where is the Money for Women’s Rights? Assessing
the Role of Donors in the Promotion of Women’s Rights and the Support
of Women’s Rights Organizations |
| Author |
Clark, C., Sprenger, E., VeneKlasen, L., of Just
Associates in collaboration with Alpizar Duran, L. and Kerr, J. of
AWID |
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February 2006 |
| Publisher |
The Association for Women’s Rights in Development
(AWID) |
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Short Summary |
Over the past ten years, funding support for
women's rights organisations has declined among almost all funding
sectors. Bilateral and multilateral agencies channel resources to
national governments rather than to non-governmental organisations
(NGOs). Some foundations are giving fewer, but bigger grants. Funding
is directed to country-based work rather than to regional or international
initiatives. As a result, many women's organisations are struggling
to survive. However, support from corporate foundations, family foundations
and individual donors is on the rise. This report is the result of
an ongoing action research initiative launched by the Association
for Women's Rights in Development (AWID). It aims to explore trends
in the funding landscape to propose possible strategies for women's
organisations to get the resources they need to advance in their work.
Recommendations include that women's groups in donor countries should
lobby their governments for increased support for the women's rights
agenda, and women's organisations themselves should build more on
their fundraising skills. Women's groups should think 'big and bold'
in terms of their fundraising attitude and devise ways in which to
measure and document the impact of their work and the social change
they are aiming for. This publication will soon be available in Spanish,
French and Arabic. |
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