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Where is the Money for Women’s Rights? Assessing the Resources and the Role of Donors in the Promotion of Women’s Rights and the Support of Women’s Rights Organizations

Document number
1532
Date
2006
Title
Where is the Money for Women’s Rights? Assessing the Resources and the Role of Donors in the Promotion of Women’s Rights and the Support of Women’s Rights Organizations
Author/publisher
Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID)
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
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Summary
What has really been happening in terms of funding for women’s rights organizations in the last ten years and what have been the driving forces behind those trends? This report is the result of an ongoing action research initiative launched by the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) to explore these questions and to draw insights into possible strategies for changing the existing funding landscape so that more resources are made available to women’s rights organizations. The research shows that women’s rights organizations spend more time on fundraising now than in past years, with unclear results. The most prominent supporters of women’s rights groups have traditionally been development aid agencies, large independent foundations and public foundations (also known as internationa non-governmental organizations (INGOS)). Bilateral and multilateral aid agencies that were once strong supporters of women’s rights organizations are cutting back their levels of funding for women’s organizations and are directing more funds through national governments rather than to NGOs. Many funding agencies that have strong policies around their support for gender equality and women’s rights have shown few successes on the ground. Challenges of the current moment are therefore numerous; including what seems to be decreasing support for women’s rights organizations among almost all sectors of funders.
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