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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สิ่งที่จำเป็นต้องรู้
- เราให้ความสำคัญกับกิจกรรมที่เอื้อและส่งเสริมการเชื่อมต่อและการมีปฏิสัมพันธ์ระหว่างผู้เข้าร่วม เป็นอันดับแรก
- หากกิจกรรมของท่านสามารถจัดทางออนไลน์หรือแบบผสมผสาน (เชื่อมต่อผู้เข้าร่วมในสถานที่จริง และออนไลน์) โปรดคำนึงถึงการสร้างการมีส่วนร่วมอย่างแท้จริง และการมีปฏิสัมพันธ์กับผู้เข้าร่วม ทางออนไลน์ด้วย
- เราสนับสนุนให้เกิดขบวนการเคลื่อนไหวข้ามสาขา ข้ามภูมิภาค และการสนทนาแลกเปลี่ยน ระหว่างคนรุ่นต่างๆ
- โปรดออกแบบกิจกรรมของท่านในลักษณะยืดหยุ่นกับจำนวนผู้เข้าร่วม อาจมีบางกิจกรรมจำกัดไว้ เฉพาะกลุ่มเล็กๆ แต่กิจกรรมส่วนใหญ่จะต้องรองรับจำนวนคนที่มากได้
- หากกิจกรรมของท่านเหมาะสมกับรูปแบบจำนวนหนึ่งหรือไม่มีเลย สามารถระบุไว้ในแบบฟอร์ม ใบสมัครได้

ภาษาที่ใช้ในการจัดกิจกรรม
- ภาษาสำหรับการสมัคร: ในการสมัคร สามารถใช้ภาษาอังกฤษ ฝรั่งเศส สเปน อาหรับ และไทย
- ภาษาที่ในการประชุม: ในการประชุมรวม มีล่ามแปลภาษาแบบฉับพลันเป็นภาษาอังกฤษ ฝรั่งเศส สเปน อาหรับ และไทย รวมถึงภาษามือสากล (ISL) และอาจมีมากกว่านั้น ส่วนกิจกรรมอื่นๆจะมีการจัดล่ามแปลเป็นบางภาษา แต่ไม่ทั้งหมด และอาจมีล่ามแปลเป็นภาษาอื่น เช่นภาษาสวาฮีลี เป็นต้น
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Alexandra is an anglo-colombian feminist with over 20 years of experience in local, national and international HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights programming. She has extensive experience in resource mobilization and donor relations with private philanthropic foundations and multilateral agencies on behalf of international, national and local NGOs, predominantly in Latin America and the Caribbean. Prior to AWID, Alexandra worked at Fundación Si Mujer, a feminist abortion provider and educator in Colombia, RedTraSex and the International HIV/AIDS Alliance.
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