As part of the Fenomenal Funds Collaboration Grants (link to the intro blog), FemFund (Poland), Women’s Fund Armenia, and Women’s Fund in Georgia came together to form a collaborative on healing spaces. In this blog post, we tell you all about this collaboration and what it hopes to achieve. The work of this group is also connected to the broader theme of collective care, which is being addressed by three other collaboratives.
Collaboration Grants
Alliance of Women’s and Feminist Funds of Latin America and the Caribbean: Amplifying collective voice and power to advance gender justice amid regional crises
Eight women’s and feminist funds in Latin America and the Caribbean, are working together to mobilize resources and amplify the collective power of women, feminists, LGBTQI+ organizations, and movements in the region.
ON THE RIGHT TRACK (OTRT): Building networks in Latin America and Europe for democracy and human rights
On the Right Track (OTRT) is a living alliance that unites feminist funds and organizations from Latin America and Europe working for democracy and human rights. Their focus is strategic communications and narrative building, in a context marked by the rise of political and religious fundamentalism.
Feminist Leadership in Organizational Development
Many women’s funds using a feminist lens are grappling with what transformative feminist leadership means. They are reflecting on internal coordination and organizing, leadership, growth, and systems. They are also linking feminist leadership to anti-racism and decolonization, committing to address these through systems, policies and processes.
Feminist Fund Database: Advanced Group
As women’s funds grow, they need better methods for data collection and management beyond what Excel offers. Salesforce can improve data management and processes but requires significant effort, time, and commitment.
Communities for Collective Care – Leading from the South
The Leading from the South Consortium (LFS) is a feminist resource alliance supporting activism led by women, girls, and trans-led organizations in the Global South. The four regional funds in this collaboration share a commitment to collective care
Communities for Collective Care
This collaborative group is united by the goal of integrating the politics of care into their organizational policies and practices. Their motivation stems from addressing staff burnout, the need for care and protection for activists, and coping with ongoing crises. Among the five participating funds, some have started institutionalizing collective care, while others are still defining its meaning.
Collective Learning on Participatory Grantmaking
This collaboration aims to bridge this gap by fostering shared learning and advocating for better resourcing of feminist PGM.
Collective Care Infrastructure: Building collective learnings
The Urgent Action Fund Sisterhood has been a pioneer and leader in the collective care space. As rapid response funders supporting women, trans, and non-binary human rights defenders, their starting point is that collective care and protection are inseparable: without collective care, the protection of human rights defenders is not sustainable nor effective.
Feminist Healing Spaces
Feminist activists work to overcome oppressive systems and structures. Supporting their struggle requires more than just resourcing their work; it requires support for their collective wellbeing and healing from the trauma inflicted in their fight for liberation.