Resourcing the Revolution in 2023/24
By Womankind Worldwide
Despite the vital role they play, organisations and networks that work to sustain feminist movements are massively underfunded, often operating on shoestring budgets, relying on small, short term, and highly restricted grants. This kind of highly restricted funding is time consuming to manage, and limits innovation and flexibility by tying organisations to rigid project frameworks and timelines.
This is why at Womankind, we do things differently. We understand that flexible funding is a key part of sustaining and nurturing feminist movements. It allows them to not only survive, but thrive.
Her Voice Fund (HVF) continues supports strategic advocacy at national, regional and international level and in 2023/24 continued to push through boundaries and set the pace in re-envisioning a shift towards flexible funding for feminist movements.
The third cycle of the Movement Strengthening Fund (MSF) was launched in late 2023 and is designed to improve how feminist movements work together so their actions can have a bigger impact. Building on two earlier cycles of learning about flexible grant-making, in 2023/24, we saw the impact that Cycles 2 and 3 have been making.
As part of Womankind’s commitment to making long-term, flexible funding available to our partners, in March 2024 we launched Strategic Partner Support Grants. Through this two-year, £1 million pilot, Womankind is providing core funding to 24 partners, with a focus on historically excluded and marginalised feminist organisations in our focus countries.