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Publisher: Development Assistance Committee, OECD, 2008
Funding
support for women’s organisations and for non-governmental organisations
working to achieve gender equality is an important element in many donors
strategies. These organisations often have detailed knowledge of social and
cultural barriers to gender equality. They can also recognise and address the
impact of gender inequalities at local, national and international level.
This issues brief examines funding issues for these organisations and
specifically aims to:
Many
donors are convinced that increasing investments in women’s organisations is
essential for achieving gender equality, women’s empowerment and improvements
to people’s lives. Research by NGOs themselves has, however, shown that changes
to the aid and policy environments have created challenges both in securing
access to resources and in engaging effectively in the development process.
These challenges include:
The
document concludes by suggesting that the effectiveness and credibility of
civil society voices will only be enhanced to the extent that these
organisations are clearly answerable to their constituencies and their overall
goals. Therefore its important that they are able to attain some independence
from donor or government funding sources.
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