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http://www.awid.org/publications/beyond-investing-women-and-girls-mobilizing-resources
Beyond Investing in Women and Girls:
Mobilizing Resources
19
February 2014
This three-part compendium of
research provides an in-depth analysis of the current funding trends and actors
impacting women’s rights organizing, the financial status of women’s
organizations around the world, and the collective impact of women’s rights organizations,
when supported in a meaningful and strategic way, to build women’s collective
power for change and advance women’s rights.
Link to
Download: http://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/WTL_Starving_Roots.pdf
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Link to
Download: http://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/New%20Actors%20FInal%20Designed.pdf
Link to
Download: http://www.awid.org/sites/default/files/atoms/files/Women%20Moving%20Mountains.pdf
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Key Findings:
1.
Women and girls are in the public eye, recognized as key agents
in development, with unprecedented visibility.
2.
Vast resources are becoming available under the broad umbrella
of ‘women and girls’. AWID mapped 170 related initiatives that collectively
committed USD14.6 Billion.
3.
Mechanisms and sources of development financing and philanthropy
are becoming increasingly diversified, but economic growth and return on
investment are principle drivers for many of the “new actors” supporting women
and girls, with human rights taking a backseat.
4.
Women’s organizations are key change agents: when supported
strategically and over the long-term, they achieve significant impact in gender
power relations and the lives of women and girls.
5. Despite this, the current spotlight on women and girls has had relatively little impact on improving the funding situation for a large majority of women’s organizations around the world. In 2010, the median annual income of over 740 women’s organizations around the world was just USD 20,000.