The value of mobilizing local resources for women’s rights in the global south and east: case studies of ten women’s funds

New research by Mama Cash, the International Network of Women’s Funds, and the International Human Rights Funders Group explores the role of resource mobilisation in expanding local support for women’s rights and strengthening local cultures of philanthropy in the Global South and East.

Ten case studies document the strategies, successes, challenges, and opportunities faced by women’s funds in their local resource mobilization efforts.

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