10% for women’s funds
Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds brings together 44 autonomous and independent women’s funds working across 177 countries, giving grants to over 5,000 groups every year, and collectively mobilizing close to $120M USD yearly for feminist movements. Prospera members come together before the Generation Equality Forum in Paris to demand that 10% of all gender-equality […]
Adjusting our sails in new directions
by Alexandra Garita December 17 2020 Dear Prospera community, As we look back and reflect on what we have learned from navigating 2020’s agitated waters, it is clear that we are all in the same storm, steering different boats. Through this time, we continue to share a joint purpose to strengthen our feminist funding architecture, […]
European cluster
Knocking on EU’s door: An exploration of EU funding for gender equality In 2016, members of the Prospera internationalnetworkcametogethertocreate “Women’s Funds Europe” (WFE), a loosely- structured coalition of 12 women’s funds from 10 countries. Collectively, we launched “Knocking on EU’s Door,” an initiative centred on building our capacity to engage with and influence European grantmakers. […]
Newsletter: Transitions
September 16, 2020 As Prospera moves into a new cycle in unprecedented times, we acknowledge, recognize, and are grateful for the persistence, care, hard work, integrity, and patience that Emilienne’s leadership, guidance, and wisdom has enabled for us to become the network we are today. Ten years have passed, and Emilienne’s footprints are firmly grounded […]
Newsletter: No Justice without Racial Justice
Illustration by Phoebe Whal The past months have shaken us all and the world in many ways. While COVID-19 continues to exacerbate social injustices and weaken democracies, the historic movements of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) are strongly igniting for drastic systematic changes against racism, white supremacy and other racial supremacies, imperialism and colonialism […]
No Justice without Racial Justice
We, the undersigned members of Prospera International Network ofWomen’s Funds, stand against all forms of discrimination and the particular ways in which anti Black racism around the world has continued to exacerbate multiple forms of historic oppression of Black lives. In the context ofCOVID-19, we witness how social injustices are being aggravated, how democracies are […]