Category: Institutional

Announcing the Renewal of Leading from the South: Five More Years of Funding Feminist Activism and Movement-building in the Global South

Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

The African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), Fondo Mujeres del Sur (FMS), the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), and Women’s Fund Asia (WFA) are excited to share that the Leading from the South (LFS) initiative, which they collectively conceptualised in 2016 to support feminist activism and movement-building in the Global South, has been renewed for anotherContinuar Leyendo Announcing the Renewal of Leading from the South: Five More Years of Funding Feminist Activism and Movement-building in the Global South

How to survive the pandemic and keep building movements

Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

We want to share some of the strategies that Fondo de Mujeres del Sur developed to adapt to recent new challenges. Much remains to be done, but if one thing is clear to us it is that together and organised we can continue working to eradicate violence, strengthen investments in socio-environmental and gender justice, promoteContinuar Leyendo How to survive the pandemic and keep building movements

Casa Comunidad, a feminist and grassroot strategy for a more liveable world

Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

“For us, the popular[1] is just as important as the feminist”. The phrase summarises in a few words several hours of conversation with four women who are part of Casa Comunidad [2] (CC). We invite you to read about this powerful feminist organisation which set foot in their territories. It challenges the geographical limits ofContinuar Leyendo Casa Comunidad, a feminist and grassroot strategy for a more liveable world

Isolated, not alone: Gender violence in times of quarantine

Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

Gender violence is the result of a patriarchal society structure on the basis of deep and historical inequalities between genders. These inequalities, socially sustained and transmitted from generation to generation, constitute an instrumental violence, which enables and perpetuates domination over women’s bodies and dissident sexualities. Why should we put gender-based violence back at the centerContinuar Leyendo Isolated, not alone: Gender violence in times of quarantine

Ten Women Photographers Gathered their Perspectives for Gender Equality

Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

This is an initiative of the Fondo de Mujeres del Sur, together with María Wonda Gallery. The exhibition “Miradas de mujeres” (Women’s Gazes) remained open to the public from 10 to 31 May at the Club House “Las Delicias”. Ten women photographers from different aesthetics participated. We are attending an extraordinary moment in the historyContinuar Leyendo Ten Women Photographers Gathered their Perspectives for Gender Equality

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Annual Meeting of the FMS Board, Ten Years after Its Founding

Fondo de Mujeres del Sur

Ten years after the creation of the Fondo de Mujeres del Sur, its Board of Advisors participated in a very special Annual Meeting, in which the history of the foundation and the current context of rights in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, with a focus on the Southern Cone, were reviewed. ThisContinuar Leyendo Annual Meeting of the FMS Board, Ten Years after Its Founding