There is a growing and vocal cadre of governmental and philanthropic funders who see the critical role played by feminist and women’s rights movements in securing lasting change. Why direct funding needs to reach feminist movements and women’s rights organisations is becoming increasingly clear. Yet we continue to hear about the challenges that funders encounter in terms of the ‘how’: how to design and implement programmes that succeed in providing sustained and direct funding to reach those movements.

This report is an invitation for funders to learn from existing models to put their intent and commitment into practice. We focus on real-world case profiles to show how money is moved does—or does not—work towards the goal of resourcing feminist and women’s rights movements.