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Innovative
funding for women's organizations
OECD
/ Development Assistance Committee (DAC)
July 2008
http://www.eldis.org/go/topics/resource-guides/gender&id=38829&type=Document
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Funding support
for women's organisations and for non-governmental organisations
working to achieve gender equality is an important element in many
donors strategies. These organisations often have detailed knowledge
of social and cultural barriers to gender equality. They can also
recognise and address the impact of gender inequalities at local,
national and international level.
This issues
brief examines funding issues for these organisations and specifically
aims to:
- share research
findings on levels of funding and the financial sustainability
of women's organisations in the context of changing approaches
to delivering aid
- provide ideas
for donors on how to strengthen the work and roles of women's
organisations in making development effective and sustainable
- illustrate
innovative donor practices and approaches
- Identify
some future challenges for donors, partners and civil society
organisations.
Many donors
are convinced that increasing investments in women's organisations
is essential for achieving gender equality, women's empowerment
and improvements to people's lives. Research by NGOs themselves
has, however, shown that changes to the aid and policy environments
have created challenges both in securing access to resources and
in engaging effectively in the development process.
These challenges
include:
- civil society
organisations that advocate on behalf of poor and excluded groups
need to build their capacity to engage effectively in policy dialogue,
implementation and monitoring, and understand the changing aid
and policy making environment
- civil society
organisations need to find ways to work collaboratively (nationally,
regionally and internationally) to share and build experience.
The document
concludes by suggesting that the effectiveness and credibility of
civil society voices will only be enhanced to the extent that these
organisations are clearly answerable to their constituencies and
their overall goals. Therefore its important that they are able
to attain some independence from donor or government funding sources.
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