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Global Fund for Women is a feminist funder that supports grassroots organizations, initiatives, and movements working for gender justice around the world. Founded in 1987, the funder provides flexible, trust-based, unrestricted, and multi-year funding to groups closest to the issues they address, prioritizing organizations facing intersecting forms of oppression, unregistered groups, and those in restrictive environments. Its core funding priorities include crisis response, climate justice, freedom from gender-based violence, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. It centers community-driven solutions, sustained resilience, collective power, and systems change.

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Monday brief · week of 26 October 2026

Global Fund for Women centers flexible, feminist-led crisis response and democratic resilience in its latest funding narrative.

Written each Monday from this funder's own recent publications. Every point links to the sentence it rests on.

What they're leaning into

  • The funder is leaning into flexible core support for grassroots feminist organizations, emphasizing their ability to respond to crises on their own terms and for the long term.

    “Through our crisis fund, we provide flexible, core support to grassroots feminist organizations in 85 countries so they can respond on their own terms, in the moment and for the long term.”Feminist grassroots organizations are often among the first to respond when crises hit their communities. They understan · 2026-10-26 ↗

  • Democratic resilience and the intersection of gender justice with broader movements are now key themes, with a focus on breaking down siloed philanthropy.

    “our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on the connection between gender justice and democratic resilience.”At the Women Moving Millions Democracy Forum, our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on th · 2026-09-28 ↗“our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on the connection between gender justice and democratic resilience.”At the Women Moving Millions Democracy Forum, our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on th · 2026-09-28 ↗

  • A new emphasis on holistic organizing highlights the belief that protecting democracy and advancing gender justice are interconnected efforts.

    “protecting democracy and defending gender justice are not separate things.”At the Women Moving Millions Democracy Forum, our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on th · 2026-09-28 ↗

Framing to consider

  • Grantseekers might frame their work as locally led, feminist crisis response, highlighting how their organization understands and addresses immediate and long-term community needs.

    “Feminist grassroots organizations are often among the first to respond when crises hit their communities.”Feminist grassroots organizations are often among the first to respond when crises hit their communities. They understan · 2026-10-26 ↗“They understand local needs and hold the knowledge, trust, and lived experience to lead solutions that work.”Feminist grassroots organizations are often among the first to respond when crises hit their communities. They understan · 2026-10-26 ↗

  • Proposals could emphasize the connection between gender justice and democratic resilience, positioning the work as part of a holistic, intersectional movement.

    “our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on the connection between gender justice and democratic resilience.”At the Women Moving Millions Democracy Forum, our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on th · 2026-09-28 ↗“our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on the connection between gender justice and democratic resilience.”At the Women Moving Millions Democracy Forum, our President and CEO, PeiYao Chen, joined an important conversation on th · 2026-09-28 ↗

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