participatory grantmaking
Call for Feedback from Sex Workers, Funders & Allies
Survey: Red Umbrella Fund eligibility criteria and grantmaking priorities Every year, Red Umbrella Fund publishes a call for applications. Consequently,…
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17 December: International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers – Red Umbrella Fund commemorates and looks ahead!
International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers Red Umbrella Fund commemorates and look ahead The International Day to End…
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Funding a Movement
Introducing the New Grantee Partners of the Red Umbrella Fund The Red Umbrella Fund received 130 eligible applications from sex…
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Breaking Barriers to Participation
Five Years of Participatory Grantmaking at the Red Umbrella Fund By Jurre Anema In the past half year I had…
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Hints for 2017 Applicants
Dear sex worker friends, [update: Please note that the 2017 call for applications is now closed. We are not accepting…
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Funders Need to Let Go
“During the conference, it occurred to me that we do not need everyone to become a participatory grantmaker. It makes…
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Covering the World with the Red Umbrella – Reflections of a PAC Member
After a few unsuccessful applications by my organization, Bar Hostess Empowerment & Support Programme (BHESP), to the Red Umbrella Fund,…
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Red Umbrella Fund: Who Gets to Choose?
This blog was written by Minerva Valenzuela, our Programme Advisory Committee member based in Mexico City. It was initially published…
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Are we really listening?
The discussion on funding anti-trafficking initiatives organized by Global Fund for Women (GFW) and South Asia Women’s Fund (SAWF) at…
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Deciding for all or all deciding? Exploring Participatory Grantmaking
‘Innovation and iteration’ was the key theme of the January the International Human Rights Funders Group (IHRFG) conference in San…
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Exploring the How and Why of Participatory Grantmaking
The very first session of the funders’ Working Group on Participatory Grantmaking was organised at the International Human Rights Funders…
Read MoreNothing about us, without us: reversing the power dynamics of philanthropy
Crossposted from OpenDemocracy If money is power, then control over money has to be democratized. What if grants to social…
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Interview with Pontso Mafethe
Interview from November 2012 with Pontso Mafethe, Comic Relief (UK) about her experience serving on the International Steering Committee of…
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Interview with Anne Gathumbi, member of the International Steering Committee
Anne Gathumbi, Programme Manager at the Open Society Initiative for Eastern Africa, Kenya, outlines why she is proud to be…
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Interview with Miriam Edwards – member of the International Steering Committee
Miriam Edwards, members of the International Steering Committee (ISC) of the Red Umbrella Fund, Executive Director and founding member of…
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A new fund for and by sex workers: the Red Umbrella Fund
In 2012, a new and innovative global grantmaking mechanism for and by sex workers was launched: the Red Umbrella Fund…
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