A joint study supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and led by Interpeace, and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB), has outlined the process, mechanisms, conditio
Fund Us Like You Want Us to Win: Feminist Solutions for more Impactful Financing for Peacebuilding
This background paper was prepared by the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC), International Civil Society Action Network (IC
Financing for Young People in Peacebuilding An Overview
Ensuring adequate financing has been a central concern for the YPS agenda since its inception. Yet so far discussions on how to improve the quantity and quality of resources have been fairly limited.
Designing Effective Financing Mechanisms for Local Peacebuilders
Local peacebuilders and their networks are widely recognised as critical agents in meaningfully building and sustaining peace. Yet, there is a dire gap in resourcing local peacebuilding work: not onl
Women’s funds reclaim philanthropy for systemic change
In a time of crisis and fast change, this podcast is a space to reflect and learn with change-makers working to tackle inequalities and injustice. We hear about the choices they make, the approaches
Sharing power in grant-making Reflections from Comic Relief’s Shift the Power programme
How do we shift the power in grant-making to communities? By making steps to share it. Discover how Comic Relief approached the dynamics of power in the first phase of their intermediary funding p
Financing peacebuilding ecosystems
The need for peacebuilding is real. Peacebuilding aims to address the drivers underlying conflict, as well as the drivers of resilience, to promote prevention and sustain peace. Peacebuilding extends
Weathering the Storm: Resourcing Girls and Young Activists Through a Pandemic
‘Weathering the Storm’ lifts up the hopes, dreams and realities of young activists organising against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on lessons from a feminist fund set up to resource
Framework for shifting bilateral programmes to local actors
This document presents an initial framing developed to support analysis of separation of functions, Value for Money and risk, to help facilitate a shift from UN/INGO led programmes, to locally-led mo
Funding Women Peacebuilders: Dismantling Barriers to Peace
Recognizing the value and need to channel equitable resources to local women’s peacebuilding organizations (WPBOs) have been constant stipulations of the value of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS)