Grantee name: Central American Women's Fund / Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres

Mission: The first foundation in the region dedicated to collecting funds in order to assist initiatives that promote and defend the rights of Central American women.

La primera Fundación con sede en la región dedicada a recaudar fondos para apoyar iniciativas que promueven y defienden los derechos de las mujeres centroamericanas.

Location: Managua, Nicaragua

Website: www.fcmujeres.org

Channel Grants: Channel made a grant to the Central American Women’s Connection-La Conexión for the purposes of supporting the “Strengthening Indigenous Young Women’s Leadership” Project.  Through this project, funds will be directed in the form of grants and capacity-building training to women’s organizations in Guatemala that are led by young indigenous women. (2009)

Channel made a small emergency grant to the Central American Women’s Connection-La Conexión to support their partners in the Honduran women’s movement, the Women’s Forum for Life. The grant is intended to support their work securing women’s safety during public protests, providing assistance for women who are victims of repression by the armed forces, and promoting safe and open forums for discussion and analysis of the socio-political situation in Honduras. (2009)

Channel made a grant to the Central American Women’s Fund (CAWF) to continue supporting the “Strengthening Indigenous Young Women’s Leadership” Project.  Through this project, funds were directed in the form of small grants and capacity-building training to indigenous women’s organizations in Guatemala that are led by and involve young women as leaders in defending and promoting their human rights. (2008)

Channel also co-sponsored a session with CAWF on “Fighting for Her Rights: Young Indigenous Leaders in Central America” at the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples conference on "Awakening Consciousness and Forming Alliances" in Queretaro, Mexico, January 2008. We were pleased to promote a dialogue between funders and indigenous women and men from the region.  Also with CAWF, we helped support a workshop for indigenous women’s groups from Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua on evaluating social change impact in Guatemala in February 2008.

Channel made a grant to support the Central American Women's Fund “Strengthening Indigenous Young Women’s Leadership Project” in Guatemala (through the fiscal sponsorship of the Global Fund for Women). (2007)

Channel made a grant to the Central American Women's Fund (through the fiscal sponsorship of the Global Fund for Women) in support of their work on violence against women and reproductive rights. (2006)

Photos courtesy of the Central American Women's Fund.