Reports

WRN’s Legacy Endures

Honoring a Legacy of Peace and Advocacy: The Women’s Regional Network Sunsets, but Its Flame Endures  The Women’s Regional Network (WRN) has been a trusted grantee and partner of the Channel Foundation since 2011, together championing the rights and voices of marginalized women in South Asia’s most conflict-affected regions. Over…...

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Defending Rights, Risking Lives in Mesoamerica

In October 2024, the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras) publicly launched their latest report “Data that Hurt Us, Networks that Save Us: 10+ Years of Attacks against Women Human Rights Defenders in Mesoamerica,” which outlines the alarming rise in violence against women human rights defenders (WHRDs) across…...

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Underfunded Yet Unstoppable

Channel Foundation is pleased to share research from Global Greengrants Fund-a former grantee partner, Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds, and the Human Rights Funders Network-where we are a member, reveals both the critical role and severe underfunding of women-led climate and environmental initiatives. The report “Seeds for Harvest: Funding…...

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Better Playbook for Global Crisis

Channel Foundation, as a member of the Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) and in collaboration with 20 philanthropic organizations is proud to announce a pioneering resource – The Crisis Coordination Playbook for the philanthropic community....

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Report Analyzes Violence Against WHRDS

On June 18, 2024, Femena, a Channel grantee, spotlighted its research and new report titled “Silent No More: WHRDs in SWANA Speak Out About Sexual Violence by Security Forces at its event called Untold Stories of Resistance. The report highlights the sexual violence Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) experience by…...

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Amplifying Young Women’s Crisis Response

Channel Foundation shares key insights from a report, We Need to Know the Humanitarian Sector Stands With Us, co-written by grantee partners Global Fund for Women, MADRE, and Purposeful, researched by the Institute for Journalism and Social Change (IJSC). The report, published June 13, 2024, reveals the critical contributions of…...

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Feminist Care & Protection

On May 15, 2023, the Urgent Action Sister Funds, a global consortium of feminist funds, released a new report titled “How Can We Ground Ourselves in Care and Dance Our Revolution?” The report emerges out of an accumulation of UAF’s decade-long research on global feminist movements....

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Spotlighting Indigenous Technology

On March 19, 2024, Cultural Survival, a Channel grantee, published the first edition of its 48th quarterly magazine titled Indigenizing Emerging Technologies spotlighting the intersection between Indigenous Peoples and technology.  ...

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New Report Highlights The State of Funding

On April 2, 2024, Global Greengrants, a previous Channel grantee, released a new report titled “A Holistic Approach to Funding Women Environmental Defenders”. The report highlights the state of funding at the intersection of women, the environment, and gender-based violence and provides recommendations for a holistic approach to funding women…...

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Analyzing Funding to Indigenous Women

In March 2024, International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) and International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), two Channel grantee partners, released a new report titled “Leaders and Stewards: Global Analysis of Funding to Indigenous Women”. The report seeks to “assess the progress, funding status, and challenges in funding for Indigenous Women’s…...

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