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Indigenous Powerhouse Joan Carling Honored

October 30, 2024 Awards

Channel Foundation is thrilled to celebrate the incredible achievement of Joan Carling, a powerful advocate for Indigenous rights, who in October 2024, was honored with the prestigious Right Livelihood Award, often regarded as the “Alternative Nobel Prize,” in Stockholm, Sweden....

Underfunded Yet Unstoppable

September 27, 2024 Reports

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…...

Analyzing Funding to Indigenous Women

March 28, 2024 Reports

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…...

Feminist Activists Take on COP28

November 28, 2023 Action

The 2023 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP28) is being held in Dubai from November 30th to December 12th. Several current and past Channel grantee partners, among others, are preparing for the conference....

CEDAW Committee Adopts General Recommendation on Indigenous Women and Girls

October 26, 2022 Victories

On October 26, 2022, the Committee of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Again Women (or CEDAW) adopted a General Recommendation (39) on Indigenous Women and Girls....

CEDAW Committee Preparing General Recommendation on Indigenous Women

May 31, 2022 Victories

Indigenous women’s groups and their allies including several Channel grantee partners (the International Indigenous Women’s Forum or FIMI, JASS, and WHRI) have been waging an advocacy campaign for several years for a General Recommendation (GR) on Indigenous women and girls....

Leading from the South Initiative Receives 5 More Years of Funding from Dutch Government

January 23, 2021 Victories

The Leading from the South (LFS) initiative, developed by Channel grantee partner the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI) and the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF), Fondo Mujeres del Sur (FMS) and Women’s Fund Asia (WFA), has received five additional years of funding from the Dutch government....

FIMI’s Joan Carling Receives Champions of the Earth Award

October 9, 2018 Awards

On September 26, 2018, Joan Carling, a member of the Board of Channel grantee the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (or FIMI), has been awarded the prestigious Champions of the Earth Award for her lifetime achievements defending the environment and indigenous rights....

Report Launched on the Status of Funding for Indigenous Women’s Groups

October 20, 2016 Reports

Three Channel partners – the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), and International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) –...

Indigenous Powerhouse Joan Carling Honored

Underfunded Yet Unstoppable

Analyzing Funding to Indigenous Women

Feminist Activists Take on COP28

CEDAW Committee Adopts General Recommendation on Indigenous Women and Girls

CEDAW Committee Preparing General Recommendation on Indigenous Women

Leading from the South Initiative Receives 5 More Years of Funding from Dutch Government

FIMI’s Joan Carling Receives Champions of the Earth Award

Report Launched on the Status of Funding for Indigenous Women’s Groups

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Report Launched on the Status of Funding for Indigenous Women’s Groups