Feminist Financing

Through 2022 we developed analysis and documented lessons learnt on grant making to women’s peacebuilding organizations to inform and improve international and multilateral funding policies and programs.

Apr

“UN Peacebuilding Fund Roundtable: Results and Resourcing”, ICAN’s IPF Program Director, France Bognon, was invited to provide recommendations in connection with the General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Financing for Peacebuilding.

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We were pleased to see our recommendation to reevaluate funding eligibility to include women’s networks was taken up in the UN Peacebuilding Fund’s Outcome Summary Document.”

- France Bognon, Program Director, Innovative Peace Fund, ICAN

Throughout the year we co-convened peacebuilding and feminist organizations, informally known as the “Feminist Financing Group”, to coordinate efforts and amplify key messages to increase resourcing and improve funding mechanisms. Some achievements were:

JULY

“Outcome Document from the Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue Series on Innovative Solutions for Feminist Financing for Peacebuilding”, publication summarized the findings from the series of roundtables and dialogues hosted by the group. AUG

Input into the UN General Assembly Resolution on Financing Peacebuilding, adopted on 12 September 2022, in collaboration with colleagues at the Canadian Mission in New York, on the importance of supporting women’s meaningful participation in peacebuilding and sustaining peace from the design of funding mechanisms to the implementation of programming.

Sept

Hosted an informal discussion between Member States, UN partners and civil society on how to implement the newly adopted UN resolution to improve the quality of financing for women-led peacebuilding, including the distinct roles and responsibilities of stakeholders.