** DECEMBER 4, 2020
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Dear Colleagues,
There are many reasons to feel optimistic about the outlook for women and girls, especially women of color. The incoming U.S. presidential administration has vowed to make diversity a priority in selecting a Cabinet and staff who better reflect the diversity of the U.S. and the central role of women ([link removed]) in strengthening communities and shaping our collective future. Already, they have announced a number of historic and glass-ceiling-shattering appointments, including an all-women senior White House communications team ([link removed]) of which, marking another milestone, six are mothers of young children ([link removed]) , and a diverse economic team that puts four women in key leadership positions
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The continued support of women's leadership, especially women of color, at all levels — from communities and grassroots organizations, to the top, most senior levels of government — is critical. Advocates from across the globe must continue to pressure the new administration to center diversity in all areas of its top-level leadership teams ([link removed]) , as well as demand the same high standards in how the White House and Congress implement their agenda and public policy decisions on the issues that matter most to communities of color and all genders.
Steps in the right direction include new leadership in the White House, a coalition of major donors, foundations, and high-profile philanthropy leaders bringing reform to Congres ([link removed]) s, and pledges to give more so grassroots groups can do more. But these efforts will be lacking without the expertise and trust-based philanthropic practice of women’s foundations. Women’s foundations center the voices and leadership of local women and girls and apply a racial justice and gender equity lens to help solve our world’s most challenging problems.
Thank you for continuing your work and leadership to break down barriers and lift up the leadership of communities of color and marginalized genders. Your efforts and commitment to our movement for equity and justice are integral to transformative and lasting change.
Yours for equity and justice,
Elizabeth Barajas-Román
Women’s Funding Network
President & CEO
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Women's Funding Network is partnering with Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) to host "FCAA Connect: Funding for Trans Communities." ([link removed]) The session will explore how grantmaking institutions do or do not support transgender women and men, both as marginalized communities but also as stakeholders within the feminist movement.
December 16, 2020
1:00pm EST
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** WFN MEMBER NEWS
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The African Women's Development Fund recently held a session ([link removed]) on their new report, "Women and Noncommunicable Diseases in Africa," ([link removed]) which maps the scale, actors, and extent of rights-based work to address the impact of NCDs on African women.
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Julienne Lusenge, Executive Director of Fonds Pour les Femmes Congolaises, was appointed earlier this month by the President of the Republic, Felix Antoine Tshisekedi, as a member of the six-member committee charged with supporting Mr. Tshisekedi in the fulfillment of his mandate as the incoming Assembly Chairperson of the African Union starting in January 2021. Read more here ([link removed]) !
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Ms. Foundation for Women is launching Ms. South ([link removed]) , a multi-year programmatic strategy to strengthen the financial sustainability and leadership development capacity of organizations led by women and girls of color in the U.S. South. Please join them for their informational webinars to learn more about the leadership and work they hope to engage.
December 10 & 17, 2020
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm EST
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Earlier this year, Ms. Foundation for Women released a report, "Pocket Change: How Women and Girls of Color Do More with Less." They recently released new fact sheets ([link removed]) focusing on organizations serving: Asian and Pacific Islander Women and Girls, Black Women and Girls, Foundation Funding for Women and Girls, Indigenous Women and Girls, Latina Women and Girls, Middle Eastern Women and Girls, Southern Organizations, and Trans Women and Girls of Color.
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Working for Women is looking for decision-makers in the world of HR, corporate giving, and employee engagement programs to provide their insights on the state of corporate giving and employee volunteering. The survey should take under 10 mins to complete and is open until Dec 15^th. They are happy to share the results with the respondents who provide their contact information.
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** OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES
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Join Way to Win at "Winter Waypoint" ([link removed]) for informal conversations with other Way members, donors, grantees, and allies.
December 8, 2020
11:00am-12:30pm PST
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The Sasakawa Peace Foundation has released a new report, "Gender Diversity and Climate Innovation." Check it out here ([link removed]) .
** WEEKLY READ
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President-elect Joe Biden has announced an all-female White House communications team. - Politico ([link removed])
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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime ([link removed]) declared this week that with the COVID-19 pandemic heightening the dangers of gender-based violence and human trafficking, action on these two fronts is needed now more than ever.
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"It's time for a woman to run the Defense Department." Read more here ([link removed]) .
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Harvard Business Review has released the latest episode of their "Women at Work" podcast: "Has Anything Changed for Black Women at Work," ([link removed]) where four Black women discuss the actions around racial justice happening inside their workplaces.
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Sarah Fuller makes history as the first woman to play in a Power Five college football game. - NPR ([link removed])
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Although Black women are the fastest-growing group of female entrepreneurs in the U.S., they've long been slighted by startup investors and significantly underfunded. These founders are trying to change that. - CNN ([link removed])
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WATCH: Isha Sesay has become a UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador in the fight to end violence against women, female genital mutiliation and child marriages. Check out the press conference here.
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