✊🏾Face aux défis extrêmes en #RDC, les militants de première ligne soutiennent les communautés, les filles + les femmes avec un amour révolutionnaire. Ils prônent des solutions respectueuses des droits de l'homme pour promouvoir une paix durable. 🔗 bit.ly/3SzL0Kq

✊🏾Amidst extreme challenges in #DRC, frontline activists remain resolute; leading with revolutionary love for communities they support & advocating for solutions that promote #humanrights and lasting peace. More: buff.ly/4ccEboS #KeepEyesOnDRC #OurStrugglesAreConnected

The #GlobalResilienceFund will continue moving rapid-response resources to young feminists to support long-term peacebuilding efforts in DRC. This is possible through donations & grantmaking. 🌍 Read more & share buff.ly/30hxFeT #KeepEyesOnDRC #OurStrugglesAreConnected

🌟Building Collective Power In #SierraLeone, 50 young women embarked on a transformative journey. Using feminist popular education & somatic practices, the #MentorsAcademy equipped them w tools to lead change in their lives. 🔗Read their inspiring story: buff.ly/4fQOmm6

🌱 Why does the #MentorsAcademy work? Centring the lived experiences of young women, this model fosters self-awareness, sisterhood, confidence & #feministleadership skills. 🔗 Learn about the innovative approaches driving this transformation: buff.ly/4fQOmm6

📣 The #MentorsAcademy is more than a program—it's a movement! ✨Through self-discovery & solidarity, mentors are challenging oppressive systems, influencing decision-making spaces & gaining trust in their communities. One was nominated councillor! 🙌🏽 🔗 buff.ly/4fQOmm6

📢Join us on September 24th, 3pm CEST/9am EDT for a Community public event: “Participatory Grantmaking During Polycrisis.”  We will be joined by folks who will share their valuable knowledge on how to navigate PGM in times of crisis. 🔗RSVP participatorygrantmaking.org/event/particip…

💡Spotlight on #FeministEducation Inclusive spaces for learning & growth help to dismantle oppressive structures. Our Male Allies Night School has brought men together to learn, to challenge societal norms & to be more active in the fight for gender justice. 🇸🇱✊🏾

“We need to make sure our country is safe for women and children because the safety and dignity of women and girls, including their rights to bodily autonomy, are part of what peace-building looks like. Peace-building is not the absence of war” Josephine Kamara, Director

Dismantling patriarchy is possible, and will ensure a better world for everyone. WeArePurposeful undertake this work through various initiatives rooted in power theory. One such initiative is the Feminist Night School, piloted in Sierra Leone. bit.ly/4e3fcG8

📚 What does it mean to be a male ally in the feminist movement? Our Kaata Minah on Male Allies Night School & highlighting the importance of feminist political education for men. buff.ly/3z9CjQi

Such urgent & vital discussion. Purposeful will continue to agitate and broaden towards Pan-African dialogue on justice and peace in a world on fire and what African bold solidarity actions look like.

🥳If you are a youth activist, community worker and or organiser, check out this What’s Possible call for proposals. Apply if you are 11-28 years or share with activists in your network to apply. Click on the link in the bio to learn more and apply🏷 crifund.org/resource/decol…

The Black Feminist Fund describes the multitude of ways in which black feminist organizations & movements are underfunded. 0.9% of funding goes to black women, girls and trans people with disabilities. Read the blog below to learn more. cofemsocialchange.org/invest-to-prev…

Activists within the African feminist movement are tightening the knots around their colourful wrappers, ready to take on the reinvented patriarchal-capitalist bull by its horns. Read this issue of Feminist Africa to learn more feministafrica.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=…

Achieving gender justice is a collective effort. From empowering youth in Peru to advancing domestic workers' rights in India, feminist groups are driving change. Read the impactful stories of our #MovementPartners. ⬇️ globalfundforwomen.org/latest/article…

It is the ideation day in our green-preneurship academy 🎊. Participants had a whole day of finding feasible solutions to soil infertility, long dry spells, no access to electricity, post harvest losses and lack of firewood. The solutions so far are mind blowing!

Our hearts break as another woman is killed by male violence. Love & rage keep us organising like never before as we stand with survivors & activists everywhere demanding a world of safety & freedom for ALL girls & women. #EndFemicide #MoveInitiative #BlackTuesdayMovement

AIM monthly meetings with men end FGM at Masimera chiefdom. Purposeful funding is changing minds in a chiefdom that is entrenched in the practice of FGM through bondo. Visit the communities and see for yourself. Bintu Mansaray Bundesentwicklungsministerium WeArePurposeful Chernor Bah Frontline Ending FGM