Mama Cash news
Mama Cash 2011 annual report: She's pushy
May 2012- In 2011, Mama Cash supported 79 women's, girls' and trans groups that are - despite a lot of resistance - working to challenge unjust norms, practices and laws by being courageous, provocative and pushing the envelope. More often than not, they have to be confrontational and audacious. They have to be pushy.In 2011, Mama Cash invested €3.55 million in direct grants to 79 women's, girls' and trans rights organisations and women's funds. And we expanded our work to bring other funders to the table to support women's rights organisations globally.
Read more about our results in 2011 >>
Take Action!
End violence against women in Europe
April 2012 - Around Europe, activists address the violence women, girls and trans people experience at home, at work, in the judicial system, and in the streets. They expose and challenge the unequal power relations that normalise and perpetuate such violence and demand that governments take responsibility in ending it.
European countries are now taking a stand. Adopted by the Council of Europe in May 2011, the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence is the first legally binding instrument in the region requiring governments to prevent, stop, and sanction the crime of violence against women.
This groundbreaking treaty only takes effect when 10 countries have signed and ratified it. Stand with women in Europe. Raise your voice by calling on the 47 Council of Europe member and observer states to sign and ratify this Convention.
Women's rights news
A new fund for and by sex workers:
the Red Umbrella Fund
El Red Umbrella Fund (castellano, pdf)
April 2012 - On Friday, April 20, a new and innovative global grant-making mechanism for and by sex workers was launched: the Red Umbrella Fund (RUF).
The Red Umbrella Fund aims to strengthen and ensure the sustainability of the sex worker rights movement by catalysing new funding specifically for sex worker-led organisations and national, regional and global networks.
Mama Cash on the move
Come see us at the AWID Forum!
We will be reporting about our activities at the AWID Forum on our website and through Facebook and Twitter. If you want to know what Mama Cash and our grantees are up to during the Forum, follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Read more about our sessions >>
women's rights news
Funding girls on their own terms
March 8, 2012- Worldwide, girls and young women are claiming their rights and leading grassroots organisations and initiatives that transform communities into places that respect their rights and agency.
These girls refuse to remain excluded from the decisions that affect their lives and are moving out of the margins to become powerful agents of change. This International Women's Day, Mama Cash focuses on the funding challenges these girls and their organisations face.
Read about funding girls on their own terms >>
Read about a 'community of practice' supporting girls' activism >>
Read an interview with feminist activist Perla Vasquez >>
Para leer nuestra ezine "Financiamiento para las mas jovenes: A su manera" >>
News from women's groups
Sex Worker Activists strategise against violence
March 2, 2012 - On March 3 (International Sex Worker Rights Day) and March 4, Mama Cash grantee Pembe Hayat is organising the second ‘Conference on Sex Work and Human Rights’ in Ankara.
The theme is this year’s conference is ‘Police, take your hands off my body’. The conference gathers sex worker activists from Turkey and from Europe to discuss and strategise against violence from the police and other forms of state violence sex works are faced with.
Mama Cash vacancies
Mama Cash has two vacancies:
- Fund Coordinator for the Red Umbrella Fund
- Senior Fundraiser for Individual Donors
More about these vacancies >>
