The Financing for Feminist Futures (F4FF) Conference took place in October 2025, just as the funding crisis for feminist work became impossible to ignore. Support networks that once kept movements going are now falling apart. In the Global Minority, feminist organizations face layoffs and pause programs under growing uncertainty. In the Global Majority, the damage…

The EU is negotiating €200.3 billion in external action funding for 2028–2034, alongside the development of its new Gender Action Plan (GAP IV). These two parallel processes are a defining opportunity to align gender equality rhetoric with real resources, or to deepen the gap between political commitment and programmatic reality. This position paper sets out…

The 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW 70) convenes at a time of deepening economic inequality and systemic injustice that continue to undermine women’s human‑rights realizations and the achievement of SDG 5. To secure gender‑transformative progress, our policy brief ‘Advancing Economic Justice for Gender Equality at CSW70: Policy Priorities for the 70th…

Our recommendations for the G20 Summit draw from the Financing for Feminist Futures (F4FF) Conference and the growing global momentum for feminist economic transformation. At the core are two urgent demands: Resource gender equality and feminist movements on a sustained, flexible and long-term basis, and treat macroeconomic policies as feminist issues. From FfD4 to the G20: Advancing Financing for…

This document summarizes relevant emerging recommendations from the Financing for Feminist Futures (F4FF) Conference, organized by the Walking the Talk consortium in Madrid, October 8–10, 2025, to inform the 4th Feminist Foreign Policy Ministerial Conference in Paris. From Madrid to Paris: carrying feminist financing priorities into global diplomacy Ten days after the Financing for Feminist…

More and better-quality resources for feminist movements The 12 Calls to Action for Resourcing Gender Equality is a bold initiative to mobilize substantially more and better-quality resources for gender equality efforts generally and specifically for feminist movements and women’s rights organizations in the Global South. Walking the Talk brought together feminist activists, researchers, funders, and…

More and better-quality resources for feminist movements The 12 Calls to Action for Resourcing Gender Equality is a bold initiative to mobilize substantially more and better-quality resources for gender equality efforts generally and specifically for feminist movements and women’s rights organizations in the Global South. Walking the Talk brought together feminist activists, researchers, funders, and…

More and better-quality resources for feminist movements The 12 Calls to Action for Resourcing Gender Equality is a bold initiative to mobilize substantially more and better-quality resources for gender equality efforts generally and specifically for feminist movements and women’s rights organizations in the Global South. Walking the Talk brought together feminist activists, researchers, funders, and…

The ‘Architecture of Change: Feminist Pathways to Financing Gender Equality Compendium’ brings together 13 research papers answering critical questions about the future of financing feminist futures globally. It highlights why feminist movements must be funded, how current financing systems can be reimagined to benefit everyone, and what feminist-led solutions already exist. At a time when global…

Using feminist foreign policy to fund feminist organizing Feminist movements are vital in safeguarding and advancing democracies, especially in times when women’s and LGBTIQ+ rights face increasing threats, endangering hard-won progress. Ensuring their resilience requires consistent, long-term, and adaptable funding. However, despite government pledges to achieve sustainable development goals, data reveals that less than 1%…