How gender is being weaponised across contexts as a means to undermine human rights and threaten democracy? Countering Backlash co-convened a parallel event with the Ford Foundation and the Global Philanthropy Project for the 68th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2024.
The event explored the current philanthropic response and identify critical strategies – and the resources required – to meet the urgency of the moment and respond at scale to this threat. We brought together key stakeholders for a timely discussion on countering anti-gender ideology and anti-rights movements in order to realise a more gender-just world.
Through two dynamic panel discussions, the event explored the current philanthropic response and identify critical strategies – and the resources required – to meet the urgency of the moment and respond at scale to this threat.
Participants were welcomed by words by Hilary Pennington, Executive Vice President of Programs, Ford Foundation, and the event was closed by Sarita Gupta, Vice President of US Programs, Ford Foundation.
When
- 19 March 2024
Speakers
- Sohela Nazneen, Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS)
- Adeline Azrack, Managing Director, Fondation CHANEL
- Angelika Arutyunova, Co-Founder, CEECCNA Collaborative Fund
- Caroline Kouassiaman, Executive Director, Initiative Sankofa d’Afrique de l’Ouest (ISDAO)
- Chivuli Ukwimi, Deputy Director, International Trans Fund (ITF)
- Elena Rey Maquiera Palmer, Co-Executive Director, Fondo Lunaria Mujer
- Hilary Pennington, Executive Vice President of Programs, Ford Foundation
- Jac sm Kee, Co-funder and Cartographer, Numun Fund
- Matthew Hart, Executive Director, Global Philanthropy Project (GPP)
- Monica Aleman, International Program Director for Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Justice International, Ford Foundation
- Sarita Gupta, Vice President, US Programs, Ford Foundation
