{"id":55633,"date":"2026-02-16T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/?p=55633"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:22:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T01:22:54","slug":"investing-9m-for-women-leaders-in-global-south","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/2026\/02\/16\/investing-9m-for-women-leaders-in-global-south\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing\u00a0$9M\u00a0for\u00a0Women Leaders in Global South"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September&nbsp;2025,&nbsp;Channel&nbsp;Foundation&nbsp;new&nbsp;grantee&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/grantees\/colmena\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Colmena Fund<\/a>&nbsp;made a&nbsp;commitment&nbsp;of&nbsp;$9 million USD&nbsp;to&nbsp;advance&nbsp;women\u2019s&nbsp;political&nbsp;leadership in&nbsp;the Global South.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This initiative,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clintonfoundation.org\/commitment\/clinton-global-initiative\/accelerating-womens-political-power-in-the-global-south\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced at&nbsp;the Clinton Global Initiative 2025 Annual Meeting,<\/a>&nbsp;marks&nbsp;a&nbsp;significant&nbsp;progression&nbsp;for&nbsp;Colmena&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;on&nbsp;the global stage.&nbsp;Colmena, a&nbsp;public&nbsp;fund to&nbsp;increase diverse, feminist&nbsp;leadership&nbsp;in politics, started their grantmaking&nbsp;journey&nbsp;only&nbsp;one year&nbsp;prior, in&nbsp;2024.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the next two years, Colmena Fund will support at least 50 organizations in Asia, Africa,&nbsp;Middle&nbsp;East&nbsp;and Latin America&nbsp;as they&nbsp;break down barriers for women from marginalized backgrounds&nbsp;making transformative change for their communities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn a year where democracy is under pressure and women\u2019s rights face severe rollbacks, feminist political leadership is a necessity,\u201d said Suyen Barahona, Executive Director of Colmena Fund. \u201cThis commitment reflects our belief that resourcing pro-human rights leaders, especially those closest to the margins, is the most powerful way to protect democracy and reimagine politics.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colmena Fund\u2019s grantmaking&nbsp;will&nbsp;target&nbsp;organizations working in&nbsp;critical areas including:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Protecting\u00a0women\u00a0candidates\u00a0from\u00a0technology-facilitated gender-based\u00a0violence\u00a0such as online harassment and deepfake,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/11\/1166411\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a\u00a0rising threat\u00a0due to artificial intelligence.<\/a>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Amplifying women leaders in Africa and Asia. This initiative\u00a0expands\u00a0on Colmena Fund\u2019s current portfolio that\u00a0elevates\u00a0Afro-feminist, Dalit, and Indigenous leadership.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Equipping women to lead\u00a0in\u00a0climate action and\u00a0contexts of conflict.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite how&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/articles\/facts-and-figures\/facts-and-figures-womens-leadership-and-political-participation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">growing evidence<\/a>&nbsp;shows that&nbsp;inclusion of&nbsp;women in&nbsp;politics&nbsp;is&nbsp;proven to&nbsp;improve decision-making and equality,&nbsp;women&nbsp;are significantly underrepresented in the political sphere.&nbsp;While 2024 saw a record number of countries holding elections, women\u2019s legislative&nbsp;representation&nbsp;only rose from 26.9 to 27.2 percent,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carnegieendowment.org\/research\/2024\/10\/navigating-setbacks-womens-political-representation-in-the-2024-super-election-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">research find<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;disadvantages&nbsp;exacerbate&nbsp;for women of historically marginalized communities in the Global South who face even more limited funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Colmena Fund\u2019s&nbsp;impressive&nbsp;commitment to empowering women leadership&nbsp;since its founding in 2024&nbsp;is&nbsp;crucial for ensuring a more diverse and democratic future for feminist movements&nbsp;worldwide.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2025, new grantee Colmena Fund made a commitment of $9M USD to advance women&#8217;s political leadership in the Global South.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25580,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[455,453,121,125,135],"class_list":["post-55633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-launches","tag-africa","tag-colmena","tag-lac","tag-mena","tag-swfm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55633"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57047,"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55633\/revisions\/57047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trockwebdesign.com\/channel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}