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Civil Society Monitoring of Spotlight Initiative
Programme Design and Implementation
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Region: Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, Global, Argentina, Belize, Liberia, Niger, Zimbabwe

Independent monitoring and reporting by civil society on programmatic contributions can be critical to upholding programme legitimacy, relevance and accountability. In 2020, the Count Me In! Consortium and several members of Spotlight Initiative Civil Society Reference Groups collectively developed a Civil Society Monitoring Toolkit to monitor the work and contributions of Spotlight Initiative. Featuring a set of 26 indicators, the Reference Groups can use the toolkit to monitor the implementation of Spotlight Initiative programming at country, regional and global levels, with indicators…

WithHer Fund: Flexible Financial Support to WROs
Women's Movements
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Region: Africa, Caribbean, Latin America, Global, Malawi, Mali, Argentina, El Salvador, Belize, Trinidad and Tobago

In December 2021, Spotlight Initiative launched the WithHer Fund in partnership with the UN Foundation to provide flexible financial support to smaller, local, grassroots and WROs working to end violence against women and girls in their communities. 

The fund operates under feminist grant-making principles, focusing on flexibility, trust and transparency. To overcome common funding barriers faced by small organisations, the WithHer Fund uses a simplified application and reporting process. 

The first cohort of WithHer Fund grantees was chosen based on specific criteria, including the…