Women's Peace & Humanitarian Fund
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The @UN & civil society partnership supporting women & their local orgs working to build peace & respond to crises on the front lines.
Joined September 2016
Our civil society partners aren't only beneficiaries—they're key decision-makers involved @ all levels, including our 💰 board. Join us in welcoming the 2025 class of @wphfund CSO board members, who'll play a vital role in helping us better serve women’s orgs on the front lines.
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🔴New #Call4Proposals NOW OPEN🔴.@wphfund aims to support local women-led & women's rights CSOs in #Bangladesh🇧🇩 working 2 promote the socio-💰recovery, participation & leadership of displaced women & girls on the front lines. Apply by 19 July ➡️
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Thank you @KristenBell for supporting @wphfund & women peacebuilders everywhere - today & every day - to create a more gender equal & peaceful world! . #InternationalWomensDay .@UN_Women #GenerationEquality #IWD2020 #WomenBuildPeace
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"There are millions of Afghan women who were abandoned the day the Taliban took over my country. Most of our women & girl protestors have been imprisoned, so I take every platform to echo their voices." — @wphfund partner & WHRD from #Afghanistan🇦🇫 @NilofarAyoubi. #SheLeads
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"Please recognize women in #Afghanistan🇦🇫 as stakeholders, and take them seriously as political actors who have been standing up against the Taliban for over a year." — @wphfund partner & Afghan WHRD @NilofarAyoubi at yesterday's @NorwayInGeneva + #WPHFund on #WHRDs.
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Through training webinars & peer exchange initiatives, the @wphfund L-Hub has strengthened the capacities of ➕195 CSOs since 2020. Learn how this 💻 space facilitates 🗨️ & exchange of best practices between women leaders around the 🌏: #WPHFCommunity
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✨Women leaders are powerful agents of change in conflict & crisis!✨.We're counting down to #IWD2021 & the launch of @wphfund's new campaign to support #1000WomenLeaders on the front lines. HELP AMPLIFY the voices of these women working for a more peaceful & equal🌎! #SheLeads
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🔵Happy International #PeaceDay!🔵.Women’s voices 🎙️, expertise 🧠& experiences 💪 MUST be included in formal #PeaceProcesses!🕊️.The @wphfund #RapidResponse Window is financing #CSO initiatives enabling women to influence peace processes worldwide! #UNGA.▶️
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Give back this #GivingTuesday. When you make a gift to @wphfund, you'll be spreading peace & advancing gender equality across the globe! Join our mission to empower women who are changing the world: #supportwomen #buildpeace #preventcrises #changetheworld
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Our Global Advocate & Spokesperson @KristenBell (and a cat named Pickles) are giving their two cents on why it's crucial to support women who are building peace and changing the world. Learn more at #GivingMy2Cents #PeaceDay19 #WomenBuildPeace @180LA
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WE DID IT!. Over 85 grassroots women peacebuilders, humanitarians & #WHRDs from 29 countries just approved their key outcome declaration, calling on the 🌍 to recognize, amplify & support their work on the front lines. Introducing the #BerlinDeclaration2023!. CONGRATULATIONS!
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🔵SAVE THE DATE🔵. Join us w/ @WhoopiGoldberg @KristenBell @LeymahRGbowee @nahlav & @hiltonfound on #InternationalWomensDay for the launch of @wphfund's new global campaign to support #1000WomenLeaders working to build a more peaceful & resilient🌎. ➡️RSVP
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@WPHFund is honored that @IMKristenBell will serve as our first Global Advocate. In her new role, Ms. Bell will help champion women working to make our world a more peaceful & gender-equal place. Welcome to the team, Kristen! #womenbuildpeace
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Women civil society activists exchanging on their impacts & strategies in their fight to build a more stable, equal & peaceful world at #GWF2023 #InvestInWomen #WomenRespond2Crisis #WomenBuildPeace
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When you gather 85 women peacebuilders, humanitarians & human rights defenders from 29 countries across the globe, it’s never too early for a group photo. 🤩🤩🤩 #GWF2023 #InvestinWomen
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These 4 Beautiful Portraits Showcase Peacebuilders Around the World #globalcitizen @arielsinhaha #1000WomenLeaders @AdvRaziaSultana @wphfund.
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“Women Human Rights Defenders are at the vanguard of the #WPS Agenda. Our @UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (@wphfund) has already opened a special window to support women activists who are at risk.” — @AminaJMohammed at today’s #UNSC Open Debate on #WPS. #UNSCR1325
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Inspired by the resilience & passion of our partners, always. Thank you for an incredible first day! #GWF2020 #womenbuildpeace #womenrespond2crises @GNWP_GNWP @KristenBell @AustrianDev @wphfund
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LAUNCH ALERT: The @wphfund COVID-19 Emergency Response Window is now LIVE! . We're rapidly deploying new financing for local women's orgs responding to the #COVID19 global pandemic. Find out more, share our #Call4Proposal w/ your networks & apply today!
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Join @wphfund w/ @irishmissionun @GAC_Corporate @GermanyUN @whatthewomensay & @GPPAC for a #1000WomenLeaders event on the sidelines of #UNSC Open Debate on #WPS - featuring local activists & WHRDs from Afghanistan🇦🇫 Lebanon🇱🇧 Palestine🇵🇸 & Nigeria🇳🇬. RSVP➡️
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“THIS is feminist foreign policy. It’s the power in this room. It’s about rights, resources and representation.” -Germany’s Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs @ABaerbock at today’s #GWF2023 panel w/ @wphfund CSO partners #InvestInWomen #WomenRespond2Crisis #WomenBuildPeace
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On this #WorldHumanitarianDay & every day, we stand in solidarity with the #RealLifeHeroes: women humanitarians, first responders & peacebuilders around the world. Thank you @GlblCtzn & @KristenBell for partnering with @wphfund to support their incredible work!.
What would a feminist ‘Good Place’ look like? Actor and advocate @KristenBell shares her vision 👇 #WorldHumanitarianDay @WPHFund
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Last week, 87 local CSO activists from 29 countries convened @ the 2nd Global Women’s Forum 4 Peace & Humanitarian Action in Berlin & called on the 🌏 to invest in their work on the front lines. Learn ➕ about #GWF2023 & their landmark #BerlinDeclaration:
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#TFW the most iconic building in the world illuminates the sky in honor of your mission to support women who build peace around the 🌍🌏🌎. Thank you @EmpireStateBldg. The view last night was #unforgettable! #womenbuildpeace #40by20 #wphfund
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Women have a fundamental right 2 participate in all political decision-making, and their engagement in 🕊️ processes can improve outcomes before, during & after conflict. Despite this, their effective participation in formal peacebuilding spaces remains a persistent challenge. ‼️
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"Supporting feminist movements is one of the most important decisions we can make to prevent violent conflict," pointed out @CanadaUN, urging the int'l community to focus on & address the factors that force women leaders in conflict & crisis to be resilient in the first place.
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“The power of women’s voices is much stronger than a bullet. We’re ready to be in the driving seat & it’s our common goal to create our own narrative.”. Powerful & inspiring words form Afghan activist & @wphfund partner @Fawziakoofi77 at the closing of #GWF2023. #InvestInWomen
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Today's the day we've been waiting for! . To the grassroots women peacebuilders & humanitarians convening from around the world, welcome to your Global Women's Forum for Peace & Humanitarian Action. Today we listen, exchange & lay the groundwork for action!. #GWF2020 #WPSin2020
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The @wphfund #1000WomenLeaders Campaign is mobilizing the reach & influence of a range of partners to invest in local women leaders’ potential - highlighting their impact & recognizing their agency to build a more peaceful & gender-equal world. Join us!.
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Hello #Vienna! We're ready for Day 2. Today women peacebuilders & first responders continue to define their key priorities for 2020 and beyond!. Let's get to work! #GWF2020 #WomenBuildPeace #WomenRespond2Crises @AustrianDev @GNWP_GNWP
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On mission in northern #Uganda🇺🇬 this week w/ @hope_umbrella, a @wphfund & @GlobalSpotlight partner, empowering survivors of #SGBV formerly abducted by the LRA. Honored to meet brave women who are leading local initiatives in conflict that are transforming lives. @unwomenuganda
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The voices & expertise of #WHRDs will be centered at the launch event of the new @WPHFund Funding 🪟 4 Women Human Rights Defenders. Join us on 18 Jan w/ @GenSabe🇲🇲 @hajershareif 🇱🇾 & @ZarqaYaftali 🇦🇫 along w/ @NorwayUN @GermanyUN @UNHumanRights & @WILPF:
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📣 Join our incredible lineup of speakers at this week's launch of the @wphfund #RapidResponse Window! . @AminaJMohammed @Sophie_Wilmes @FP_Champagne @HeikoMaas #EriksenSoreide #LaunskyTieffenthal #MadeleineRees @MaryAkrami #MassaranBibi. 🔗
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📢 Today we launch the Short-Term Grants of our @wphfund #RapidResponse Window‼️. Grants up to 100,000 USD!💰 If you have a project that needs urgent support to address barriers to women’s meaningful participation in peace processes APPLY for a grant. ▶️
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Merci @louane pour ton soutien a @wphfund et aux femmes qui œuvrent pour construire la paix à travers le monde!! 🙏🏼 🌎.
Je continue à m’engager pour l’égalité homme/femme et pour la condition des femmes dans le monde. J’ai l’honneur de travailler avec le fonds @wphfund que j’ai eu le plaisir de présenter à Madame la Ministre @marleneschiappa que je remercie sincèrement pour son écoute enthousiaste
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay !.Today we celebrate the unlimited & transformative power of local women leaders who are changing the world. Join @wphfund's new campaign to support #1000WomenLeaders who are building peace & responding to crises worldwide!🌍
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Thrilled to announce the launch of the Direct Support Stream of our new @WPHFund Rapid Response Window on #WomensParticipation in #Peace Processes & the Implementation of Peace Agreements. Learn more, share widely & apply today! .📢🌎🌍🌏#womenbuildpeace
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Always a pleasure to meet in-person with our expert civil society partners. Thank you for your work on the frontlines & valuable insights to strengthen the flexibility & accessibility of financing for local women’s CSOs in fragile settings worldwide. #CSW67 #InvestInWomen
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Getting excited to build momentum, drive innovation & advocate for accelerated support for women peacebuilders & humanitarians worldwide. Stay tuned for live updates from #Vienna next week! #GWF2020. #WomenBuildPeace #WomenRespond2Crises @AustrianDev @GNWP_GNWP @KristenBell
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Don't miss our #IWD2021 launch event to support #1000WomenLeaders working to respond to crises & build peace! 🕊️.Join us w/ @WhoopiGoldberg @KristenBell @LeymahRGbowee & @nahlav together w/ @hiltonfound @Starbucks & @Medela_US .📆8 Mar.⏰1pm EST.➡️
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As our #365Day countdown to #UNSCR1325+20 comes to a close, @wphfund has mobilized $5⃣0⃣M thanks to the governments of 🇦🇺🇦🇹🇨🇦🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇪🇯🇵🇱🇮🇱🇹🇳🇱🇳🇴🇪🇸🇬🇧! Thank you for your tremendous #leadership & support of local women's orgs on the front lines. ➡️#WPSin2020
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Join us w/ @AustrianDev, @CanadaUN @GermanyDiplo & @NorwayUN for the official high-level launch of a new @wphfund mechanism: the #RapidResponse Window . 🕊️ Championing Women’s Participation in Peace Processes: .🗓 THU 14 Jan 2021.⏰9:30-10:30 AM EST.🔗
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🔴It’s not too late to REGISTER🔴. for TOMORROW’s event! . Join the @wphfund @AustraliaUN @CanadaUN @GermanyDiplo event on women's organizations leading response to the global pandemic in conflict & crisis. RSVP👉 . #WomenRespond2crisis I #WPHFund
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Thank you to the government of #Norway🇳🇴 for your $3.7M contribution to @wphfund this past year. We are thrilled to have you join our 2022 funding board & grateful for your leadership & support to local women peacebuilders & #WHRDs on the front lines. #WomenBuildPeace | #SheLeads
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.@Sarah_Hendriks, @WPHFund Board Chair & @UN_Women's Policy, Programme & Intergovernmental Division Director, on @BMZ_Bund's commitment to supporting women in the context of #Afghanistan crisis response at today's #ActionNetwork on Forced Displacement Event. #WomenRespond2Crises
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Happy #peaceday2017! Join @wphfund as we celebrate women's vital contributions to lasting peace. #WomenBuildPeace
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On this #peaceday & every day, @wphfund is investing in women around the world to be a force for lasting #peace. Will you share our new video & help us spread the word? #womenbuildpeace #peacedayWPS #wphfund @IMKristenBell 🌎🌍🌏
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🔵REGISTER NOW🔵to join our incredible lineup of speakers @ArbeiterRichard @sarah_hendriks @MavicCBalleza Jacqueline Hart @FunmiB @GhitaElKhyari Madeleine Rees @AA_stabilisiert & @sara_almer at Tuesday's @wphfund #COVID19 event!. 🗓 27 Apr.⏰ 9AM EST.🔗
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Join @wphfund Global Advocate @KristenBell, Senior Gender Advisor to @UN SG @nahlav & our partner Htar Htar of @AkhayaWomen at today's Young World Leaders @Summit as they discuss the need to support women who build peace! .📆13 Dec 2020.⏰3:00 PM EST.🔗
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Good morning from Berlin, #Germany🇩🇪!. Day 2️⃣ at the Global Women’s Forum for Peace and Humanitarian Action. Let’s get to work!. #InvestInWomen | #GWF2023
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Today we’re convening @wphfund CSO partners on the sidelines of #CSW67 to exchange on their impacts, challenges & lessons learned & hear directly from their experiences to help strengthen & adapt our efforts to serve local women’s civil society on the front lines. #InvestInWomen
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The @wphfund 2022 Annual Report is NOW LIVE!. Find out how we’re supporting local women's orgs & activists building 🕊️, responding to crisis & serving as engines of impact on the front lines. Explore & Share our 2022 key impacts & results: #InvestInWomen
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🚨 #HappeningTomorrow! . Join #WHRDs @GenSabe🇲🇲 @hajershareif 🇱🇾 & @ZarqaYaftali 🇦🇫, along w/ @NorwayUN @GermanyUN @UNHumanRights & @WILPF, for the launch event of the new @wphfund Funding Window 4 WHRDs. Last chance to register ➡️ . 💻 #SupportWHRDs
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Our global funding board just met & approved a new @wphfund #COVID19 Emergency Response Window, which will deploy rapid financing for local women’s orgs working on the front lines of the global pandemic. Let’s get to work! 💪 #womenrespond2crises #womenbuildpeace #wphf
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In #Cameroon, women peacebuilders like @Reachoutreo are playing key roles in advancing peaceful & inclusive solutions to the long-standing civil war. Find out #InHerOwnWords how the @wphfund #RRW—in 🤝 w/ @whatthewomensay—is supporting her advocacy work:
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Congratulations to @wphfund partner @Reachoutreo & her org @reachoutdev1 for being awarded the German Africa Prize in recognition of their leadership in creating #Cameroon's first National Women's Convention for Peace w/ support from our #RapidResponse 🪟:
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Women have a right to #MeaningfulParticipation, yet financial barriers still exclude them from #peace processes worldwide. Introducing the @WPHFund Rapid Response Window on #WomensParticipation in #Peace Processes, LAUNCHING TODAY. Share Widely & Apply!
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Women are actively working in communities to build peace, but their voices are often excluded & only 2% of peace mediators around the world are women. On this #PeaceDay & every day, we stand w/ women peacebuilders who are changing the world. Join us!
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Last night our @wphfund #1000WomenLeaders committee convened industry & philanthropy leaders in NY for a conversation w/ our partner & Afghan women’s rights activist @MaryAkrami on the urgent global imperative to finance women on the front lines. Everyone has a role to play.
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Thrilled to announce that @reachoutdev1 & @shesthefirst will join @KvinnaKvinnaINT & @FeministHumNet as CSO members of the @wphfund funding board for the next 3 years!. Proud to work w/ such a diverse & committed group of civil society leaders supporting women on the front lines.
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On this global #SolidarityDay, @wphfund stands with the countless women working to build peace, prevent conflict, and respond to crises in communities across the globe. #wphfund #womenbuildpeace #supportwomen #preventcrises #buildpeace #wps
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We've reached 🔟K followers on @Twitter! 🎉🎉. Thank you to each & every one of you for supporting @wphfund and helping us amplify the voices & stories of local women leaders building peace & responding to crisis around the world. 🎯 Onward to 20K!. #1000WomenLeaders | #SheLeads
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As the sun sets on another #InternationalWomensDay , global landmarks are shining @wphfund colors in solidarity w/ local women peacebuilders & humanitarians around the world. Thank you @TheLondonEye & @LeJetdeau for standing with #1000WomenLeaders #SheLeads | #WomenBuildPeace
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Berlin, we’re almost ready for Global Women’s Forum 2023!. From May 23-25, 8⃣0⃣+ @wphfund partners from around the 🌏 will come together in 🇩🇪 to exchange perspectives & create synergies to advance their 🕊️ & humanitarian work. Smooth travels everyone!. #GWF2023 | #InvestInWomen
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UPDATE: The 3rd round of projects supported through our COVID19 Emergency Response Window is now approved! @wphfund is proudly supporting local orgs to respond to #COVID19 in #Bangladesh #DRC #Haiti #Jordan #Liberia #Myanmar #Nigeria #Palestine #Sudan #SouthSudan #Uganda & #Yemen
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It takes a village! Partners & women peacemakers from #Burundi & #Colombia, joined by @WPHFund advocates @IMKristenBell & @louane, share experiences & discuss how to push our global movement forward. @GNWP_GNWP @UNFPA @UN_Women @ngowgwps #womenbuildpeace #40x20
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When we talk about 🕊️ & women’s political participation, we don’t usually speak about #SGBV & #SRHR, but those are important issues that prevent women from being at the table, stresses @annytenga at the #GWF2023 panel discussion with @GermanyDiplo’s @ABaerbock. #InvestInWomen
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On this #WorldRefugeeDay and every day, @wphfund believes in the power of women refugees to be agents of change in their communities. RT if you #StandWithRefugees & help support grassroots #women who respond to crises around the world:
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“Let’s just not be observers – let’s all be actors & actresses so that we can live in a 🌎 where there's peace & security 4 all.”. This #PeaceDay, learn how our partner @annytenga from @AWLN_RDC is advancing women’s participation in the 🕊️ process in #DRC:
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1⃣0⃣0⃣ | Today marks the 100 Day countdown 2 Int’l Women Human Rights Defenders Day on 29 Nov!. Learn ➕ about new @wphfund available funding opportunities 4 #WHRDs from/working on conflict & crisis settings. SHARE & APPLY! . #WomenBuildPeace
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Congratulations to all of our @wphfund grantees in #Mali! 26 women's orgs were selected for their work on engaging women in peacebuilding & economic recovery. Check out the full list & learn more about our inspiring partners➡️ #wphfund #womenbuildpeace
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Exciting news! Explore @wphfund's new website today: Learn how we partner w/ women 2 #preventcrises & #buildpeace
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HAPPENING NOW!. Join @wphfund & a delegation of 7⃣ Afghan women human rights defenders supported through our 🪟 for #WHRDs as they call on the int'l community to address the women's rights crisis in #Afghanistan. Honored to be co-hosting this important dialogue during #UNGA79.
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Merci @louane pour ton soutien aux femmes et aux filles réfugiées et à toutes celles qui contribuent à la réponse humanitaire à travers le monde 🙏 #JourneeMondialedesRéfugiés #mobilisonsnous #aveclesrefugies
C'est la journée mondiale des réfugiés aujourd'hui !. Immense pensée pour toutes ces personnes obligées de fuir pour simplement vivre. Mon admiration & soutien aux associations et notamment Women's peace & Humanitarian fund (nations Unies) pour leur travail incessant 🙏🏼❤️
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We did it! 70 grassroots women peace & humanitarian activists successfully ratified their key outcome declaration to drive action and push their priorities forward. ➡️➡️➡️.Introducing VIENNA DECLARATION 2020. Congratulations! #GWF2020 #womenbuildpeace #womenrespond2crises
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Thanks for your support & everything you do for women leaders @AishaYesufu! We hope you can join us tomorrow.
I am so excited about the upcoming launch of @WPHFund’s new #1000WomenLeaders campaign. They’re working across the globe to support incredible women leaders on the front lines who are responding to crises & building peace. Please join! #SheLeads #WomenBuildPeace
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UPDATE: the @wphfund board just approved our 1st round of financing for local women's orgs responding to #COVID19 in #Bangladesh #Liberia #Myanmar #Palestine #Sudan #Yemen & #Haiti. This is only the beginning. Many more #CSOs need our support. Join us!
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The 2nd round of @wphfund financing for women's orgs responding to #COVID19 is now approved. We’re proud to be supporting local actors in #Sudan #SouthSudan #Nigeria #Myanmar #Jordan #Haiti #Palestine #Liberia #Yemen & #Bangladesh. Join us!
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As the world unites against #COVID19 & counts down to #UNSCR1325+20, support for women who respond to crises & build peace in their communities is essential. Watch the video & find out what you can do: .@GNWP_GNWP @AustrianDev
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“There is no excuse for women NOT to have an equal seat at every 👏single👏table👏!” Sudanese activist @lwolia_salah told the #UNSC today in her incredibly moving statement. #WPSin2020 #UNSCR1325 #womenbuildpeace
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We’re in #Burundi seeing firsthand how women mediators are preventing conflict in their communities. #womenbuildpeace #wps @wphfund @dushirehamwe
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Esther is joining us in Berlin in just a few days!. Follow her journey from #Cameroon🇨🇲 to #Germany🇩🇪 as she shares what she’s most excited about #GWF2023 & how she’s preparing for it 👇. #InvestInWomen.
#Berlin here we come, countdown begins. Women from all over with a well known agenda. @wphfund.@AuswaertigesAmt.@GermanyDiplo.@aa_stabilisiert.@GermanyUN.@AuswaertigesAmt.@whatthewomensay.@Camerounpeacec1 .@gnwp_gnwp .@FNF_Africa .@SIPRIorg .@BerghofFnd .#GWF2023 .#InvestInomen
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Women should beinvolved in all peace negotiations! 💪. Championing Women's Participation in Peace Processes!🕊️. #RapidResponse I #SheBuildsPeace I #WPS I #WPHFund
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“In a 🌍 where humanitarian aid fails to reach local women’s orgs, we’re constantly maneuvering & finding ways to continue our work. This wouldn’t be possible without the support of funds like @wphfund.” - @Hmosadiq in 💬 w/ @GermanyDiplo’s @ABaerbock. #GWF2023 | #InvestInWomen
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📣 Sign up for this upcoming @wphfund event! The official high-level launch of our new mechanism: the #RapidResponse Window. 🕊️ Championing Women’s Participation in Peace Processes: .🗓 THU 14 Jan 2021.⏰ 9:30-10:30 AM EST. Register here 👉
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‼️Guess whose bday is coming up in 2⃣ weeks—& what's @ the TOP of her wishlist?🎉. Our 🌏 Advocate @KristenBell is matching ALL donations 2 @wphfund in her name up 2 100k till her 🎂 on July 18!. Donate 2 double your 💰 4 local women's orgs: @everydotorg
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