Acknowledgments

We would like to express our deep gratitude to all of the individuals, activists, practitioners, funders and their institutions who gave their love and energy, leveraged their relationships, moved their institutions, moved tangible money, took collective risks, and showed up for girls and young feminists over the last five years.

As an activist from the Global South, I have rarely felt truly seen or safe in international feminist spaces—but in the Purposeful community, I felt fully heard, embraced, and respected.”

– Fatima Aitouknik, GRF Advisor

Thank you to the current and former team of Global Resilience Fund and Purposeful who have relentlessly supported the collective work in the last five years and without whom none of this would be possible:

Ariane Cor, Aya Al Taher, Boikanyo Modungwa, Bissan Ramadan, Dani Prisacariu, Erin Barnes, Emma Mulhern, Isha Conteh, Mariana Gonzalez, Amanda Tiew, Jody Myrum, Laura Vergara, Liesel Bakker, Salma Sakr, Sandie Hanna, Perla Vasquez, Rosaline Tsekpuia, Annie Clarke, Pamela Mudhune, Damais Kyuu, Jugu Maureen Lawson, Dr Ramatu Bangura, Anisie Byukusenge, Maha An, Ruby Johnson and Rosa Bransky.

And to the advisors who helped set up the GRF in 2020 or collaborated in the last 5 years:

Ain Husniza Saiful Nizam, Aya Mohammed Abdelrahman Elzein, Amani Aruri, Ariane Cor, Abril Angélica Rodríguez Martínez, Betty Barkha, Benie Axella Kana, Dani Prisacariu, Daniela Alejandra Moisa, Ezki Kan, Emilia Massou, Esther Giron, Dunia, Farah Kassab, Fatima Aitouknik, Favour Chukwugolum Uzoma, Gabrielle Bailey, Gopika Bashi, Inobatkhon Sultanova, Janna Jihad Ibrahim, Jandi Craig, Juliana Román Lozano, Joy Hayley Munthali, Laura Sofía Leiva Vásquez, Lê Hoàng Phương Nhi, Marija Jakovljević, Maselina Luta, Mercy Otekra, Menuka Gurung, Melinda Anne Sharlini, Mariam Topchishvili, Monica, Mena Souilem, Saranzaya Gerelt-Od, Subina Pariyar, Fatmata Kamassie, Raya Sharbain, Romina Grigore, Ruby Haji Naif, Sharon Andersen, Sharanya Sekaram, Sharanya Sekaram, Subina Pariyar, Tara Ashour, Vivian Cuello Santana, Yasmin Bashir Alazaiza and Yeanie Ghaliwa Pabai

And to the current members of the Funder Stewarding Circle: Sandra Macías del Villar (Alliance for Feminist Movements) Katrin Wilde (Channel Foundation) Jac sm Kee (Numun), Celia Turner and Vinita Sahasranaman (UAF), Yeiri Robert (Madre) Rophiat Bello and Juliana Vélez (Foundation for a Just Society) and Ruth Graham-Goulder (UNICEF).

Writers and contributors: Clare Provost, Emma Mulhern, Erin Barnes, Georgia Booth, Liesel Bakker, Laura Vergara, Mariana Gonzalez, Melvina N’yillah Conton, Ruby Johnson and Salma Sakr.

Graphic design and artwork: Alike Creative

Copy editor: Kyle Woodend

And to the many funding partners who collaborated and resourced the efforts of the Global Resilience Fund in a multiplicity of ways over the course of the last five years:

Girls and young feminist are organising and taking enormous risks to challenge status quo and also address issues such as environmental justice, sexual and reproductive health rights, armed conflict, yet they are often overlooked and not taken seriously. We most join them.”

– Sandra Macías del Villar, Alliance for Feminist Movements

We are all living through ongoing crises—climate change, capitalism, and patriarchy—each demanding urgent attention. The only real remedy lies in re-imagining societal structures and embracing radical change, led by powerful feminist movements working at the forefront of community transformation.”

– Dunia, GRF Advisor

I think the thing with feminist responses is that we think so much about the dignity of the people. We really challenge that charity model that says people should be grateful for whatever they’re given.”

– Sharanya Sekaram, GRF Advisor