Sarah Green’s Post

Below are just some of the sessions me and my colleagues at American Jewish World Service (AJWS) are convening, along with our amazing collaborators, at the Human Rights Funders Network (HRFN) festival in Tbilisi, Georgia next week! I'm excited for the one I'm putting together with Sandra Macías del Villar, Sachini Perera and Nino Ugrekhelidze on getting more and better funding to young feminist activists. If you're in town, I hope you'll join us!

Less than a week away! Please see our speaker line-up below, and register here: https://bit.ly/CEFMUlaw Moderated by: Eugenia López Uribe, International Planned Parenthood Federation Speakers: Madhu Mehra, Partners for Law in Development Sara Martinez, Balance Mexico Alpha Kimweri, MEDEA Africa Surbhi Kumar, The YP Foundation With Meg Greene of Greeneworks and Aarushi Mahajan of CREA Discussant: Jose-Roberto Luna, Global Lead on Ending Child Marriage, UNFPA

Join the CEFMU and Sexuality Working Group for our next webinar on April 17 at 8:30am ET! What does the evidence on minimum age of marriage laws mean for advocacy on child, early and forced marriage and unions (CEFMU)? Join us to discuss how we can collectively shape an updated CEFMU global advocacy agenda that puts girls’ rights, agency, and opportunities at the center. Interpretation will be provided in English, Hindi, French, and Spanish. Register here! https://bit.ly/CEFMUlaw Eugenia López Uribe Partners for Law in Development American Jewish World Service (AJWS)The YP Foundation International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Equimundo: Center for Masculinities and Social Justice GreeneWorks Girls Not Brides: The Global Partnership to End Child Marriage Global Fund for Women Aahung AmplifyChange EngenderHealth Girls First Fund International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) Nirantar Trust - A Centre for Gender and Education Population Council Save the Children International Plan International Fòs Feminista

Don't forget to register and join us Tuesday Feb 20! Register here! https://bit.ly/3SwdYtB

"When funders are clear-eyed about their roles as resource stewards rather than agenda setters, they act in right relationship—that is, with attentiveness and responsiveness to the needs of others—with narrative practitioners." Appreciate this and other insights from Mandy Van Deven and Jody Myrum's new piece on how to fund #narrative ecosystems. Check it out below!

How can #philanthropy work better to support young #feminist leaders? Join us online on February 20 to find out! https://bit.ly/3SwdYtB At Women Deliver, we heard from 5 young feminist leaders about what funding practices support their activism and social change work, and what practices get in the way. As funders, how can we do better? We're reprising the panel online so you can find out -- and add your thoughts to the discussion! Register here to see time and speakers: https://bit.ly/3SwdYtB If you can't join us, register anyway so we can send you the recording and other materials! English, Spanish and French translation provided.

Our friends at the Global Philanthropy Project are hiring a Director of Development and Advancement. Remote; salary range $110,000-$125,000 USD; deadline Feb 5. Details at link below.

I really appreciate this piece in Gender and Development by Boikanyo Modungwa and her co-authors on the need for #feminist , #decolonized approaches to #learning and #evaluation in #philanthropy. It very much aligns with American Jewish World Service (AJWS)'s approach to: 1) funding grassroots-led, feminist research methodologies and 2) our advocacy calls to donors to follow grantees' lead on what success looks like and how it might be measured. Rigid, uniform metrics detached from local realities are meaningless and unnecessarily burdensome. Let's bring open and learning-oriented mindsets to our work in 2024 - I suggest starting by reading this paper! (Written in a wonderful conversational format.)

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Immigrant Rights Program Officer position at the Ford Foundation. Based in NY with a $165,000-$185,000 starting salary. Details at link below.