The Channel Foundation is a private foundation that promotes leadership in women’s human rights around the globe. Channel’s mission is to fund and create opportunities for groups working in many regions of the world to ensure that women’s human rights are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
Women and girls shall have full access to the information, resources, training, and employment opportunities they need in order to overcome social, legal and economic barriers, to participate in decision making, and to claim their human rights.
Focus Areas
- Ensuring Women’s Participation in Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
- Advancing Indigenous Women’s Rights and Leadership
- Securing Reproductive Rights/Justice
- Overcoming Legal Inequality (Including Inheritance and Resource Rights)
- Ending Violence Against Women and Protecting Women Human Rights Defenders
- Promoting Media Reform and Gender Equality
- Women’s Leadership and Human Rights Institute.
Strategic Goals
- Participate in international, regional, and national networks of women’s human rights activists and funders to make informed, collaborative, and strategic funding decisions.
- Promote exchange between Global South activists, educators and community leaders.
- Increase support for global women’s human rights in the U.S. to encourage a connected and engaged citizenry and a stronger global movement.
- Ensure inclusion of women from historically marginalized communities on staff, board, and advisory networks of groups we support.
How to Apply?
Since 2006, Channel has sought to identify and provide grants to organizations or projects that specifically champion women’s rights.
The Channel Foundation does not accept unsolicited proposals. New proposals are considered by invitation only.
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