We understand the importance of investing in women’s organizations and women’s leadership roles and therefore will prioritize funding for feminist or women-led organizations. We assess whether supported initiatives are lifting women’s role in society and in the movement and empowering them through activities such as capacity building, leadership opportunities, rights education, and others. We assess the gender balance in organizations and whether a gender perspective is present in the workplace.

The NHRF understands that there are many diverse identities within our target groups that are marginalized and discriminated against. We understand that these identities are intersecting and lead to compounding forms of discrimination and oppression. We prioritize funding to projects and organizations led by marginalized and vulnerable individuals, groups, and communities. We assess the connection to and representation of the target community/ies in an organizational structure. We have also increased our attention to projects with an intergenerational approach as an additional lens to our assessment, i.e. if youth are leading and/or being engaged, educated, trained, and/or are generations working together for change.


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