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  • Lessons and Best practices from the Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy and Accountability (YW4A) initiative

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    This brief presents key lessons learned and best practices from the Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy, and Accountability (YW4A) programme across Egypt, Kenya, Palestine, and South Sudan. Drawing on experiences from women’s rights organisations, faith-based organisations, and young women leaders, it highlights practical and evidence-informed approaches that contributed to strengthening advocacy, leadership, gender equality, […]

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  • Strengthening Skills, Leadership, and Inclusion

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    Between 2021 and 2025, KIT and IFDC collaborated on two initiatives: the HortiNigeria programme in Nigeria and the A3SEED programme in South Sudan, supporting and strengthening the horticultural and seed sector in these respective countries. Although the programmes operated in different sectors and settings, both prioritised gender and youth inclusion as part of their strategies. […]

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  • YW4A Transformation Journeys

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    YW4A Transformation Journeys captures the stories of change from 23 partner organisations engaged in the Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy, and Accountability (YW4A) programme across Egypt, Kenya, Palestine, and South Sudan. Developed as part of the programme’s endline reflection process and facilitated by KIT Royal Tropical Institute, the booklet builds on the Advocacy and […]

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  • Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy and Accountability, Theory of Change mid-term Reflection brief (English, Arabic)

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    This mid-term reflection brief explores the Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy, and Accountability (YW4A) programme across Egypt, Kenya, Palestine, and South Sudan. It consolidates key insights from the internal Mid-Term Review and reflects on how the programme’s Theory of Change guides learning, collaboration, and action. The brief aims to inspire partners, women’s rights and […]

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  • Financial Inclusion for Strengthening Climate Resilience

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    In collaboration with Tecnológico de Monterrey, KIT Institute is implementing a project funded by the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, entitled “Financial Inclusion for Strengthening Climate Resilience: Exploring Adaptation Strategies and Supply Chain Impacts on Latin American Coffee Farmers.” As part of this project, KIT Institute conducted a comprehensive literature review to examine existing adaptation and mitigation strategies in agriculture, with a particular […]

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  • EmpowHER

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    Through tailored training and support, this programme aims to equip VSLAs to meet the criteria for formal financial institution approval, enabling farming households to access essential savings and loan services that could drive income growth and economic resilience.

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  • «Rien pour nous, sans nous»

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    Le programme Break Free! vise à donner aux adolescents et aux jeunes les moyens d’exercer leur droit à vivre sans grossesses précoces ni mariages d’enfants, avec le soutien de la société civile. Le renforcement du plaidoyer des jeunes sur les questions de santé sexuelle et reproductive constitue un élément important pour que les jeunes puissent […]

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  • Understanding the Income-Child Labour Nexus in Agricultural Commodity Sectors

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    Child labour remains widespread in agricultural commodities. In Sub-Saharan Africa, where much of the world’s cocoa, coffee and cashew is produced, the number of children in child labour rose from 70 million in 2016 to 87 million in 2024. At the same time, cocoa, coffee and cashew farming families from West and East Africa earn […]

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  • Resilience and Collaboration: Lessons from the Fenomenal Funds Initiative

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    Feminist movements globally are navigating complex and increasingly hostile environments. Civic space is shrinking, authoritarianism is rising, and resources for rights-based organising remain scarce and difficult to access, especially for those at the margins of mainstream funding ecosystems. Yet, at the same time, feminist movements continue to be at the forefront of innovation, resistance, and […]

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  • Strengthening Feminist Futures

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    Feminist movements around the world comprise diverse actors and stakeholders, ranging from global organizations to local grassroots groups. Within this vibrant ecosystem, women’s funds play a crucial role as feminist philanthropic organizations. Different from women’s organizations, the primary purpose of women’s funds is to mobilize resources rather than providing direct services and programmes. Women’s funds […]

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  • Increasing visibility and impact in the face of insecurity

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    This case study tells the story of the women’s fund Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises (FFC), a national feminist fund working across the Democratic Republic of Congo, with offices in Goma, Kalemie, and Kinshasa. A myriad of challenges hamper the fund’s field work and presence, including national and regional contexts of insecurity and violence, an […]

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  • Transformational institutional strengthening through collaborative learnings on financial resilience

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    This case study shares the story and effects of funding collaboration on the financial resilience of two women’s funds: Women’s Fund Tanzaniaand Women’s Fund Z (WFZ), who joined to form the Feminist Financial Resilience group. The two funds collaborated with the aim of enhancing their financial resilience through a holistic approach, which they define as […]

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