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Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Leading from the South (LFS) is a feminist philanthropic fund and alliance conceptualised and managed by four leading women\u2019s funds: African Women\u2019s Development Fund (AWDF), Fondo de Mujeres del Sur (FMS), International Indigenous Women\u2019s Forum (FIMI) \/ AYNI Fund (AYNI), and Women\u2019s Fund Asia (WFA). LFS supports women\u2019s rights activism and lobbying efforts by women\u2019s organisations, movements and networks at the regional, national, and grassroots levels in the Global South. It is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

Under the umbrella of LFS, the four implementing funds:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Provide funding in the form of innovative and flexible grants to women\u2019s organisations
\nand change agents in the Global South.
\n\u2022 Invest in capacity building through technical and financial resourcing to strengthen
\ncapacities of change agents.
\n\u2022 Promote advocacy by supporting women\u2019s movements and networks in the Global
\nSouth.
\n\u2022 Contribute to build partnerships across strategic regional and global alliances, and
\nprovide critical spaces for South-South learning, and advancing the human rights of
\nwomen and girls.<\/p>\n

The core objective of the Leading from the South grants is to support organizations to scale up their strategies for political, social, and economic empowerment of women. LFS grants
\nlargely support women\u2019s rights work across these priority areas: climate change and environmental justice; leadership, voice-agency and women\u2019s political participation; violence
\nagainst women, and women\u2019s economic justice. Women\u2019s funds, organisations, groups, and movements have been at the forefront of advocacy on the human, economic, and social rights of women and girls for decades. There are currently 37 women\u2019s funds worldwide working under the umbrella of Prospera, the International Network of Women\u2019s Funds, to support grassroots-led efforts towards sustainable and inclusive social change in over 170 countries. Twenty-six of the funds are based in the Global South, including the four LFS member funds.
\nWomen\u2019s funds in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean play a crucial role in ensuring availability, diversification, and sustainability of
\nfunding for interventions committed to advancing the rights of women and girls. Women\u2019s funds in the Global South also serve as important allies and advocates for local change agents
\nand grassroots organisations working under oppressive systems and environments to advance human rights and social justice. Together, they strive against marginalisation, violence, and discrimination against women and girls in attaining and enjoying their civil, economic, cultural, social, and political human rights.<\/p>\n

Objectives of the Call
\nThe main objective is to produce two animated videos to visibilize the importance of Leading from the South and women\u2019s funds based in the Global South.
\nAlthough similar in their missions, each of the four women\u2019s funds has its own organisational structures, processes and strategies for communicating both internally and externally, and
\noperate within unique regional contexts. Furthermore, each of the four funds is already established in the national, regional, and global women\u2019s rights landscapes. Consequently,
\nLFS communications aims to capture the diverse voices and experiences at the local, national, and regional levels; as well as advocating for the shared vision of the full enjoyment of human rights by all women and girls, trans* and indigenous people in the Global South. This set of videos is promoted by the LFS Communication Working Group, integrated by staff of the four funds, as part of the activities planned for 2019 of the Joint Communication Strategy.<\/p>\n

This strategy includes three goals:<\/p>\n