Our Partners

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Established in 1911 by Andrew Carnegie to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding. In keeping with this mandate, the Corporation’s work focuses on the issues that Andrew Carnegie considered of paramount importance: international peace, the advancement of education and knowledge, and the strength of our democracy. 

Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

The oldest political foundation in Germany with a rich tradition in social democracy. Its work focuses on the core ideas and values of social democracy – freedom, justice and solidarity. This connects FES to social democracy and free trade unions. FES promotes a free society, based on the values of solidarity; a lively and strong democracy; a welfare state that provides more education and improved healthcare; and a country that is responsible for peace and social progress in Europe and in the world.

Ford Foundation

An American private foundation with the mission of advancing human welfare. Created in 1936[6] by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford, it was originally funded by a USD25,000 gift from Edsel Ford. For years it was the largest, and one of the most influential foundations in the world, with global reach and special interests in economic empowerment, education, human rights, democracy, the creative arts, and Third World development.

Malala Fund

Inspired by Malala and Ziauddin’s activist roots, Malala Fund believes that local educators and advocates provide the greatest insight, innovation, and energy needed to address barriers that keep girls out of school in their communities.

Through their Education Champion Network, they invest in local activists’ work so they can scale their efforts and leverage their collective power to create broader change to make it easier for all girls to learn.

Open Society Foundations

The Open Society Foundations, founded by George Soros, are the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights. We provide thousands of grants every year through a network of national and regional foundations and offices, funding a vast array of projects—many of them now shaped by the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oxfam

Oxfam is a global movement of people who are fighting inequality to end poverty and injustice. Across regions, from the local to the global, they work with people to bring change that lasts.

Their work is grounded in the commitment to the universality of human rights. Driven by diversity and founding their asks in evidence and experience, they take sides against poverty and injustice everywhere. Feminist approaches guide all their analysis, action, and interaction.

UNESCO

UNESCO’s (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) mission since 1945 is to build peace through international cooperation as it is the only way to build bridges between nations. Therefore, as a laboratory of ideas, UNESCO seeks to offer a broad range of expertise in the fields of Education, the Sciences, and Culture.

Urgent Action Fund

Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights is a feminist fund that protects, strengthens, and sustains women and LGBT human rights defenders at critical moments. Urgent Action Fund partners with women’s movements worldwide to support women’s human rights defenders striving to create cultures of justice, equality, and peace.