The hive is on the move in Europe this week 🐝 📍Oct 22–23 | Paris: 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies 📍Oct 24–26 | Lucerne: Gender Equality Conference "Advancing Feminist Political Leadership and Securing Peace"
Spotlighting women’s political power across the Global South.
✨ As we commemorate the African Charter’s entry into force, we reaffirm our mission: supporting women in politics, especially from marginalized backgrounds, who champion #democracy and #humanrights. Promoting human rights includes women’s rights to participate in politics.
She also calls for: • Intersectional alliances to dismantle discrimination • Women’s political leadership & participation • Sustainability—and hope for the future
En este episodio, Epsy comparte su historia, su lucha contra el racismo sistémico, los desafíos que ha enfrentado y su visión de sociedades más diversas e inclusivas en América Latina y el Caribe.
🎙️🐝 Epsy Campbell fue la primera mujer afrodescendiente en ocupar la Vicepresidencia de un país en el continente americano (Costa Rica, 2018–2022). Desde entonces, ha liderado esfuerzos para articular redes de mujeres afro en la política y forma parte del Comité Directivo de #ColmenaFund.
This is the third content in our month-long campaign, based on "The 2024 Super Election Year for Women in Politics", a report commissioned by the #ColmenaFund and authored by Saskia Brechenmacher.
➡️ Where barriers persist ➡️ Where bright spots emerged —like countries that elected their first women presidents ➡️ Where more women are serving in office than ever before
Global averages show little progress. ⚠️ No big gains in representation. But the story is not only about stagnation: it’s also about resilience and breakthroughs.
From organizing under Apartheid to serving as South Africa’s Deputy President and leading UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has never stopped pushing for democracy and gender equality.
Don't miss “The High Cost of Defunding Women’s Organizations”, where Colmena Fund’s ED Suyen Barahona argues for support so these movements can keep defending freedoms and holding power to account.
"Democracy cannot survive without feminist leadership. To protect rights and freedoms worldwide, the international community must invest in women’s movements with sustained, strategic support, before it’s too late": Suyen Barahona, Executive Director at #ColmenaFund.
🐝 Looking back at #CGI2025, the work ahead is clear: USD $9M, 2 years, 50+ orgs, 4 regions— fueling women’s political leadership on #TFGBV, climate leadership, and fragile/conflict contexts.
✨ We also celebrated the participation of Gui Mohallem from @votelgbt.org, in the Leaders Stage session, “Fueling LGBTQ+ Equality in a Time of Global Backlash.”
Grateful to meet partners and allies to reimagine democracy together 🌎🌍🌏 .
Still processing everything we experienced at #CGI2025 🤩
Our Commitment to Action video was featured at the Leaders Stage session, “Invest in Women, Invest in Democracy,” where we shared how Colmena Fund accelerates women’s political power across the Global South.
Colmena Fund's ED Suyen Barahona co-facilitated with Bru Pereira @votelgbt.org the roundtable “Resist, Persist and Reimagine: Accelerating Diverse Women & Young People’s Political Power” focused on effective strategies to build inclusive political pipelines in decision-making.
Honored to work with Hussam Erhayel and Rebekah Ison (Better Politics Foundation), Pavel Kounchev (Fine Acts), Andrés Sáenz (L-Hub), James Weinberg (University of Sheffield) and Nada Zohdy (@obamafoundation.bsky.social) in “Re-Imagining Democracy & Public Sector Leadership” at #AthensDemocracyForum.
Oct 1 | “Resist, Persist, and Reimagine: Accelerating Diverse Women & Young People’s Political Power”, co-hosted by Suyen Barahona (#ColmenaFund) and Bru Pereira (@votelgbt.org).
