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Global: WPHF Launches New Global Funding Appeal Supporting Women’s Organizations Leading Local Responses to Climate Change

(Dubai) — The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) announced at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) the launch of its latest funding appeal to mobilize urgently-needed…

Global: New WPHF Study Highlights Central Role of Local Women’s Organizations in Conflict Prevention, Provides Key Recommendations to Scale Up Support for their Impact on the Front Lines

(New York) — The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) announced today the launch of a new study on women’s transformational roles in local conflict prevention, drawing on…

United Nations: Invest-In-Women Global Summit Mobilizes Millions, Ushers in New Milestone for Local Women’s Organizations on the Front Lines

(New York) – Government, private sector and civil society leaders convened at the Invest-In-Women Global Summit at UN Headquarters last week to announce new financing for local women’s civil society…

Global: Call for Interest for New Civil Society Members, Join the WPHF Board

Civil society members of the Funding Board of the United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) are seeking two international or regional civil society organizations to join its Board…

Global: WPHF Launches New Funding Appeal to Support Women’s Civil Society, Respond to Escalating Crisis and Humanitarian Needs in Palestine

(New York) — The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) announced today the launch of its latest emergency funding appeal to mobilize urgently-needed financing for local women’s organizations responding…

Global: WPHF Launches Urgent Funding Appeal to Support Women’s Civil Society, Respond to Floods and Devastation in Libya

(New York) — The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) announced today the launch of its latest emergency funding appeal to rapidly mobilize urgently-needed financing for local women’s organizations…

“Portraits of Strength and Resilience”: Inaugural Gala by United Nations Women’s Peace & Humanitarian Fund to Honor Trailblazing Women Leaders on the Front Lines

(Los Angeles, California) – The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) is proud to announce its inaugural black-tie gala, “Portraits of Strength and Resilience,” to be held on…

Global: WPHF Launches First Ever Global Funding Appeal Supporting Women Working at the Forefront of the Fight against Famine

(Nairobi) — The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) announced at the Women and Girls Leading Against Hunger event the launch of its latest funding appeal to mobilize urgently-needed financing…

Global: Women Peace & Humanitarian Activists Convene in Berlin to Define Key Priorities, Call on World to Invest in their Work on the Front Lines

(Berlin) – 87 local women peacebuilders, humanitarian responders and human rights defenders convened in Berlin this week at the world’s second Global Women’s Forum for Peace and Humanitarian Action (GWF2023). Organized by…

Global: UN Financing Mechanism Launches Rapid New Funding Appeal for Women’s Civil Society in Sudan

(Geneva) — The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) announced the launch of its latest emergency funding appeal to mobilize urgently-needed financing for local women’s organizations leading the…