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Permalink Reply by Fernanda P. Amaral on March 4, 2010 at 8:07pm

Thank you so much Meghan! This is very important and necessary!

Wish you best!

Fer

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Permalink Reply by Diana Kutlow on March 4, 2010 at 8:49pm

Meghan,
Thank you for the Resouce Guide on Funding for Women and Girls' Organizations. Here at the Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice at the University of San Diego we are seeking ongoing funding for our nine-year old Women PeaceMakers program and we also try to pass along funding possibilities to the over 30 women from as many different countries who have been in the Women PeaceMakers program and need funding for their own organizations and work in their countries.

Kent Dove, recently retired development officer for Indiana University, visited the University of San Diego yesterday and spoke with us about university fundraising. The one question I asked was whether women give differently than men and whether individual women are going to become a much larger part of the fundraising puzzle in the near future. What do you think?
Diana

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Permalink Reply by Meghan Arakelian on March 5, 2010 at 7:20pm

Thank you Diana,

I hope this resource guide will be helpful for the Women PeaceMakers and perhaps also aid with prospect research for the program at the University of San Diego.

Women funders are increasing playing an important role in philanthropy, as their earning power has grown and they generate their own wealth. In fact, high net worth individuals in the US are increasingly female, creating a huge potential for women’s philanthropy in the near future. There are studies which indicate that women give differently than men and have different motivations for giving. One important way that women give differently is by emphasizing collaboration through giving circles of fellow women philanthropists and through increasing donor involvement with their beneficiary organization.

While individual women donors are important, it is also key to focus on the support provided by foundations and governments as they too are providing substantial funds to organizations benefiting women and girls.

Meghan

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Permalink Reply by Catherine Akurut on March 5, 2010 at 12:40am

Hi there,

Thank you for this post, am loving this.

Good day,

Kathey

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Permalink Reply by Abdul-Mumin Yussif on March 5, 2010 at 1:21am

Thanks so much for this great information

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Permalink Reply by godfrey canwat on March 5, 2010 at 8:42am

Dear Meghan,

Greetings,

Just want to say thankyou so much for this information as it will really help us as Community Based Organisations (CBO) here in Northern Uganda that works with and for women to get access to such resources more especially at the moment when people are leaving the internally displaced camps (IDPs) where women, girls and children have been hard hit by the 2 and half decade of civil war.

God bless you
Godfrey

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Permalink Reply by Isioma Kemakolam on March 5, 2010 at 6:28pm

Thannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnk youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu so very much Meghan for this invalueable resource guide.

Please keep it up!

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Permalink Reply by Pastor Samuel Muderhwa M on March 5, 2010 at 7:01pm

thanks for this wonderful works we do need the program in our area

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Permalink Reply by Diko' Sebit on March 15, 2010 at 4:23pm

Women and girls in particular require more fund for their needs are domestic, they also suffers and happened to be victims of all kind of violence, where there is peace or war. I thank the person behind this project.

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Permalink Reply by Mungure Solomon on March 24, 2010 at 10:10am

Meghan
We have just registererd an oragnisation that will seek to resolve community based conflict In Zimbabwe and have several gender-specific themes. Your resource guide has really helped us to shape our way forward. This is great networking for the good of peace. The Zimbabawe Community Conflict Resolution Agenda (ZIMCCRA) really appreciates your assistance

Solomon Mungure

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Permalink Reply by clement adero on March 27, 2010 at 8:45pm

this is a worth cause especially for rural african woman.It would be great if many got a chance to access. Our kenyan rural folks have had many years of neglect.I will share with some to know their is a way out

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