Numun Fund

Dear community. As we take a break to prepare for the upcoming year, we invite you to read our co-lead and co-founder, Jac sm Kee, closing remarks at the 15th AWID Forum https://lnkd.in/gvbmncBK and we would like to share with you some of Numun’s work and engagement in 2024 https://lnkd.in/gvGB82wU In deep appreciation and solidarity, Numun Fund team

Hiring timeline update: Programmes Weaver aka Programmes Senior Coordinator Thanks much to everyone who shared our job call and to all who applied! We are thrilled to have received a much larger response than expected. Because of this, we’ve had to adjust our timeline a bit. We’ll be notifying all shortlisted candidates via email by the end of January 2025. We’ve also updated the timeline in the job call, so feel free to have a look at the "Selection Process" section at the bottom of this page https://lnkd.in/e6ahX3Xp Thanks for being an ally on our journey to support feminist tech organising. We’ll be in touch in 2025.

A few weeks ago we held the 2nd edition of Trueque, a space for peer exchange and learning between feminist and women’s funds and activists they support on how technology is impacting on their communities and work. We were happy to be joined by Hawa Feminist Coalition from Somalia, one of the nodes of organisers we support, along with more than 50 participants across the world.

If you are attending the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) #AWIDForum and require psychological & digital fist aid VitaActivaOrg is offering remote support through mobile phone at any time during the conference. Come to the Feminist Tech Gardens at room MR115 for a connection point. Vita Activa is a helpline for women and LGBTIQ+ people, journalists, activists and human rights defenders who face online gender-based violence, stress, anxiety, chronic fatigue, trauma and pain. Ther services are in Spanish and English are free, confidential and anonymous.

#AWIDForum2024 is here! today at "Moving Money, Building Movements" meeting we spoke about the risk communities face in big tech platforms: "Controlling our ability to communicate is controlling civil society organising" We need to invest in #FeministTech development. ✊🏾🔥

📍✨ We are excited to join HRFN members at #AWIDForum2024 next week! Check out the list of sessions led by HRFN members and partners! 🐚 Make sure to visit the #FeministTechGardens, co-hosted by the Association for Progressive Communications (APC), Numun Fund, and Whose Knowledge?, held on Level 1, and the Rest and Resist Nest placing #CareAtTheCenter held in Rooms 116 and 111A, co-hosted by Urgent Action Fund Latin America and the Caribbean  Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism  Urgent Action Fund, Asia & Pacific  Urgent Action Fund-Africa ➡ HRFN will set up an AWID Forum debrief for members after the forum. You can sign up for it and see the list of sessions here: https://bit.ly/4189u2l

Are you attending the Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) Forum? Join us in shaping the narrative around technology-facilitated gender-based violence in how it affects women, LGBTQI+ persons, and our capacity to use technology. https://lnkd.in/dQhn8mDu Tech-facilitated gender-based violence is part of the continuum of offline-online gender-based violence. It is a pervasive violation of human rights and a “manifestation of historically unequal power relations." Read more: https://lnkd.in/dQhn8mDu #genderviolenceonline #awidforum2024 #RisingTogether With Whose Knowledge?, Numun Fund.

Rising Together! -the 15th edition of the AWID International Forum- is about to start, from December 2 to 5 in Bangkok. In today’s world feminist tech is a key part of our movements, that is why Numun Fund, APC and Whose Knowledge are co-hosting the "Feminist Tech Gardens", two open spaces in the Forum to connect with activists and reclaim tech with hope and resistance. Check out some of the activities led by Numun Fund partners at the gardens, and read the full information in this link https://lnkd.in/dVy-J_Bv

On the #16DaysOfActivism to #EndGBV help us research the funding gaps & the needs of the movements working to address Online or Tech-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence. Read more about our research https://lnkd.in/ewV7RiM5 and access the survey https://lnkd.in/gRQ4BHCk 🤓

After the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, the Urgent Action Sister Funds committed to work together to support women and nonbinary activists in the region. Learn more about our collective response and the challenges and benefits of collaboration when it comes to rapid response efforts. https://lnkd.in/ek_5DST6