What happens when diverse women lead? 🌎🌍🌏
We asked our partners and allies, and their responses speak volumes about transformation, equity, hope, liberation, and peace.🔥🐝
Watch the full reel and share your response in the comments!
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🐝 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.
Help us spread the word!
#ColmenaFund #ColmenaForChange #WomenInPolitics
🎙️Why is it so critical to increase women's participation in formal politics? And what challenges do organizations face in supporting their leadership?
🎬Hear directly from diverse women political leaders—and partners—across the Global South.
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Swipe through her insights on:
🔹 Decentralizing power from West to Global South
🔹 Why women in conflict zones must shape political futures
🔹 Building participatory systems for the majority
🎧Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/341P...
#WomenInPolitics #Syria #ColmenaFund #ColmenaForChange
🎙️ @votelgbt.org on #ResistPersistReimagine, a podcast series by the #ColmenaFund.
#LGBTQPolitics #Brazil #ColmenaForChange
📢 Brazil now has more trans congresswomen than any other country.
Gui Mohallem of @votelgbt.org shares the numbers—and the movement behind them—in our latest episode.
🎧 Episode 10 of #ResistPersistReimagine: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DbVHXFSy5YhBJx9CbvaVO
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We’re grateful for the possibility to share the solidarity, strategies, and joint vision that emerged. It was an honor to stand alongside feminist political leaders from across the continent to reimagine power and drive systemic transformation.
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Episode 10 launching soon!
On August 4, Gui Mohallem of @votelgbt.org joins us for a conversation about queer leadership, political power, and collective transformation in #Brazil.
🎧 Full episode on Monday
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🌈 “Queer people are everywhere.”
In our next episode of #ResistPersistReimagine, Gui Mohallem of @votelgbt.org shares how queer excellence—shaped by survival and resistance—offers a roadmap for collective transformation.
🎬 Trailer out now
🎧 Drops August 4
#LGBTQ #ColmenaFund #ColmenaForChange
We’re honored to co-host a powerful session at the 6th African Philanthropy Conference on feminist & political leadership in Africa.
🗓️ July 30 | 📍American University of Cairo, #Egypt
🐝Join the conversation to reimagine power & push for systemic change.
#6APC #AfPhilConf2025 #colmenaforchange
Now live: Ep. 9 of #ResistPersistReimagine
Bonnita Nyamwire from @pollicy.bsky.social shares how tech-facilitated violence is shaping (and limiting) women’s political leadership open.spotify.com/episode/4pSzZCFke2WE8Mre...
#TFGBV #ColmenaFund #ColmenaForChange
🎙️ New episode now live!
@hibaaq.bsky.social of @el-karama.bsky.social reminds us: “Democracy without women is hypocrisy”.
🎧Listen to Ep. 8 of #ResistPersistReimagine: open.spotify.com/episode/6YKXONxbeszsuq03...
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🐝 Connect with us, share and subscribe: open.spotify.com/show/50igslt...
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Authoritarian regimes use violence against women as a strategy to control entire societies.
In Ep. 8 of #ResistPersistReimagine, @hibaaq.bsky.social of @el-karama.bsky.social shares why resisting gender-based violence is key to reclaiming democracy.
🎧 Drops July 21!
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🎧 Listen to the full story on Resist, Persist and Reimagine, a podcast by #ColmenaFund featuring feminist leaders across the Global South.
open.spotify.com/episode/3bQK...
Follow us for more voices reshaping political power.
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🎧 Want more? Listen to the full episode now: open.spotify.com/episode/7Bo1...
🐝 Join the #ColmenaHive to amplify feminist political power across the Global South.
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#ColmenaFund #FeministLeadership #WomenInPolitics #ResistPersistReimagine #ColmenaForChange
🎧 Episode 3 is out now!
Epsy Campbell, former VP of Costa Rica and Steering Committee member at #ColmenaFund, speaks about hope. She reminds us that in times of crisis, choosing hope is how we defend democracy.
🎙️ Now live: open.spotify.com/episode/6AfH...
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🚨 Now streaming: Episode 2 of Resist, Persist and Reimagine
We’re honored to speak with Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Steering Committee member at #ColmenaFund, former UN Women Executive Director and former Deputy President of #SouthAfrica.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/7hIz...
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🎧 Listen now to Episode 1 of our new podcast series #ResistPersistReimagine. open.spotify.com/episode/13N4...
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Full episode streaming now! open.spotify.com/episode/13N4...
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Opening remarks by:
— Suyen Barahona, Founding Director of #ColmenaFund
— Cristina Gallach, Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, @gwlvoices.bsky.social
— Ana María Alonso Giganto, Ambassador at Large for Spain’s Feminist Foreign Policy
#WomenInPolitics #ColmenaForChange
🐝 Launching June 2!
*Resist, Persist and Reimagine* is a new #podcast that puts the spotlight on diverse women leaders from the Global South who are transforming politics through feminist collective power.
🎧 Stay tuned.
#ColmenaFund #ColmenaForChange
🎙️ Something powerful is coming…
*Resist, Persist and Reimagine* is a new #podcast amplifying the voices of women across the Global South who are transforming politics, defying authoritarianism, and building collective power 🐝.
🟡 Launching June 2!
#ColmenaForChange #WomenInPolitics
It’s about justice, safety, and the power to shape policy that works for all.
🐝 Join our #ColmenaHive to support inclusive, feminist political leadership!
#ColmenaForChange #WomenInPolitics #LGBTQRepresentation #LGBTQPolitics #IDAHOBIT2025
📢 We are proud to present our first inaugural round of grantees with projects advancing women’s political power who are championing #humanrights and #democracy in the #GlobalSouth 🌎🌍🌏.
#ColmenaForChange
Will you be at the Skoll World Forum this year? We’d love to meet you!
🐝 Connect with our #ColmenaHive and join us in advancing women’s political participation—especially for those from marginalized communities in the Global South.
#SkollWF #ColmenaForChange #ColmenaFund #WomenInPolitics
"Our project with #ColmenaFund is about advancing women's political leadership by tackling online violence and creating safe, empowering spaces for them." 👩🏽💻✨
🎙Learn more about the importance of this initiative from Varaidzo Magodo-Matimba, Program Manager at @pollicy.bsky.social.
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Photos 14-20: A closed invitation gathering with partners, allies, and donors.
🌍🔥 Thank you to all who joined us in shaping a more just and representative democracy!
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🎙️ Speakers at our flagship event "Resist, persist and reimagine: The future of democracy exists in accelerating women's and feminists political power", carried out on the sidelines of #CSW69.
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🔹 Identify concrete actions to sustain progress and resist backlash against women’s political leadership.
Stay tuned for updates from #CSW69!
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