The idea for The Rita Fund grew out of the report “Where is the Money for Women’s Rights” by the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID). The report analyzes the funding landscape for and the challenges facing women’s rights organizations.
The Rita Fund strives to respond to the “funding gap” detailed in AWID’s report, by creating a reliable, non-restrictive funding source for women’s funds operating worldwide.
Through long-term support, the leveraging of additional resources, and a staff devoted to finding creative and innovative solutions to the question of how to sustain women’s activists, the Rita Fund seeks to strengthen women’s rights activism globally.
We raise resources, invest responsibly, and grant strategically!
