Introduction: Welcome to the Walking the Talk Consortium's call for papers for the "Funding for Feminist Futures" conference. We are pleased to invite (aspiring) feminist researchers, feminist academics and feminist groups and movements from civil society - especially from the majority world - to submit research proposals that will shape our forum planned for late spring 2025 in Spain.
Your Mission: If you're passionate about strengthening and funding alternative feminist futures, this call is for you! Join us in mobilising the power, knowledge and networks of feminists dedicated to creating and funding alternative futures.
Overview: At the beginning of July 2025, Spain will host the fourth international conference on Financing for Development, supported by the United Nations. This high-level event aims to transform the global financial architecture to address the challenges of financing development in the midst of geopolitical uncertainty, rising inequality and growing poverty. Financing for Feminist Futures aims to bridge gaps by mobilising feminist power, knowledge and networks to create and finance alternative futures.
Our objectives:
- Launch the publication of a Common Financial Framework outlining the resources needed to achieve gender equality objectives and priorities, focussing on funding feminist movements in the majority world.
- Solidifying and growing the feminist ecosystem, involving civil society organisations, universities, think tanks, women's funds and grassroots groups.
- Share and amplify research results, experiences, tools and opportunities to improve gender transformative financing with leaders and decision-makers.
Your profile: We invite researchers, academics and civil society groups to submit collaborative research proposals focused on the defence of rights. Submissions should address possible solutions within one of the four lines of research described below.
Research trails:
- Show us the (public) money:
- Explore public funding, including Official Development Assistance (ODA), taxation, gender bonds, climate finance and other public financial flows. Investigate alternative flows of public money to support feminist organisations and movements.
- Show us the (private) money:
- Examine the role of private sector philanthropy in funding gender equality and feminist movements. Address the ethical dilemmas and sustainability of private sector funding for feminist objectives.
- It's time to change (or break?) the rules:
- Focus on transformative approaches to tackling global inequalities and crises. Research new concepts and ideas such as the Purple Economy, the care economy model and gender-sensitive taxation to reimagine our economic and financial systems.
- Changing history:
- Challenge traditional patriarchal structures in foreign policy and diplomacy. Advocate for transformative feminist foreign policies that prioritise gender equality, human rights and social justice, and develop inclusive and intersectional feminist narratives.
Selection criteria:
- Proposals should be concise, with a maximum of five pages, including budget, bibliography and references.
- Link the research to concrete requests or recommendations for the defence of rights with a tangible impact on the target audience.
- Engage with civil society groups when relevant.
- Encourage applications from feminist civil society groups and movements in the majority world, as well as from young researchers.
- Demonstrate commitment to the principles of feminist research and innovative thinking.
- Researchers can take part in several projects, but can only lead one.
Timeline:
- 4 June: Launch of the Call for Papers
- 13 June: Q&A session
- 30 June: last day for submitting proposals
- 15 July: Notification of selection results and feedback
- 31 July: Revised article sent and hired
- 1st August: start of research
- 28 February 2025: Deadline for final submission of research paper
Financing:
- The budget per research project is up to 25,000 euros.
- We prioritise projects from the majority world and guarantee diversity of age, ethnicity, language, gender and region.
- The best research will win an invitation to the Financing Feminist Futures conference.
How to apply: Send your proposals in English, French or Spanish (maximum five pages plus CV). Include the justification, the main learning questions, the stakeholders, the research methods, the proposed results, the timeline and the requested budget. Apply by 30 June 2024. Send questions to walkingthetalk@centreforffp.org .
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