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The foundation of gender equity work in India is rooted in the early 19th century, with reformers and teachers like Savitribai Phule leading the way from lived experience.
The foundation of gender equity work in India is rooted in the early 19th century, with reformers and teachers like Savitribai Phule leading the way from lived experience.
The foundation of gender equity work in India is rooted in the early 19th century, with reformers and teachers like Savitribai Phule leading the way from lived experience.

If you want to make a woman happy, give her freedom and education 

जर तुम्हाला स्त्रीला सुखी करायचे असेल, तर ततला स्त्वातंत्र्य आणि शिक्षि द्या.

Savitribai Phule,
India's first female teacher

Built from movements that didn't wait to be funded, it has been resourced by the many grassroots organizers, practitioners, and scholars who have contributed to the knowledge and practice.
Built from movements that didn't wait to be funded, it has been resourced by the many grassroots organizers, practitioners, and scholars who have contributed to the knowledge and practice.
Built from movements that didn't wait to be funded, it has been resourced by the many grassroots organizers, practitioners, and scholars who have contributed to the knowledge and practice.

Together, they have built a rich and evolving understanding of how gender inequality is produced and what it takes to address it.

Together, they have built a rich and evolving understanding of how gender inequality is produced and what it takes to address it.

understanding the present requires examining the history

Along with grassroots movement, the work on gender equality has also been shaped by state policy, development priorities, philanthropic trends, and shifting global patterns.

Examining the historical, political, and institutional forces that have shaped how gender equity has been conceptualized and resourced over time, helps understand the present landscape.

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Gender operates across overlapping systems, institutional structures, and lived experiences. This makes funding for gender equity inherently multidimensional. Gender equity funding cannot be understood through a single sector, issue area, or funding category.

Gender operates across overlapping systems, institutional structures, and lived experiences. This makes funding for gender equity inherently multidimensional. Gender equity funding cannot be understood through a single sector, issue area, or funding category.

The Legend provides a framework for interpreting the ecosystem beyond aggregate funding numbers alone. It offers the grounding necessary to understand how funding is distributed, which forms of work become more visible and fundable, and where structural gaps continue to persist.
The Legend provides a framework for interpreting the ecosystem beyond aggregate funding numbers alone. It offers the grounding necessary to understand how funding is distributed, which forms of work become more visible and fundable, and where structural gaps continue to persist.
The Legend provides a framework for interpreting the ecosystem beyond aggregate funding numbers alone. It offers the grounding necessary to understand how funding is distributed, which forms of work become more visible and fundable, and where structural gaps continue to persist.

Analytical Dimensions of Gender Equity Funding

Analytical Dimensions of Gender Equity Funding

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thematic adjacencies

Where inequality is explicit and structurally embedded 

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thematic adjacencies

Where inequality is explicit and structurally embedded 

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thematic adjacencies

Where inequality is explicit and structurally embedded 

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Intersectoral Lens 

Where inequality is produced through overlapping social, economic, environmental, and institutional forces

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Intersectoral Lens 

Where inequality is produced through overlapping social, economic, environmental, and institutional forces

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Intersectoral Lens 

Where inequality is produced through overlapping social, economic, environmental, and institutional forces

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Integration Continuum 

Where programs recognize, respond to, and seek to shift normative structures

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Integration Continuum 

Where programs recognize, respond to, and seek to shift normative structures

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Integration Continuum 

Where programs recognize, respond to, and seek to shift normative structures

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Intersectionality & Inclusion 

Where inequality is shaped by intersecting identities across caste, class, age, religion, disability, sexuality, ethnicity, and geography

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Intersectionality & Inclusion 

Where inequality is shaped by intersecting identities across caste, class, age, religion, disability, sexuality, ethnicity, and geography

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Intersectionality & Inclusion 

Where inequality is shaped by intersecting identities across caste, class, age, religion, disability, sexuality, ethnicity, and geography

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Funding Her Future: Advancing Philanthropy for Women and Girls in India 

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