ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This report was co-authored by Rachel Sittoni and Alex Martins, independent researchers commissioned by Peace Direct, and published in 2026.

We are deeply grateful to the following people for providing us with their insights and wisdom:

Rachel Smith (GlobalGiving)
Seema Kapoor (NEAR, formerly GlobalGiving)
Harriet Knox Brown (Peace Direct)
Charlotte Divin (Peace Direct)
Maaz Salih Idres (Peace Direct)
Greg Hilditch (Global Greengrants Fund UK)
Idrees Nour (Adeela)
Mariyum Areeb Amjad (HIVE Pakistan)
Francesca Alice (CIVICUS)
Cathryn Archibald (CIVICUS)
Mawethu Nkosana (CIVICUS)
Reylynne Dela Paz (CIVICUS)
Tais Siqueira (CIVICUS)
Carolina Vega (CIVICUS)
Jenny Hodgson (Global Fund for Community Foundations)
Eshban Kwesiga (Global Fund for Community Foundations)
Anita Kattakuzhy (NEAR)
Vanessa Herringshaw (ADD International)
Inez Hackenberg (ADD International)
Nana Zulu (African Women’s Development Fund [AWDF])
Anisha Chugh (Women’s Fund Asia)
Gabriela Toledo (Fondo Semillas)
Yo Winder (Oxfam)
Ashley Green-Thompson (ACT Ubumbano)
Oleksandra Brashovetska (FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund)
Chantelle de Nobrega (Mama Cash)
Saartje Baes (Mama Cash)
Gugo Siqueira (Rede Comuá)
Chhavi Doonga (Prospera)
Amany Alhadka (Prospera)
Kaltumi Abdulazeez (LEGASI)
Ahaisibwe Geofrey Mwaka (Rural Smiles Foundation)
Jasmine Kato-Naughton (Peace Direct)
Vidushi Yadav, Medhavini Yadav and Sachi Singh (Designers, Studio We are Stories)
Arabic, French, Spanish translations by NaTakallam

We would also like to thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands for their financial support.

This research was commissioned and guided by a panel of organisations:

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