Growing Against All Odds: Mapping funding for intersectional organizing in the CEECCNA regions

Abstract

Growing Against All Odds: Mapping Funding for Intersectional Organizing in the CEECCNA Regions is the first-ever comprehensive analysis of funding for intersectional organising across the diverse regions of Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central and North Asia (CEECCNA).This research is driven by the need to spotlight lived experiences and political agendas of regional social justice movements, whose efforts are critical yet often overlooked and underfunded. At the same time, it is not only about funding in that geography — though worthy of study in its own right. The findings also point to the challenges and possibilities of driving funding to movements around the world that are operating amidst crisis, restricted civic space and attacks on democratic institutions. Funders committed to social justice and human rights around the world can take lessons from the CEECCNA regions, which stand out as a roadmap of right-wing tactics and, at the same time, a case of longstanding organised resistance