Women’s Fund Asia is committed to supporting women and trans* people in enhancing and strengthening their access to human rights. It was established to address the resource scarcity for grassroots organizations in South Asia, transitioning to a broader mandate in 2018 to fund rights-based work across 18 countries in Asia. The core mandate revolves around supporting women, girls, trans, and intersex rights groups and activists in Asia by providing fiscal support and addressing the non-availability of resources for their rights work in the region.
The Strengthening Feminist Movements Programme by Women’s Fund Asia is aimed at supporting women, girls, trans, and intersex rights activists, groups, and networks that operate at the local, subnational, and national levels. This grant program emphasizes promoting feminist principles and a rights-based perspective, strengthening the leadership of women, girls, trans, and intersex people, particularly in developing second-line leadership, and encouraging networking and collaboration among various groups and activists across different levels.