Pluriverse: Weaving constellations of feminist organising
with Frida | The Young Feminist Fund
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Visualising a feminist pluriverse
Crafting multiple parallel universes that celebrate diversity, foster knowledge exchange, and create space for different perspectives.
What we set out to do
As a young feminist fund, FRIDA provides young feminist organizers, who are not afraid to disrupt the status quo, with the resources they need to amplify their voices and bring attention to the social justice issues they care about.
In 2010, FRIDA became the first donor to exclusively support young feminist groups and organisations (YFOs) around the world. Almost a decade later, with the Young Feminist Pluriverse narrative report, they reflect and understand how their grantee partners have evolved accompanied by FRIDA’s continuous support.
Can Urgent Action Funds Bridge the Gap in Rapid Response Funding?
It explores in greater depth the way continuous, flexible financial and non-financial support influences the strength and evolution of young feminist organisations and groups (YFOs). This research also inquires into how FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund’s (FRIDA) accompaniment enables YFOs to create positive impacts with and within their communities.
Based on FRIDA’s theory of change, the research aims to illustrate the way continuous funding and support enable YFOs to create change under four areas:
- One, Changing individual or community attitudes, practices or consciousness.
- Two, Increasing access to resources and opportunities.
- Three, Changing norms, culture and exclusionary practice.
- Four, Changing laws or policies.
'Pluriverse' is a world where many worlds fit—a world in which diverse hopes can be sown, multiple opportunities can be cultivated, and a plurality of meaningful lives can be achieved.
With this metaphor in mind, we created illustrations for two reports and a mini website.
The approach is to reach for the stars—visually build many parallel universes that celebrate, support knowledge exchange and hold space for different worlds. Bright colours of harmony were weaved together to honour the voices of the girl, young women, trans and intersex-led groups.
HELPING HAND, GEORGIA
REFLEXIÓN ACCIÓN FEMINISTA (RAF) (MÉRIDA, MEXICO)
Time and again, water has displayed its sheer power, abundance, and adaptability to humans. We seek a lot of inspiration from the kind of metaphorical meaning water holds for feminist movements and Frida Fund’s funding ecosystem.
Its rich metaphysical existence is an example of what perseverance, resilience and flexibility really look like in practice, key characteristics we have witnessed in young feminist movements. May water heal you.
Deep dive into the waters of FRIDA’s 2021 Annual Report here!
