2018 was a year of hard work for the ELAS Fund. Once again we reaffirmed our commitment to the cause of women and our mission to promote and strengthen women's Leadership by mobilizing and investing resources in their initiatives.
81 projects were developedselected from the calls for proposals we launched at the end of 2017. These are initiatives by women fighting to end violence, for women to be included in the exact sciences and technologies, for self-care, diversity and LGBT citizenship. Women from all regions of the country who are fighting for the rights of all of us with creative strategies in the most diverse territories.
Together, women are stronger and enhance their ability to transform their communities and the world. We promoted various dialogues and meetings that were spaces for exchanges and partnerships for the more than 300 leaders who were with us at these meetings in 2018:
- III ELAS Dialog in the Exact SciencesMarch 20th and 21st
- Meeting of the Alliance of Latin American Women's FundsJune 4th and 5th
- Meeting of the Alliance of Latin American Funds for Women, Territory and Socio-Environmental Justice, June 7 and 8
- II Dialogue Building Movements: Alliances and Collective ActionsSeptember 26-28
Once again we have traveled around Brazil and the world to mobilize resources and partners to strengthen Leadership for women:
- Amalia Fischer represented the ELAS Fund at the International Conference of EDGE - Engaged Donors for Global Equity (Engaged Donors for Global Equity) International Conference, April 17-20 in New Orleans, USA.
- Our program manager Savana Brito took part in the Community of Practice Meeting on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learningpromoted by Prospera - International Network of Funds for Women, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from June 24 to 26.
• Amalia Fischer e KK Verdade representaram o Fundo ELAS na Conferência 2018 da Human Rights Funders Network <