After four years of implementation, the Feminists in Action (FEA) project has supported 239 organizations through the awarding of 265 grants, enabling the completion of as many projects in 30 countries around the world. In addition to granting grants, a support system to empower the organizations supported has been set up at the level of the various members of the consortium leading the project, which are CARE France, Oxfam France, the Fund for Women in the Mediterranean (FFMed), the Fund for Francophone Women (XOESE), the Pananetugri Initiative for Women's Well-being (IPBF), and Equipop. Far from being anecdotal, this support mechanism was at the heart of the FEA project and was capitalized on with the aim of examining the various support practices deployed by the consortium members. Under the supervision of Equipop, this capitalization resulted in the publication of a booklet entitled: " Supporting the empowerment of feminist organizations: Guidelines for feminist support."
It provides a clear understanding of the specific characteristics of feminist organizations and the principles of an intermediary fund. In addition, it outlines the key stages in supporting feminist organizations and, for each key stage, provides recommendations for anyone responsible for supporting feminist organizations within the framework of intermediary funds. Furthermore, supporting feminist organizations is a process fraught with challenges, hence the importance of explaining the tensions inherent in this support in the booklet. Far from stopping there, the booklet goes on to present courses of action and advice on how to deal with these tensions in order to build a lively, reflective, and dynamic relationship with feminist organizations. Finally, the booklet presents the seven dimensions of feminist organization empowerment that can be used to develop support pathways or to consider how to evaluate support for feminist organizations (effects).
