End evaluation of the policy framework - Leading from the South (2017-2020)
The conclusion of this end evaluation report: 'The Leading from the South I programme was a relevant programme that sought to address the lack of direct support to women-led organisations in the Global South. It succeeded in reaching a wide range of organisations across the Global South and provided them with flexible grants, supported capacity building initiatives, promoted their ability to advocate and lobby on issues on equality and other related issues. It contributed to building partnerships across strategic regional and global alliances that continue to provide critical spaces for South-South learning and progress.'
Leading from the South I was a four-year (2016 – 2020) €42 million programme that fell under the women’s rights and gender equality policy, as well as the Policy Framework Dialogue and Dissent, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.
The programme had four key objectives: (1) provide innovative and flexible grants to women’s organisations and change agents in the Global South; (2) support capacity building through technical and financial resourcing to strengthen capacities of change agents; (3) promote advocacy by supporting women’s movements and networks in the Global South; and (4) help build partnerships across strategic regional and global alliances, South-South learning and joint progress on common goals.