@colmenafund.bsky.social
🟣 However, as Colmena Fund’s ED, Suyen Barahona, reminded us:
“If gender justice and women’s political power is not intentionally centred, then we risk being sidelined in shaping our collective future.” 🐝
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #WomenInPolitics #ColmenaFund
“If gender justice and women’s political power is not intentionally centred, then we risk being sidelined in shaping our collective future.” 🐝
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #WomenInPolitics #ColmenaFund
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
🟣 However, as Colmena Fund’s ED, Suyen Barahona, reminded us:
“If gender justice and women’s political power is not intentionally centred, then we risk being sidelined in shaping our collective future.” 🐝
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #WomenInPolitics #ColmenaFund
“If gender justice and women’s political power is not intentionally centred, then we risk being sidelined in shaping our collective future.” 🐝
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #WomenInPolitics #ColmenaFund
This year’s G20 theme, Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability, speaks to shifting global power dynamics, as Africa and the broader Global South demand greater transparency and accountability in global financing and policy spaces.
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This year’s G20 theme, Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability, speaks to shifting global power dynamics, as Africa and the broader Global South demand greater transparency and accountability in global financing and policy spaces.
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
✨ On day 1 of our convening on the margins of the #G20Summit, more than 40 diverse women leaders came together to connect, learn and build collective action to advance women’s political power in Africa.
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
✨ On day 1 of our convening on the margins of the #G20Summit, more than 40 diverse women leaders came together to connect, learn and build collective action to advance women’s political power in Africa.
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
#WomenLeadingForPeace #G20Summit #SouthAfrica #ColmenaFund
📣 “No democracy can thrive while women are unsafe, unheard, or structurally denied the freedom to participate fully in the political life of their country.”
— Hon. Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Republic of #SouthAfrica.
— Hon. Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Republic of #SouthAfrica.
November 21, 2025 at 7:39 PM
📣 “No democracy can thrive while women are unsafe, unheard, or structurally denied the freedom to participate fully in the political life of their country.”
— Hon. Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Republic of #SouthAfrica.
— Hon. Mmapaseka Steve Letsike, Deputy Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Republic of #SouthAfrica.
Along with Better Politics Foundation, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change, #ColmenaFund, Fundación Multitudes, Nalafem, @pollicy.bsky.social, and Solidarity Alliance of Women in Politics, we’ll share lessons from the frontlines of tech-facilitated gender-based violence. 🐝
#G20 #SouthAfrica
#G20 #SouthAfrica
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Along with Better Politics Foundation, Coalition of Feminists for Social Change, #ColmenaFund, Fundación Multitudes, Nalafem, @pollicy.bsky.social, and Solidarity Alliance of Women in Politics, we’ll share lessons from the frontlines of tech-facilitated gender-based violence. 🐝
#G20 #SouthAfrica
#G20 #SouthAfrica
Tomorrow! 📅 November 19, 2025 – #SouthAfrica
Online attacks, harassment, and disinformation are being used to push women out of politics and shrink democratic space. At our #G20 side event, we’ll bring together women in politics at the frontlines, including our Executive Director, Suyen Barahona.
Online attacks, harassment, and disinformation are being used to push women out of politics and shrink democratic space. At our #G20 side event, we’ll bring together women in politics at the frontlines, including our Executive Director, Suyen Barahona.
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Tomorrow! 📅 November 19, 2025 – #SouthAfrica
Online attacks, harassment, and disinformation are being used to push women out of politics and shrink democratic space. At our #G20 side event, we’ll bring together women in politics at the frontlines, including our Executive Director, Suyen Barahona.
Online attacks, harassment, and disinformation are being used to push women out of politics and shrink democratic space. At our #G20 side event, we’ll bring together women in politics at the frontlines, including our Executive Director, Suyen Barahona.
📅 November 21 – “Accelerating Women’s Political Leadership in Conflict and Crises”. Africa-centered with a transnational lens, this event spotlights women political leaders advancing peace and resilience amid conflict and crisis.
Join the hive and connect with us 💛
#G20 #ColmenaFund
Join the hive and connect with us 💛
#G20 #ColmenaFund
November 18, 2025 at 8:56 PM
📅 November 21 – “Accelerating Women’s Political Leadership in Conflict and Crises”. Africa-centered with a transnational lens, this event spotlights women political leaders advancing peace and resilience amid conflict and crisis.
Join the hive and connect with us 💛
#G20 #ColmenaFund
Join the hive and connect with us 💛
#G20 #ColmenaFund
🇿🇦🐝 Next week, our hive will co-host two high-level side events during the #G20Summit:
📅 Nov. 19 – “From Protection to Counteraction: Advancing Online Safety for Women in Politics”. This event will share solutions and lived experiences from #WomenInPolitics on the frontlines of digital violence.
📅 Nov. 19 – “From Protection to Counteraction: Advancing Online Safety for Women in Politics”. This event will share solutions and lived experiences from #WomenInPolitics on the frontlines of digital violence.
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🇿🇦🐝 Next week, our hive will co-host two high-level side events during the #G20Summit:
📅 Nov. 19 – “From Protection to Counteraction: Advancing Online Safety for Women in Politics”. This event will share solutions and lived experiences from #WomenInPolitics on the frontlines of digital violence.
📅 Nov. 19 – “From Protection to Counteraction: Advancing Online Safety for Women in Politics”. This event will share solutions and lived experiences from #WomenInPolitics on the frontlines of digital violence.
As we mark 25 years of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security agenda is more urgent than ever.
🐝 At #ColmenaFund, we are building a dedicated grantmaking portfolio to support grassroots women's movements, and empower exiled leaders working toward lasting peace.
🐝 At #ColmenaFund, we are building a dedicated grantmaking portfolio to support grassroots women's movements, and empower exiled leaders working toward lasting peace.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
As we mark 25 years of the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, the Women, Peace and Security agenda is more urgent than ever.
🐝 At #ColmenaFund, we are building a dedicated grantmaking portfolio to support grassroots women's movements, and empower exiled leaders working toward lasting peace.
🐝 At #ColmenaFund, we are building a dedicated grantmaking portfolio to support grassroots women's movements, and empower exiled leaders working toward lasting peace.
🎧 Listen in English: open.spotify.com/episode/6Deq...
Version in Portuguese narrated by Gui Mohallem from @votelgbt: open.spotify.com/episode/3DIF...
#ResistPersistReimagine #ColmenaFund #Brazil #LGBTpolitics #QueerRepresentation
Version in Portuguese narrated by Gui Mohallem from @votelgbt: open.spotify.com/episode/3DIF...
#ResistPersistReimagine #ColmenaFund #Brazil #LGBTpolitics #QueerRepresentation
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🎧 Listen in English: open.spotify.com/episode/6Deq...
Version in Portuguese narrated by Gui Mohallem from @votelgbt: open.spotify.com/episode/3DIF...
#ResistPersistReimagine #ColmenaFund #Brazil #LGBTpolitics #QueerRepresentation
Version in Portuguese narrated by Gui Mohallem from @votelgbt: open.spotify.com/episode/3DIF...
#ResistPersistReimagine #ColmenaFund #Brazil #LGBTpolitics #QueerRepresentation
Symmy shares why basic rights, access to information, and safe spaces for LGBT+ people. especially those facing violence, discrimination, and abandonment, are non-negotiable.
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Symmy shares why basic rights, access to information, and safe spaces for LGBT+ people. especially those facing violence, discrimination, and abandonment, are non-negotiable.
Swipe to explore the story of Brazil’s highest-ranking LGBT+ official, redefining democracy by fighting for a society where everyone can live freely and with dignity.
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Swipe to explore the story of Brazil’s highest-ranking LGBT+ official, redefining democracy by fighting for a society where everyone can live freely and with dignity.
🌟 From the Amazon to Brazil’s federal government: Symmy Larrat’s journey of resilience and leadership. 🌟
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
🌟 From the Amazon to Brazil’s federal government: Symmy Larrat’s journey of resilience and leadership. 🌟
The hive is on the move in Europe this week 🐝
📍Oct 22–23 | Paris: 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies
📍Oct 24–26 | Lucerne: Gender Equality Conference "Advancing Feminist Political Leadership and Securing Peace"
Spotlighting women’s political power across the Global South.
📍Oct 22–23 | Paris: 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies
📍Oct 24–26 | Lucerne: Gender Equality Conference "Advancing Feminist Political Leadership and Securing Peace"
Spotlighting women’s political power across the Global South.
October 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The hive is on the move in Europe this week 🐝
📍Oct 22–23 | Paris: 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies
📍Oct 24–26 | Lucerne: Gender Equality Conference "Advancing Feminist Political Leadership and Securing Peace"
Spotlighting women’s political power across the Global South.
📍Oct 22–23 | Paris: 4th Ministerial Conference on Feminist Foreign Policies
📍Oct 24–26 | Lucerne: Gender Equality Conference "Advancing Feminist Political Leadership and Securing Peace"
Spotlighting women’s political power across the Global South.
✨ As we commemorate the African Charter’s entry into force, we reaffirm our mission: supporting women in politics, especially from marginalized backgrounds, who champion #democracy and #humanrights. Promoting human rights includes women’s rights to participate in politics.
Learn more: colmena.fund
Learn more: colmena.fund
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
✨ As we commemorate the African Charter’s entry into force, we reaffirm our mission: supporting women in politics, especially from marginalized backgrounds, who champion #democracy and #humanrights. Promoting human rights includes women’s rights to participate in politics.
Learn more: colmena.fund
Learn more: colmena.fund
🎧 Full conversation on #ResistPersistReimagine:
English version: open.spotify.com/episode/6AfH...
Versión en español: open.spotify.com/episode/1UuX...
#CostaRica #AfroPolitics #ColmenaFund
English version: open.spotify.com/episode/6AfH...
Versión en español: open.spotify.com/episode/1UuX...
#CostaRica #AfroPolitics #ColmenaFund
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🎧 Full conversation on #ResistPersistReimagine:
English version: open.spotify.com/episode/6AfH...
Versión en español: open.spotify.com/episode/1UuX...
#CostaRica #AfroPolitics #ColmenaFund
English version: open.spotify.com/episode/6AfH...
Versión en español: open.spotify.com/episode/1UuX...
#CostaRica #AfroPolitics #ColmenaFund
She also calls for:
• Intersectional alliances to dismantle discrimination
• Women’s political leadership & participation
• Sustainability—and hope for the future
📖 Read, share, and tell us what you think!
• Intersectional alliances to dismantle discrimination
• Women’s political leadership & participation
• Sustainability—and hope for the future
📖 Read, share, and tell us what you think!
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
She also calls for:
• Intersectional alliances to dismantle discrimination
• Women’s political leadership & participation
• Sustainability—and hope for the future
📖 Read, share, and tell us what you think!
• Intersectional alliances to dismantle discrimination
• Women’s political leadership & participation
• Sustainability—and hope for the future
📖 Read, share, and tell us what you think!
Epsy Campbell is part of Colmena Fund's Steering Committee member, and the first Afrodescendant woman to serve as vice president of #CostaRica.
On #ResistPersistReimagine, she reflects on:
• Fighting systemic racism & exclusion
• A new social contract and complete democracy
On #ResistPersistReimagine, she reflects on:
• Fighting systemic racism & exclusion
• A new social contract and complete democracy
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Epsy Campbell is part of Colmena Fund's Steering Committee member, and the first Afrodescendant woman to serve as vice president of #CostaRica.
On #ResistPersistReimagine, she reflects on:
• Fighting systemic racism & exclusion
• A new social contract and complete democracy
On #ResistPersistReimagine, she reflects on:
• Fighting systemic racism & exclusion
• A new social contract and complete democracy
🌎📣 1 in 4 people in Latin America & the Caribbean are of African descent—yet power still excludes them
We share reflections from Epsy Campbell on building real democracy. ⬇️
#WomenInPolitics #AfroWomen #ColmenaFund
We share reflections from Epsy Campbell on building real democracy. ⬇️
#WomenInPolitics #AfroWomen #ColmenaFund
October 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🌎📣 1 in 4 people in Latin America & the Caribbean are of African descent—yet power still excludes them
We share reflections from Epsy Campbell on building real democracy. ⬇️
#WomenInPolitics #AfroWomen #ColmenaFund
We share reflections from Epsy Campbell on building real democracy. ⬇️
#WomenInPolitics #AfroWomen #ColmenaFund
🎙️🐝 Epsy Campbell fue la primera mujer afrodescendiente en ocupar la Vicepresidencia de un país en el continente americano (Costa Rica, 2018–2022). Desde entonces, ha liderado esfuerzos para articular redes de mujeres afro en la política y forma parte del Comité Directivo de #ColmenaFund.
October 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
🎙️🐝 Epsy Campbell fue la primera mujer afrodescendiente en ocupar la Vicepresidencia de un país en el continente americano (Costa Rica, 2018–2022). Desde entonces, ha liderado esfuerzos para articular redes de mujeres afro en la política y forma parte del Comité Directivo de #ColmenaFund.
This is the third content in our month-long campaign, based on "The 2024 Super Election Year for Women in Politics", a report commissioned by the #ColmenaFund and authored by Saskia Brechenmacher.
📖 Explore the maps and see full report → colmena.fund/wp-content/u...
📖 Explore the maps and see full report → colmena.fund/wp-content/u...
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is the third content in our month-long campaign, based on "The 2024 Super Election Year for Women in Politics", a report commissioned by the #ColmenaFund and authored by Saskia Brechenmacher.
📖 Explore the maps and see full report → colmena.fund/wp-content/u...
📖 Explore the maps and see full report → colmena.fund/wp-content/u...
These maps remind us: the path to gender parity is challenging —but not impossible.
Change is happening, often against the odds. ✨
Change is happening, often against the odds. ✨
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
These maps remind us: the path to gender parity is challenging —but not impossible.
Change is happening, often against the odds. ✨
Change is happening, often against the odds. ✨
🗺️ Our new maps highlight:
➡️ Where barriers persist
➡️ Where bright spots emerged —like countries that elected their first women presidents
➡️ Where more women are serving in office than ever before
➡️ Where barriers persist
➡️ Where bright spots emerged —like countries that elected their first women presidents
➡️ Where more women are serving in office than ever before
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🗺️ Our new maps highlight:
➡️ Where barriers persist
➡️ Where bright spots emerged —like countries that elected their first women presidents
➡️ Where more women are serving in office than ever before
➡️ Where barriers persist
➡️ Where bright spots emerged —like countries that elected their first women presidents
➡️ Where more women are serving in office than ever before
Global averages show little progress.
⚠️ No big gains in representation.
But the story is not only about stagnation: it’s also about resilience and breakthroughs.
⚠️ No big gains in representation.
But the story is not only about stagnation: it’s also about resilience and breakthroughs.
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Global averages show little progress.
⚠️ No big gains in representation.
But the story is not only about stagnation: it’s also about resilience and breakthroughs.
⚠️ No big gains in representation.
But the story is not only about stagnation: it’s also about resilience and breakthroughs.
✨ Evidence matters.
2024 brought an unprecedented wave of elections.
But what did it mean for #WomenInPolitics?
#ColmenaHive #SuperElectionYear
2024 brought an unprecedented wave of elections.
But what did it mean for #WomenInPolitics?
#ColmenaHive #SuperElectionYear
October 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
✨ Evidence matters.
2024 brought an unprecedented wave of elections.
But what did it mean for #WomenInPolitics?
#ColmenaHive #SuperElectionYear
2024 brought an unprecedented wave of elections.
But what did it mean for #WomenInPolitics?
#ColmenaHive #SuperElectionYear