Title page
Contents
Abstract 4
Acknowledgements 5
Executive summary 8
Abbreviations and acronyms 10
1. Introduction 11
2. How does gender-related philanthropic support materialise? 13
2.1. Interrelated and complementary routes to resourcing gender equality 14
2.2. International, cross-border flows promoting gender equality in developing countries 16
2.3. Domestic philanthropy supporting gender equality in developing countries 27
3. Tracking gender-related philanthropic support 30
3.1. Uneven efforts to track gender-related philanthropic support 30
3.2. Obstacles to an effective evaluation of gender-related philanthropy 32
4. Conclusions and recommendations 33
Notes 35
References 36
Table 1. Scoring system of the DAC Gender Equality Policy Marker 16
Figure 1. Gender-related cross-border philanthropic commitments in developing countries, 2017-22 17
Figure 2. Cross-border foundations' reporting to the OECD Gender Equality Policy Marker, 2017-22 19
Figure 3. Top ten cross-border philanthropic funders for gender equality in developing countries, 2021-22 20
Figure 4. Top five sectors receiving gender-related ODA and philanthropic flows, 2021-22 21
Figure 5. Top ten channels of delivery for gender-related ODA and philanthropic flows, 2021-22 24
Figure 6. Regional distribution of gender-related ODA and cross-border philanthropic flows, 2021-22 26
Figure 7. Domestic philanthropic disbursements for gender equality in developing countries, 2016-19 28
Figure 8. Top 15 domestic foundations providing domestic gender-related philanthropy in the four selected areas, 2016-19 29
Boxes
Box 1. Measuring private philanthropy for development: The OECD Creditor Reporting System and the Centre on Philanthropy Global Survey 13
Box 2. Measuring gender-related finance for development: The OECD Gender Equality Policy Marker 16
Box 3. Philanthropic collaboration has the power to mobilise significant resources for gender equality and women's empowerment 18
Box 4. Handbook on Feminist Grant-making for Preventing and Responding to Violence Against Women and Girls - CoFem 22
Box 5. Combining a gender and environmental lens: How to account for the effects of climate change on women? 23
Box 6. The growing role of women's funds in gender-related philanthropy 25
Box 7. Methodological issues limiting comparisons between cross-border and domestic philanthropic flows with gender equality as a policy objective 27
Box 8. Gender Equality Toolbox 31