{"id":236116,"date":"2024-01-11T15:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-11T14:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/interview-jessica-michel-for-feminist-opportunity-now\/"},"modified":"2024-01-11T15:20:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-11T14:20:43","slug":"interview-jessica-michel-for-feminist-opportunity-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/en\/interview-jessica-michel-for-feminist-opportunity-now\/","title":{"rendered":"INTERVIEW- Jessica Michel for FON"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"236116\" class=\"elementor elementor-236116 elementor-148460\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57d9128 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57d9128\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34be755\" data-id=\"34be755\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-667dd36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"667dd36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Feminist Opportunity Now : a project to strengthen feminist organizations fighting gender-based violence worldwide<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-70b5c84 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"70b5c84\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b7bff9f\" data-id=\"b7bff9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8994af9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8994af9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/IMG_0204-375x400.png\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_thumbnail size-woocommerce_thumbnail wp-image-148464\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2654fa0\" data-id=\"2654fa0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6dc0b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6dc0b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jessica-sg-michel\/\">Jessica<\/a> is Project Manager at Empow&#8217;Her and Focal Point for the <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/empow-her.com\/projets\/fon\/\">Feminist Opportunities Now<\/a> (FON) project. She supervises the Empow&#8217;Her team in charge of the project, made up of three other people: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dalilayaro\/\">Dalila<\/a>, an expert on gender-based violence, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/louise-clayette\/\">Louise<\/a>, an expert on gender, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/colinemetge\/\">Coline<\/a>, an entrepreneurial support officer. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a75e373 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a75e373\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fc4616\" data-id=\"9fc4616\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b6c98d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7b6c98d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 21.296px; letter-spacing: -0.8px; white-space: normal;\"><b>How was the project born ?<\/b><\/span><\/font><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d4fe004 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d4fe004\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;bb1bf29&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0ebf91\" data-id=\"e0ebf91\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8386fc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8386fc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">The genesis of the project was a French diplomatic initiative between the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afd.fr\/fr\">Agence fran\u00e7aise de d\u00e9veloppement<\/a> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); font-size: 19.36px;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing );\">(AFD) and the<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px; letter-spacing: -0.8px;\"> <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 19.36px; letter-spacing: -0.8px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gouvernement.fr\/ministere-de-l-europe-et-des-affaires-etrangeres\">Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs<\/a> <span style=\"font-size: 19.36px; font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing );\">(MEAE) who have jointly created the Fonds de Soutien aux Organisations F\u00e9ministes (FSOF) in 2019. This funding mechanism enables funds to be channeled each year into different sectors, to strengthen feminist organizations worldwide and promote gender equality. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">It was within the framework of this French feminist fund that the Feminist Opportunities Now project came into being in 2021, supported by a Consortium of partners. Led by the Africa office of <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 19.36px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ippf.org\/\">Planning Familial International<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); font-size: 19.36px;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-letter-spacing ); word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); font-size: 19.36px;\">The group is completed by<\/span> <a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 19.36px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.medecinsdumonde.org\/\">M\u00e9decins du Monde France<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); font-size: 19.36px;\">, the<\/span> <a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 19.36px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fidh.org\/fr\/\">F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Internationale des Droits de l&#8217;Homme<\/a> (FIDH) and the Indian NGO <span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); font-size: 19.36px;\"> <\/span><a style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 19.36px;\" href=\"https:\/\/creaworld.org\/\">Crea<\/a><span style=\"font-family: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-family ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-font-weight ); letter-spacing: -0.8px; word-spacing: var( --e-global-typography-da1c4ec-word-spacing ); font-size: 19.36px;\">. <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">The project, which began in June 2022 and will run until September 2026, has a total budget of 14 million euros and is dedicated to strengthening feminist organizations in 10 target countries: C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Niger, Kenya, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, as well as Mexico and Colombia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">50% of the total budget will be redistributed to local organizations involved in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV) via dedicated funding desks, while the remainder will be used to support and strengthen these women&#8217;s organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.36px;\">The project was therefore born of a joint desire on the part of all the partners to implement a project combining direct funding and dedicated support for local feminist organizations that are often poorly identified and under-supported, yet essential to the advent of a more egalitarian society.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f25f04c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f25f04c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5118e7b\" data-id=\"5118e7b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1274a65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1274a65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p style=\"\"><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 21.296px; letter-spacing: -0.8px; white-space: normal;\"><b>What activities will Empow'Her be putting on ?<\/b><\/span><\/font><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c782bc4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c782bc4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d998e3\" data-id=\"2d998e3\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14de2c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14de2c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.6px;\">&#8220;Beyond the capitalization work and the general implementation of the project by the Consortium, Empow&#8217;Her will be particularly involved in 3 activities : <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"padding-bottom: 15px; padding-top: 15px;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19.6px;\"><b>The development and delivery of training courses<\/b> to strengthen the skills of local organizations through sessions tailored to their needs (governance, organization, financing, human resources, etc.);<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19.6px;\"><b>Support for innovative projects<\/b> via a dedicated incubation program, aimed at feminist organizations wishing to develop an entrepreneurial aspect to their activities ;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 19.6px;\"><b>Financial and organizational support<\/b> for existing third places in the 10 target countries, to secure spaces for exchange and dialogue on feminism and the fight against gender-based violence, and to develop their activities (events, networking, etc.).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19.6px;\">Empow&#8217;Her will also help to identify and promote the networking of these local feminist organizations with the authorities, public institutions and, more broadly, all the players in the ecosystem (partners, donors, etc.), so that their voices can be better heard and their rights defended.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aeeb39e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aeeb39e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d2bc88a\" data-id=\"d2bc88a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8359b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8359b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 21.296px;\"><b>How many organizations will be helped in concrete terms ? <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c11b175 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c11b175\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07edfcb\" data-id=\"07edfcb\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f08f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f08f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Through the FON project, methodologies and proposals will be shared with a wide range of players, enabling us to support a greater number of structures, learn from our exchanges, and engage in real reflection on the impact of our activities within the entrepreneurial and feminist ecosystem.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9f75ac1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9f75ac1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fed224a\" data-id=\"fed224a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-432cd9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"432cd9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><div><font color=\"#000000\"><span style=\"font-size: 21.296px; letter-spacing: -0.8px; white-space: normal;\"><b>What's next ?<\/b><\/span><\/font><span style=\"color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 2rem;\"><\/span><\/div><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e71bd3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e71bd3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8acbd1\" data-id=\"e8acbd1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7860bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7860bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Consortium partners met in Nairobi in January 2023 to officially launch the project. <\/p>\n<p>Our teams are now actively working to set up the various funding windows, and to build the areas of intervention that will complete the support offered at the start of the 2023 school year.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feminist Opportunity Now : a project to strengthen feminist organizations fighting gender-based violence worldwide Jessica is Project Manager at Empow&#8217;Her and Focal Point for the Feminist Opportunities Now (FON) project. 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