Gender justice
What is Gender Equity?
Explore the meaning of gender equity and how Global Fund for Children partners with community-based organizations to create safer, more inclusive futures for children and young people worldwide.
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Gender justice
What is Gender Equity?
Explore the meaning of gender equity and how Global Fund for Children partners with community-based organizations to create safer, more inclusive futures for children and young people worldwide.
Education, Safety and wellbeing
Announcing the 2026 Dignity Award winner
Established in 2020, the Robert D. Stillman Dignity Award honors community-based organizations responding to the risks and challenges that affect the wellbeing of children and young people. The award recognizes organizations advancing the dignity of children and youth by providing critical support, creating pathways to opportunity, and building communities where young people can feel safe, valued, and empowered. The award was established in honor of former GFC Board Chair Bob Stillman.
Gender justice
Más allá de la “masculinidad tóxica”: cómo GFC impulsa nuevas formas de ser hombre
En GFC, no utilizamos el término "masculinidad tóxica" para describir nuestro trabajo con niños y jóvenes. En cambio, nos centramos en masculinidades saludables, la capacidad de acción y el cambio sistémico como parte de un trabajo más amplio por la justicia de género. Este blog explora la importancia del lenguaje en el desarrollo global y cómo la forma en que se presenta influye en el impacto. A través de ejemplos de socios de GFC, destacamos enfoques que apoyan a niños y jóvenes como parte de la solución, fomentando la reflexión, la dignidad y formas positivas de ser.
A terra não é recurso — é vida
Justiça climática não é só sobre salvar o planeta, é sobre quem pode viver nele com dignidade.
Climate resilience
The land is not a resource — it is life
Climate justice is not only about saving the planet. It is about who gets to live in it with dignity.
Conheça as organizações vencedoras do Prêmio de Sustentabilidade 2026
As organizações vencedoras deste ano, Instituto Mãe Lalu (IMLA) e Otros Dreams en Acción (ODA), respondem a desafios distintos em seus contextos locais. Ainda assim, ambas compartilham a mesma convicção: mudanças duradouras acontecem quando as comunidades lideram os processos e quando as vozes de crianças, jovens e das pessoas mais diretamente afetadas são colocadas no centro das soluções.
Education, Safety and wellbeing
Meet our 2026 Sustainability Awards winners
This year’s winners, Instituto Mãe Lalu (IMLA) and Otros Dreams en Acción (ODA), are responding to distinct challenges in their communities, yet both are grounded in the same belief that lasting change is built when communities lead and when the voices of children, young people, and those most affected are placed at the center of solutions.
Gender justice
Beyond Toxic Masculinity: How GFC Funds the Future of What It Means to Be a Man
At GFC, we do not use the term “toxic masculinity” to describe our work with boys and young men. Instead, we focus on healthy masculinities, agency, and systems change as part of broader gender justice work. This blog explores why language matters in global development and how framing shapes impact. Through GFC partner examples, we highlight approaches that support boys and young men as part of the solution, fostering reflection, dignity, and positive ways of being.
Safety and wellbeing
LEEDO’s Story: Standing with children in the face of adversity
Supporting children on Bangladesh’s streets: how LEEDO provides safety, education, and long-term support to help young people rebuild their futures.
Gender justice
8 Things to Know about Supporting Healthy Masculinities in Boys and Young Men
This article explores the urgent need to support healthy masculinities in boys and young men in a digital age shaped by online influences like the manosphere – highlighted in Inside the Manosphere. Drawing on over a decade of experience from Global Fund for Children and its community-based partners, it shares eight practical insights on how to engage boys with empathy, build positive role models, and create safe spaces for connection and growth. From fostering critical thinking to strengthening real-world communities, this piece offers a hopeful, solutions-focused perspective on raising a generation of boys who define masculinity on their own terms—rooted in respect, care, and equality.