The Global Network for Social Justice and Digital Resilience (DRN) presents a position paper, Funding for digitally resilient futures in the Global South, that aims to highlight the current challenges in the funding landscape for digital rights and digital resilience, and also the actions that different stakeholders can take to build a resilient ecosystem for the future. This paper advances a set of recommendations and steps for funders and civil society organizations, that focus on recalibration and more deliberate programming and work.
The members of the DRN believe that sustaining and strengthening digital resilience in the Global South requires a critical rethink and a shift in how work is funded, governed and organized. There are definitive actions that civil society organizations and donors need to take to ensure a more resilient digital rights ecosystem.
At a time when core funding is becoming scarce, and key priorities for funding bodies and organizations are shifting, is essential that civil society organizations develop deeper solidarities and support systems. The position paper lists some recommendations to that effect in order to provide approaches to both funders and other peers in the ecosystem. The current moment serves as an opportunity to reflect on learnings, and work towards a forward looking agenda to shape the opportunities for digital rights advocacy.
The position paper is part of the DRN’s Forecasting and Fundraising stream of work that published previous reports which highlight key trends that will shape digital rights and digital resilience activism in the future. Read them here.
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