UUSC ParTner
Fundación Entre Mujeres
Fundación Entre Mujeres (FEM) is a grassroots feminist organization in Nicaragua committed to building the power of rural campesina women. Their mission focuses on advancing women’s economic independence through food sovereignty, agroecology, and fair-trade production while addressing gender-based violence and promoting literacy as a tool for exercising their power.
Partner Details
- Region: Central America
- UUSC issue area: Migration Solidarity
- 2017
About
Fundación Entre Mujeres (FEM) is a Nicaraguan organization made up of feminist campesinas (peasants). The organization began operating in 1995 with the goal of creating a space exclusive to campesinas committed to defending their rights. The organization connects 18 rural communities in the Dry Corridor to strategize, promote, and advocate for the human rights of the rural women who live there.
For 26 years, the campesinas organized through FEM have been carrying out actions aimed at improving quality of life, including teaching and participating in literacy and other educational programming. FEM’s work relies heavily on agroecology as a commitment to life; therefore, organizational work prioritizes environmental protection, the recovery of water sources, the promotion of climate change-resilient technologies, the restoration of soil and forests, and much more. Additionally, FEM works with campesinas to raise their level of class consciousness and their awareness of the rights they have as women. In recent years, FEM has deepened its work in campesina and decolonial feminism, patriarchy, capitalism, “micromachismos” (misogynistic microaggressions) and expressions of violence that are experienced every day.
UUSC funding helps FEM build a future in which rural women lead transformative change in their communities grounded in justice, sustainability, and collective care.
Partner Support & Grantmaking
UUSC prioritizes building relationships with grassroots groups focused on justice and alternatives to oppressive systems.
