Colleen Lowe Morna

Special Advisor

Gender Links

Colleen Lowe Morna is founder and first CEO of Gender Links. She stepped down from this post in 2021 to focus on building GL’s Sustainability Hub – advisory services; training; grant making; fund raising; GL Cottages and Conferencing. Following South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, Colleen became an advisor on gender and institutional development to the Commonwealth Fund for Technical Assistance special programme of assistance to South Africa, where she helped to design the country’s National Gender Machinery. She subsequently served as founding CEO of the South African Commission on Gender Equality, before founding Gender Links.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

20 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
08:00 am EEST	09:30 am EEST	From Global to Local: Innovations and Evolution of SRHR Funding Kigali Convention Center - Room AD 10-2	Funds for SRHR have traditionally flowed from HICs to LMICs. Now, grant-makers in LMICs are playing a larger role in decision-making and fund management. By funding Read More Funds for SRHR have traditionally flowed from HICs to LMICs. Now, grant-makers in LMICs are playing a larger role in decision-making and fund management. By funding within their regions and movements, they support more sustainable and resilient local responses while transferring leadership to their communities. This side event presents a panel of grant-makers in LMICs who are changing the funding landscape for SRHR. AmplifyChange will moderate the session with Gender Links, Conseil et Appui pour l’Education de Base (CAEB), and UHAI-EASHRI presenting their key learnings and recommendations for innovating grant making. Other funders will be invited to join as well. Organizer: AmplifyChange Read Less Speakers Narmeen Hamid Chair, Board of Directors AmplifyChange Sory Ibrahima Monekata Grant Director Conseils et Appui pour l'Education à la Base (CAEB) Colleen Lowe Morna Special Advisor Gender Links Cleo Kambugu Director of Programmes UHAI: East African Sexual Health & Rights Initiative