Mónica de Pinto Ribeiro Hancke

Manager of President/CEO Engagement

Women Deliver

Guided by intersectional feminist values and approaches, Mónica is committed to transformative change in global development, building a more representative, equitable, and just sector that centers the experiences and leadership of women and girls, and non-binary, gender non-conforming, trans, intersex, and LGBTQ+ people. Her career has spanned across Nicaragua, Kenya, Tanzania, Guinea-Bissau, Timor-Leste, and the US, and focused on supporting country and grassroots gender justice advocates’ access to and leadership in global policy-making spaces. A Third Culture Kid, she hails from Portugal and Norway by way of the UK, the Netherlands, and the US, and she speaks five languages.

Event Schedule

DAY 1

18 July 2023

Start Time	End Time	Session	Description	Action
02:30 pm EEST	04:00 pm EEST	Doomed if you don’t: funding WROs to drive & thrive Concurrent Room AD 10-2	In the last 5 years, we ran the Deliver For good (DFG) campaign convened by Women Deliver. As partners, we reflected on funding models and their impact. In these Read More In the last 5 years, we ran the Deliver For good (DFG) campaign convened by Women Deliver. As partners, we reflected on funding models and their impact. In these sessions, key lessons and experiences on the donor – Women’s Rights Organisations relation were shared. First, we established that centering local WROs is fundamental as they understand the realities of women and girls. The current funding practice that is restricted, short term and reflects donor priority is inadequate. Secondly, the localization agenda is being circumvented as donors and international organisations (INGOs) with origins and presence in the Global North rush to register local entities, open offices or form unequal consortia – relations with local actors. In this regard, campaign partners will share these reflections on the need for women-led and feminist organisations to be trusted while remaining accountable and make the case for trust-based funding models that truly centre women-led and feminist organisations with local origins and the presence to thrive. Session format: Whole System in a Room Organized by Centre for Rights Education and Awareness (CREAW), African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET), Akili Dada, White Ribbon Alliance – Kenya, Kenya Female Advisory Organization, Kenya Land Alliance, SDG Kenya Forum, GRoots Kenya Read Less Speakers Angela Nguku Executive Director White Ribbon Alliance, Kenya Mónica de Pinto Ribeiro Hancke Manager of President/CEO Engagement Women Deliver Rukia Mannikko Community, Rights and Gender Advisor for Africa and Middle East The Global Fund to fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria Wangechi Wachira Executive Director Centre for Rights Education and Awareness – CREAW Memory Kachambwa Executive Director FEMNET (The African Women and Development and Communications Network)