Trusts and foundations

Christian Aid is working with partners across 8 African countries to promote economic policies that support gender equality and women's rights. As a result we have seen women much more involved in decision-making, and new coalitions of women's rights groups, economic justice and faith groups coming together for greater impact. We have also seen governments beginning to ask for input in their economic policy making, in a way that they have not done before. As part of this work Christian Aid has also amplified the voices of African advocates for women's economic justice in global decision-making spaces. In March 2024 at the UN Commission on the Status of Women in New York, together with our partners, we called on policy makers to implement structural economic reforms for women's rights including providing deeper debt relief, and to assess all fiscal policies from a gender perspective. In the coming years we will link with more faith groups to advocate for economic justice, as well as step up our advocacy to regional institutions like the African Union.