Internet access keeps expanding, but the gender gap has stopped closing. ITU data for 2025 shows 77% of men online against 71% of women, about 280 million more men than women connected. The gender parity score has sat at 0.92 since 2019, six years of growth with no movement toward parity.
Meanwhile the groups working on that gap are running out of money. After the steepest single-year drop in development assistance on record, UN Women reports nearly nine in ten women’s organizations cannot meet demand for their services.
$100,000 for Feminist Tech Activism
Seed, Grow & Sustain 3.0 will allocate USD 1.75 million from Numun Fund over two years as multi-year, core, flexible grants to groups advancing feminist tech activism. Numun is the first fund dedicated to feminist tech organising in the Larger Majority World, its term for communities outside Western Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand.
Grants run over two years in three sizes:
- Seed ($10,000–20,000) for emerging collectives or groups newly entering feminist tech
- Grow ($20,000–50,000) for groups organising together at least two years that want to deepen networks or strategies
- Sustain ($50,000–100,000) for movement anchors leading local and regional processes
Core funding covers salaries, security, and strategy, not only project deliverables. Eligible work spans research, campaigns, technology design, digital safety training, and policy advocacy.
Unregistered groups and online-only initiatives are welcome. Minimum size is two people.
Apply Now: Deadline is Sunday, September 6, 2026
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