Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres

Welcome

Welcome to the website of Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres (FCAM, Central American Women’s Fund), the first and only foundation in Central America dedicated to mobilizing resources for grassroots women’s groups and to providing tools, knowledge and opportunities to strengthen women’s groups as organizations that defend and promote their human rights.

Here you’ll find news and inspiring stories to incite you to join us in supporting Central American women’s organizations working to defend and promote their rights. We invite you to get to know more about us, and to contribute to our initiatives driven by women creating a more just, democratic and safe Central America for all women.

Asociación de Mujeres Cihualt Quetzalli, empowering young women through sports

“Women are the weaker sex; women are delicate; playing with balls is not for girls; girls should be at home taking care of their families.” These are some of the phrases thrown here at girls, teenagers and women who like to play sports.

International Girls Day

In December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 11th as International Girls Day. On this day, the world celebrates the first International Girls Day, a day which seeks to promote girls rights, and to recognize and visualize the severe barriers which millions of girls confront day in and day on the road to realizing their full potential.

Since its beginnings, FCAM has defined girls and young women as a priority group; in eight years of work we have supported girls’ groups and initiatives that are organizing in their communities to demand greater access to education, that are raising awareness amongst their teachers on the importance of receiving quality sexual education, that are insisting that their needs be included in municipal budgets, that are making use of local fields to practice athletics and that are protesting against their families to be given more time to meet with other girls and discuss their interests and concerns.

These are the girls, in Central America and thousands more around the world, which are raising their voices to demand a society which permits them to live fully and participate actively in the construction of their presents and their futures.

Happy International Girls Day!

Ola Joven call for Proposals

Fondo Centroamerican de Mujeres (FCAM), the first and only women’s fund in Central America, is CALLING for young women’s groups in Central America to submit their proposals to be a part of our Ola Joven program in 2013.

Ola Joven is FCAM’s priority grantmaking program, which provides technical and financial support to groups and organizations working in favor of young women, whose leaders and participants are also young women (between the ages of 16-30.)
Details:

Proposals should be Creative and innovative initiatives from young women’s groups in Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize y Costa Rica, that promote and defend women’s human rights.

The amount requested should be $5,000.

The deadline to apply is Sunday, September 30th, 2012.

In order to be considered, proposals must be sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

For more information and download the proposal requirements, click here.

A Simple Action For a Very Important Cause

Two women, two different places, united for a single cause. In April, two women decided to organize fundraising events to contribute to the FCAM and support women’s rights in central America.

Nadia Alvarado-Culmann, who has been one of FCAM’s friend for years and is currently living in Indianapolis, USA, organized a Salsa social fundraiser with her Latin Expression Dance Company and her friends. They performed an amazing show with the debut of different artists. The audience experienced a very ecstatic night dancing to the rhythm of salsa music and contributing to the FCAM’s work.