About The Dympna Meaney Women’s Leadership Development Fund
The Dympna Meaney Women’s Leadership Development Fund is a micro philanthropic initiative offering small bursaries to women leaders in the Global South with skills-building opportunities to strengthen their contribution to global human rights.
Established in 2015, our aim is to support women, leadership, human rights, equality and grassroots work to strengthen our collective effort for a just world.
The late Dympna Meaney, an Irish global solidarity activist, inspired the Fund. The Fund is directed and overseen by a voluntary committee of Comhlámh members who are friends, family and former colleagues of Dympna’s.
This is a small, focused and effective fund – please, support it with your donation.
Who Was Dympna Meaney?
Dympna Meaney (1957—1991) was a global solidarity activist based in Dublin, Ireland, whose work was infused with a passion for equality and social justice. She inspired and empowered all those who came in contact with her. Her untimely death on 10 December 1991 in a cycling accident in Dublin robbed us of a great champion in the fight for gender equality and human rights.
THE IMPACT: Meet the Dympna Meaney Fund Recipients
Learn about the impact of the Fund and meet some of the women leaders and groups from the Global South who benefited from it.
Recipients 2020 -2023
Recipients 2019
In Their Own Words
I will use accountability tools, especially community score cards (CSC) to improve the quality of services of health facilities of rural Bangladesh. The concept of good governance can be used to persuade while working with government.
This training has inspired me in many ways to really think and review my approach to community development. I will initiate a holistic development approach for the displaced community and put a proposal to government.
The training deepens my skills in assisting people living positively. I am passionate about disadvantaged people and it is the reason I prefer to be close to such people.”
Training provided by Development Education Network-Liberia enabled 37 women leaders “to highlight issues such as wife beating, non persistent child support and rape among others as key GBV issues to network and advocate against at diverse levels to support women’s rights. One of the community radio stations interviewed a number of women at the end of the workshop to share their learning for airing.”
Our education and awareness raising work has reached 40 women leaders in 20 communities. This has enabled these leaders to be aware of the effects of migrationon people of all ages … where grandmothers, aunts and daughtershare left minding the children…leaders are now aware that the problem of migration has to be included in the development plan for the community…
Donate to Support Women Leaders in Global South
Each year, the Dympna Meaney Women’s Leadership Development Fund awards skills-building bursaries to human rights activists in the global south. We are passionate about supporting grassroots women working to combat gender-based violence among migrant, displaced or refugee populations. Since 2015, we have helped nearly thirty women access innovative leadership development initiatives.
Sincere thanks to Comhlámh for ongoing support in administering the Fund – helping us to keep costs low so that the generous support of donors has maximum intended effect.
Donate Now
- Any donation large or small will be welcome and will be used solely for bursaries for women.
- If you are a tax payer and you can donate €21 per month or a total of €250 in a year then we will be able to claim back tax credits and make your donation go further.
- For your convenience, you can donate by card, by cheque or by bank transfer – see below for details.
You can also donate by:
By Cheque
Please post your cheque, draft or postal order, made payable to “Comhlámh” with an accompanying note clearly marking it out for the Dympna Meaney Fund to Comhlámh, 12 Parliament St, Dublin 2, Ireland
By Bank Transfer
Please arrange to transfer the appropriate amount with the reference ‘Dympna Meaney Fund’ to Comhlámh:
IBAN IE77IPBS99061080009753 BIC IPBSIE2D
Permanent TSB, Grafton Street 70, Dublin 2
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