ASTRA Network is pleased to share the launch of a groundbreaking new report from the Dalan Fund (formerly the CEECCNA Collaborative Fund), titled Growing Against All Odds: Mapping Funding for Intersectional Organizing in the CEECCNA Regions (2019–2023).

This report presents the first comprehensive mapping of funding dedicated to intersectional movements across Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central and North Asia. It focuses on how resources are reaching feminist, LGBTQIA+, Indigenous, disability justice, and other social justice movements in the region, and where critical funding gaps remain.

The report is based on data gathered from both funders and movement actors, highlighting trends, challenges, and opportunities in the resourcing of civil society. It includes key findings on donor behavior from 2019 to 2023, offers analysis of regional disparities, and proposes concrete recommendations to ensure more just, equitable, and long-term support for grassroots organizing.

For ASTRA and its members, the report reinforces what we have long known: that movements working on sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are chronically underfunded, despite operating in increasingly restrictive and high-risk environments. The research emphasizes the need for core, flexible, and sustained funding, especially for organizations led by those most affected by structural inequalities and rights rollbacks.

The voices of activists featured in the report offer important insights into how movements continue to organize, adapt, and resist, often with very limited financial support. Their experiences reflect the resilience and determination of civil society across the region.

We invite you to read and share this important report. It is available on the Dalan Fund website:
Read the full report

ASTRA remains committed to advocating for stronger, more accountable funding practices that reflect the realities of movement work across our region. We welcome this report as a critical tool for shaping conversations with donors, allies, and policymakers.

For further information or to connect with activists and organizations working in the SRHR field in the region, please contact us.