The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) wanted to strengthen engagement with donors in Europe and East Asia to shore up their commitments to gender equality, but lacked insight on donors’ funding and policy priorities in gender equality and opportunities for engagement in the sector.
SEEK collaborated with the BMGF team to determine the key policy and funding insights needed to inform their engagement with donors on gender equality, women’s economic empowerment, and women in leadership. We broke down BMGF’s information needs into concrete questions for our in-donor country consultants to address. From there, we worked to identify relevant insights and built compelling visuals outlining donor priorities in gender equality funding and policy. Finally, we distilled in-market political intelligence into specific, actionable recommendations to help BMGF prioritize engagement with key donors in the gender sector.
With SEEK’s support, the BMGF team was able to deepen its understanding of donors’ gender equality priorities and engage with donors in a strategic, evidence-based manner.