Sam Coope
Work / All themes

Women’s rights organisations & civil society

I provide research, advice and facilitated learning on the sustainability of women’s rights organisations and wider civil society. My work covers financing, organisational capacity, local leadership and relationships with donors and private-sector partners.

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Selected work

Women’s rights organisations and private-sector partnership

CAFOD · Musasa · Mukuru · Zimbabwe · Ongoing

Lead Technical Adviser to a partnership testing domestic financing approaches for Musasa’s VAWG work. Leading research and learning on financial safety and economic abuse, facilitating partner reflections, and developing a practical partnership blueprint, business case and corporate engagement toolkit for other women’s rights organisations and businesses.

Financing women’s rights organisations

FCDO · Plan International / Social Development Direct · Completed

Provided strategic advice and options appraisal on sustainable financing for women’s and girls’ rights organisations working on GBV in Zimbabwe. Facilitated a workshop with WROs on financing options and follow-up activities to take the study’s recommendations forward.

Localisation and collective action

CAFOD · Zimbabwe Alliance for Humanitarian Action · Ongoing

Reviewing the alliance’s contribution to localisation, local leadership and humanitarian collaboration, including what members gain from working collectively.

Monitoring, evaluation and learning

Bread for the World · Q Partnership · Zimbabwe · Ongoing

Providing tailored support to civil society partners through capacity assessment, training, mentoring and advice on monitoring outcomes and using evidence.