Mama Cash
Saranel Benjamin currently serves as Co-Executive Director at Mama Cash since January 2023. From September 2019 to January 2023, Saranel was Head of Partnerships in the Impact Division at Oxfam, focusing on anti-racism and feminist partnerships. Previously, Saranel held roles such as Director of Women's Rights and Gender Justice at the Gender and Development Network, Interim Head of Research and Programmes Policy at ActionAid, and Director of International Programmes at War on Want. Saranel’s earlier experience includes Senior International Programme Officer at the Development Planning Unit, where research on women workers in the South was conducted. Additional experience includes consultancy work and program management at various organizations focused on poverty and civil society advocacy. Saranel holds a PhD in Social Exclusion, Poverty, and Inequality from UCL and has degrees in International Politics and Law and Political Science from the University of South Africa and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, respectively.
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Mama Cash
Founded in Amsterdam in 1983, Mama Cash is the oldest international women’s fund and one of just a few funds dedicated exclusively to advancing women’s, girls’ and trans and intersex people’s human rights globally. We give grants to over 130 forward-thinking initiatives led by women, girls and trans people around the world annually, supporting them not only financially, but also by sharing knowledge and networking opportunities. Mama Cash supports the development of regional women’s funds around the world. We also encourage other funders to support the feminist activism of women, girls and trans people, and we learn and share results. We’re on a mission: courageous women’s, girls’ and trans people’s human rights organisations worldwide need funding and supportive networks in order to grow and transform their communities. Together with these activists and our donors, we work towards a more just world for women, girls and trans people.