Fonds pour les Femmes Congolaises, or FFC, is a local, indigenous grantmaker offering financial and technical assistance — grants are between $1,000 to $5,000 — to small organizations run by women and girls in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also helps facilitate networking among women's organizations to lobby at local, national, and regional levels to promote changes in legal frameworks and promote women’s participation at negotiating tables discussing peace and women's leadership. These organizations work in the following areas: HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights, women's economic empowerment, gender-based violence and sexual violence, conflict transformation, women's political participation and female leadership, and climate justice and environmental protection.
In 2021, Julienne Lusenge, FFC’s founder and executive director, was awarded the Aurora Prize for her work, and in 2023, she won the U.N. Human Rights Prize and the Félix Houphouët-Boigny-UNESCO Peace Prize.
Democratic Republic of Congo.