In Ways the Water Flows is WFA’s 2023-24 Annual Report which reflects our growth and expansion as a global South feminist fund in Asia. Like estuaries that flow into the great seas and converge with other bodies of water, we celebrate our journey and look forward to continuing our work in supporting and empowering feminist movements across Asia. This report is a testament to our collective resilience, adaptability, and unwavering commitment to gender equality and justice. We embrace the myriad ways water flows: rapid surges of progress, gentle ripples of change, meandering through complex socio-political terrains, pouring forth with resources and support, and drifting through planning and reflection. As we navigate the waters ahead, we remain dedicated to nurturing the vibrant and diverse ecosystems of feminist activism, ensuring that every ripple, stream, and surge contributes to a tidal wave of change.

This year marked transitions, growth and anchoring; building on the successes, reflections and learnings towards a more solid and collective direction and commitment in mobilising resources for feminist power, solidarity and movement-building in the Asia region. A year of navigating the challenging contexts in the region and rising with the ever-changing tide by showing up for feminist movements through a more accessible and flexible funding mechanism and providing and nurturing spaces for connection, collective resistance, care and joy.

In this context of a harsh operating environment, WFA continued to embrace and complete a process of change, regrowth, and renewal. The period from 2021- 2022, a year of transitions, saw a profound exercise of institutional strengthening come to fruition, to better meet the challenges of the day.  

For WFA, much like the rest of the world, 2020 - 2021 was a constantly adaptive journey of resilience in the face of all odds.  

Looking back on a year of intense expansion and restructuring while continuing to support feminist movements across the region.  

One year into our journey as Women's Fund Asia, with a new identity and expanded mandate.