CELESTE FORTUIN

• Wrote research papers, reports, reviews, and summaries regarding the impact of DOCKDA Grantmaking on Grantee Partners and Communities within which they work.
• Utilized exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills to produce engaging and error-free content.
• Gathered and organized information for research purposes.
• Facilitated dialogue between DOCKDA and Grantee Partners to provide best possible funding and capacity building support..

• Leveraged online surveys and interviews to identify organisational and staff strengths, and develop capacity building strategies to respond to identified needs.
• Organised and facilitated feminist training to civil society organisations in South Africa.
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• Conducted thorough gender-specific reviews of operations to devise and deploy improvement strategies.
• Gender Policy Development and Gender Action Plan for private hedge fund.
• Compiled research data and gave professional presentations highlighting finds and recommendations for implementation.

• POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND ANALYSIS
• Gender Policy and Gender Action Plan Development for stakeholders within the Renewable Energy Sector, South Africa
• STRATEGY DOCUMENTS:
• Strategy Development for organisations within the Violence Against Women and Girls sector; including MOSAIC, Tswaranang Legal Advocacy Centre; Joint Gender Fund and Hlanganisa Institute for Development
• Scorecard for Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Lesotho – accessing sexual and reproductive health services
• FUNDRAISING
• Pro Bono work: Mentoring staff in fundraising strategy and proposal writing: COVID-19 relief grants for migrant women workers; Peoples Health Movement, a national environmental lobby group, and grassroots community organisations
• Grant proposal creation and execution from concept development to the full proposal: Mentoring a Grant proposal for the African Women's Development Fund (AWDF) which yielded funding of USD 955,700 over 2 years; Fundraising consultant for DOCKDA Development Agency, interacting with donors such as the Global Fund
• For Community Foundations, The French Embassy, the Lotto Trust
• RESEARCH:
• Research into the Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Women Farm Workers in South Africa, for the Women on Farms Project as part of an EU-funded, multi-country initiative - 2021
• Baseline study on how young girls, boys, adult women and men living on farms, perceive and experience domestic and intimate partner violence in their everyday lives - 2021
• Research into the drivers of Gender-based Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic, for Women on Farms Project – 2020
• Soul City Research on Young Women's Safety using Taxis, and Research Report on adherence to chronic illness

• The Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Women Farm Workers in South Africa Women on Farms Project
• Mort, R., Fortuin, C. 2020. The Economic Drivers of Gender-based Violence: Farmwomen in the Wellington Area and their experiences of violence during the COVID-19 National Lockdown in South Africa. Women on Farms Project
• Tekano womxn fellows and staff collective. A learning Circle on Feminist Leadership development for Health Equity, in Agenda, Vol. 33, 2019. May 2012
• Faces of Evictions. Stellenbosch: Women on Farms Project
• Women on Farms Project: Celebrating 20 years of Activism. 2016
• Gender at Work: Writing from the Inside – Stories of Hope and Change. 2010
• Fortuin, C. Women Farm Workers – Growing and Reaping Hope, in Amandla, Issue 5 & 6, December 2008, and in Moneta, Zeitung für Geld und Geist // Number 4, 2008 // 26
• November 2008. Webster, J. & Fortuin, C. Evaluation of the Women's Health & Empowerment Project within Women on Farms organisation, 2007
• Fortuin, C. Evaluation of the GETNET/DWAF Gender Mainstreaming Programme. September 2006
• Motala, S., Fortuin, C. Evaluation of Women on Farms Project
• 2005 (Internal Report)
• Bhana, K. & Fortuin, C. Towards a Gender Policy for the Eden District Municipality. 2006 (Unpublished)
• Marie, M.; Budlender, D.; Fortuin, C.; Gysman, N.& Serote., P. Gender & Budgets in Local Government. May 2004. CASE
• Fortuin. C. Local government is not all lekker. July 2004. Network News
• Fortuin, C. The empty promises of equality (democracy, equality and citizenship experienced by South African Women) November 2002. Network News
• Fortuin, C. Rethinking cooperation with the state. November 2002. Network News
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• Tekano Fellows who focus on gender and health.

Grants Coordinator: developing and implementing Grant-making strategy for grassroots women-led organisations in South Africa.

Part-time Lecturer: Women and Gender Studies Department. Courses focused on Gender and Development, Sex, Gender and Sexuality, and Feminist Research Methods.

• Process Facilitator for Women on Farms Project – Gender and Organisational Change.

• Women and Gender Studies Department.

Trainer and Associate delivering innovative gender and development training to various government departments, members of parliament, and civil society organisation in the Southern Africa Region.

Developed Gender Policy Guidelines for Local Government.

Popularised the National Gender Policy on Women's Empowerment & Gender Equality through working with the National and Provincial Offices on the Status of Women.

Developed training material in gender analysis, gender planning, gender mainstreaming and gender and development theory.

• Gender and Organisational Development for Zambia partners.
• Feminist Organisation Building - Women on Farms Project.

• Responsible for Knowledge Development, Grant-making and Fundraising support –
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
• Applied effective time management techniques to meet tight deadlines
• Demonstrated high level of initiative and creativity while tackling difficult tasks
• Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through development of innovative solutions

• I have been in the Gender and Development Sector, of one of the first gender training organisations in South Africa (GETNET) where we were at the forefront of developing gender tools of analysis, frameworks and evaluation mechanisms to determine the impact of development initiatives on improving the quality of life and status of all women
• I have gained experience in the philanthropic and grant-making sector, specialising in feminist funds and mobilising resources for grassroots organisations, and served as Grants Coordinator for the first Women's Fund in South Africa, the WHEAT Trust
• I am a trained qualitative researcher and employ feminist research principles to contribute to knowledge formulation and dissemination about the lived experiences of women who work on commercial farms in South Africa
• I also assist organisations with change processes such as Strategy Development, Programme Planning, Monitoring and Impact Assessments.