Fundación Mujeres

Advancing gender equality

Fundación Mujeres is a Spanish organization based in Madrid that works for real and effective equality between women and men. Its programs combine education, advice, and direct support for women, with a focus on empowerment, cultural change, equality policy, and development cooperation.

Areas of work

• Women’s empowerment.
• Cultural change and education for equality.
• Policies for gender equality.
• Development cooperation.
• Soledad Cazorla Scholarship Fund.
• Publications and transparency.

Training and employment

The organization runs its own virtual campus, Campus FM, with free online training for unemployed women, entrepreneurs, and business owners seeking to improve their employment prospects. Offerings include financial-literacy workshops, self-employment skills, job pathways, and entrepreneurship workshops, both in person in locations such as Almendralejo, Badajoz, Plasencia, and A Coruña and online.

Featured projects

• Cuidar los cuidados: raising the visibility of caregiving in Cáceres.
• IRENE: a gender-equality assessment method.
• Actívate Creando Empresas, in Extremadura.
• IRIS: artificial intelligence for social action.
• SEMAR program for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in Asturias.
• Employment and entrepreneurship initiatives in Asturias.

Other initiatives and websites

The foundation maintains topic-specific websites, including Educar en Igualdad, the Gender-Based Violence Observatory, the Equality and Employment Observatory, Gestionando la Igualdad, Círculo de Empresarias FM, Mujeres Líderes, and Actívate para el empleo. It also has a volunteer program and works with businesses.

Contact

Address: C/ San Bernardo 64, 2nd floor, 28015 Madrid. Phone: +34 915 912 420. Email: mujeres@fundacionmujeres.es.