Global Fund for Women - News Syndication http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:01:46 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/images/M_images/RSS.gif http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms Global Fund for Women - News Syndication http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1435&Itemid=70 Take a 12-question survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GFW_usersurvey) and tell us how to improve the Global Fund website. Your voice matters! Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:40:14 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1432&Itemid=582 Earthquake Can’t Silence the Voices of Haitian Women An Update By Advisor Maria Suárez Toro, FIRE (http://www.radiofeminista.net/) After Lise Marie Dejean, a Haitian activist from the women¹s organization SOFA, (Haitian Women’s Solidarity) described all the things that collapsed, all the people, as well as the historical memory now buried under the debris of the National Library and the Women¹s Center a journalist asked, “And then, what is left standing?” Lise Marie looked the journalist in the eyes, then looked up and said: “The strength of the survivors.” Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:50:15 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1431&Itemid=70 Global Fund CEO and President Kavita Ramdas is the featured thought leader in an upcoming conference call with Heartland Circle (http://www.heartlandcircle.com/vh-upcoming.htm). Find out more about this event and register (http://www.heartlandcircle.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=50635) for the call if you wish to participate. Read More Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:30:53 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1429&Itemid=72 A Malaysian court overturned a government ban on a book by GFW grantee partner Sisters in Islam, about Muslim women that authorities claimed was a misinterpretation of Islam and a threat to public stability. Read More Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:51:50 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1425&Itemid=70 GFW's Communications and Research Analyst Christine Ahn interviewed Board Member Charlotte Bunch on President Obama's track record on women's rights in the first year of his presidency. Read the interview published in the Inter Press Service. Read the Interview Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:37:49 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1423&Itemid=574 Haiti Two Weeks After: Grim for Women and Children By Erika Guevara-Rosas, Program Director for Americas The situation in Haiti remains extremely dire, with thousands killed and injured. Official estimates have put the death toll at over 200,000 people killed and over 1.5 million homeless. As relief work continues, the numbers are likely to worsen. The Haitian government has shown its inability to respond to the emergency, and the increasing presence of armed groups is destabilizing any efforts to protect people from violence, particularly women and children. On the other hand, the US’ emphasis on military coordination and security is raising questions as to whether this is a ‘humanitarian operation or an invasion.’ The US is also being heavily criticized for running a poor coordinating operation in terms of aid distribution. The assistance that is currently being distributed is being delivered to large-scale camps rather than small isolated areas where hundreds are still awaiting assistance. The military component of the US mission is overshadowing the civilian functions of rescuing a desperate and impoverished population, as well as providing protection with a human-rights lens. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:02:12 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1417&Itemid=570 Sister Organizations’ Response to Haiti Find out how our sister organizations have responded to the Haiti earthquake and other updates: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:35:31 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1415&Itemid=568 GFW Responds to Haiti Earthquake Dear Friends, We are all concerned about the ongoing crisis in Haiti. I would like to fill you in on how the Global Fund for Women is responding as the crisis continues to unfold. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:21:55 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1430&Itemid=581 GFW Update on Haiti Dear Friends, We are all concerned about the ongoing crisis in Haiti. I would like to fill you in on how the Global Fund for Women has responded since the earthquake. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:21:55 +0100 http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1412&Itemid=566 Recent GFW Grantee Partners in Haiti Thu, 14 Jan 2010 10:56:18 +0100