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August 11, 2008

KPFA Radio Show: Global Fund for Women Symposium

A discussion on the impact of conflict and globalization on women, moderated by Moroccan American feminist activist Leila Hosseini. The panel features Taida Horozovich from CURE, a group of young feminist arts activists in Bosnia and Herzogovina; Patricia Guerrero of the League of Displaced Women in Colombia, and Leymah Gbowee, founder of the Women In Peacebuilding Network in Liberia.

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July 24, 2008

The Silent Olympics: Article In Huffington Post

Read Global Fund President and CEO Kavita Ramdas in the Huffington Post, on the issues surrounding the ongoing Olympics in China

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Global Fund for Women 20th Anniversary Grantee Video

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July 17, 2008

Global Fund for Women Awards $2 million to 138 International Grassroots Women's Rights Organizations

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July 10, 2008

Global Fund for Women Joins Lawsuit to Challenge Unconstitutional Spying Law

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Grantee News

August 7, 2008

AIDS Group Cites Rapes in Zimbabwe as Terror Tool

A 13-year-old girl was abducted, then raped repeatedly over a two-week period during a campaign of political terror in Zimbabwe surrounding recent elections there.Hers is one of 53 cases documented by AIDS-Free World, an advocacy group investigating rape as a political weapon in Zimbabwe, activists said Thursday at a news conference at the 17th International AIDS Conference here

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June 17, 2008

Washington Post Article Highlights Global Fund Grantee Partner Betty Makoni

Read an inspiring article in the Washington Post on women forging ahead amid huge barriers. The article highlights the work of Global Fund grantee Betty Makoni of the Zimbabwean group Girl Child Network and also features Kavita Ramdas, Global Fund CEO and President. Read the article.

 



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