Global Fund Grantee Named Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs

Afghan President Hamid Karzai recently appointed Dr. Massouda Jalal, director of the Afghan Public Relief Organization, to his cabinet as the minister of women's affairs. The Global Fund awarded Dr. Jalal, who was the sole female candidate in the Afghan presidential elections, a $3,000 grant last year to organize a conference on expanding women's civic and political participation in the restructuring of Afghanistan, and the implementation of human rights for Afghan women.

Grantee: Afghan Public Relief Organization, Afghanistan

La Strada Wins MTV Europe's 2004 "Free Your Mind Award"

MTV NETWORKS EUROPE

On November 18, at the MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony in Rome, Global Fund for Women grantee La Strada Network, received the 2004 "Free Your Mind" award for the organization's dedication to the fight against the trafficking of women and girls in Europe; the event launched a year long MTV Europe campaign, entitled EXIT, to increase awareness and prevention of trafficking.

Grantee: La Strada, Czech Republic & Poland

Zanaa Jurmed Awarded Order of the Red Star

Zanaa Jurmed, director of the National CEDAW Watch Network Center, and chair of the Mongolian Women's NGO Coalition, both Global Fund Grantees, was awarded the Order of the Red Star.

Grantees: National CEDAW Watch Network Center, Mongolia;
Mongolian Women's NGO Coalition, Mongolia

August 24, 2004

Recalling Cairo Ten Years Later

INTER PRESS SERVICE NEWS AGENCY

More than 700 professionals in the health field from 107 countries will gather in London next week to push forward a delivery of reproductive health services that has been slowing down if not stalling.

Building an Inclusive Development Community

MOBILITY INTERNATIONAL USA

This manual is a toolkit for development agencies and others concerned with the inclusion of people with disabilities at all levels and in all areas of the international development process.