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The Global Fund for Women is deeply grateful to our broad and diverse advisory council. This extensive network of regional and global advisors, and former board members provide our staff with comprehensive feedback, contextual perspective and strategic guidance on the issues and groups we support.

Former Members of the Board

Anne Firth Murray, Founding President
    New Zealand

Frances Kissling, Co-Founder
    United States

Laura J. Lederer, Co-Founder
    United States

Dame Nita Barrow*, Barbados
Lin Chew, HongKong/ China
Hope Chigudu, Zimbabwe
Johnetta B. Cole, United States
Sumaya Farhat-Naser, Palestine
Kaval Gulhati, India
Esther Hewlett, United States
Stina Katchadourian, Finland
June Hope Kingsley*, United States
Marysa Navarro, United States
Jacqueline Pitanguy, Brazil
Marjan Sax, The Netherlands
Margaret K. Schink, United States
Adele Simmons, United States
Mary Ann Stein, United States
Rita Thapa, Nepal
luchie pavia ticzon, The Philippines
Walteen Grady Truly, United States
Wu Qing, China
Diane Wexler, United States

*deceased 

 

Africa

Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Accra, Ghana
Theresa Akumadu, Owerri, Nigeria
Dina Badri, Omdurman, Sudan
Immaculée Birhaheka, Goma, Congo (DR)
Katana Bukuru, Bujumbura, Burundi/Uvira,
     Congo (DR)

Dorcas Coker-Appiah, Accra, Ghana
Joana Foster, Monrovia, Liberia
Euphrasie Havyarimana, Bujumbura,
    Burundi

Honorine Honkou, Lome, Togo
Deborah Kaddu-Serwadda, Kampala, Uganda
Aimée Kady, Kinshasa, Congo (DR)
Peace Kyamureku, Kampala, Uganda
Nkandu Luo, Lusaka, Zambia
Evelyn Mafeni, Bamenda, Cameroon
Titus Moetsabi, Johannesburg, South Africa
Rose Mensah-Kutin, Accra, Ghana
Sètchémè Mongbo, Cotonou, Benin
Theodora Nwankwo, Enugu, Nigeria
Dzodzi Tsikata, Accra, Ghana
Muthoni Wanyeki, Nairobi, Kenya
Shamillah Wilson, Capetown, South Africa

 

Americas & the Caribbean

Celia Aguilar Setien, Mexico City, Mexico
Marie Agathe Jean Baptiste,
    Pètion Ville, Haiti

Marta Alanis, Cordoba, Argentina
Monica Aleman, Argentina
Alejandra Alvarez, San Cristobal de las
    Casas, Mexico

Jeanette Bell, St. George, Barbados
Jenny Kalindy Bolivár Guayacundo, Ecuador
Cecilia Cardenas, Bolivia
Tatiana Cordero, Ecuador
Emilienne de Léon, Mexico City, Mexico
Sergia Galvan, Santo Domingo,
    Dominican Republic
Patricia Guerrero, Colombia
Madalena Guilhon, Brazil
Carla Lopez Cabrera, Central America
Alejandra Lopez Gomez, Uruguay
Marie Nickette Lorméus,
    Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Sara Mandujani, Chile
Luz Mendez, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Yamilet Mejia, Nicaragua
Rhoda Reddock, St. Augustine,
    Trinidad and Tobago
Tarcila Rivera, Peru
Deysi Roque, Soyapango, El Salvador
Alejandra Sardá, Mexico City, Mexico
Maria Suarez, Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica
Lúcia Xavier de Castro,
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sally Yudelman, Washington DC, USA

 

Europe and the
Former Soviet States

Gabrielle Akimova, Moscow, Russia
Oral Ataniyazova, Nukus, Uzbekistan
Svetlana Durkovic, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jane Grant, London, United Kingdom
Stanimira Hadjimitova, Sofia, Bulgaria
Marketa Hronkova, Prague, Czech Republic
Annie Hillar,Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Taida Horozovic, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Shahla Ismailova, Baku, Azerbaijan
Natalia Karbowska, Kiev, Ukraine
Biljana Kasic, Zagreb, Croatia
Irina Khaldeeva, Saratov, Russia
Viera Klementova, Bratislava, Slovakia
Yevgenia Kozyreva, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Barbara Limanowska, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jivka Marinova, Sofia, Bulgaria   
Elvira Nikitina, Samara, Russia
Wanda Nowicka, Warsaw, Poland
Nana Pantsulaia, Tbilisi, Georgia
Igballe Rogova, Prishtina, Kosova
Marina Safarova, Khujand, Tajikistan
Slavica Stojanovic, Belgrade, Serbia
Nina Tsihistavi, Tbilisi, Georgia
Susanna Vardanyan, Yerevan, Armenia
Aleksandra Vesic, Belgrade, Serbia
Nurgul Djanaeva, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Gjuner Neblu, Skopje, Macedonia

 

Asia and Oceania

Indrasti Maria Agustiana, Indonesia
Shamima Ali, Fiji
Zainah Anwar, Malaysia
Virsila Buadromo, Fiji
Marian Caampued, the Philippines
Lin Chew, China
Elizabeth Cox, Fiji
Deepak Dewan, Nepal
Minari Fernando, Sri Lanka
Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Sri Lanka
Carolyn Frohmader, Australia
Nandita Gandhi, India
Palwasha Hassan, Afghanistan
Katherine Hunter, East Timor
Indira Jena, India
Zanaa Jurmed, Mongolia
Maria Kagl, Papua New Guinea
Preeti Kirbat, India
Daniel Lee, Singapore
Keum Yeon Lee, Korea
Medha Kotwal Lele, India
Meloney Lindberg, Afghanistan
Pramada Menon, India
Amin Muftiyanah, Indonesia
Chinchuluun Naidandorj, Mongolia
Baasanyav Oyunbileg, Mongolia
Bandana Pattanaik, Thailand
Sharon Bhagwan Rolls, Fiji
Tive Sarayeth, Cambodia
Annie Serrano, Afghanistan
Dur-e-Shahwar, Pakistan
Mashuda Shefali, Bangladesh
Claire Slatter, New Zealand
Marjie Suanda, Indonesia
Jon Summers, Afghanistan
Angela M. Kuga Thas, Malaysia
Selvy Thiruchandran, Sri Lanka
Shashi Tyagi, India
Nang Lao Liang Won, Thailand

 

Middle East and North Africa

Shirouk Abdul Hamid Abayachi, Baghdad, Iraq
Lina Abou-Habib, Beirut, Lebanon
Nehad Aboul Komsan, Cairo, Egypt
Louisa Ait Hamou, Algiers, Algeria
Suad Al Gedsi, Taiz, Yemen
Wajeeha Al-Baharna, Manama, Bahrain
Nurcan Baysal, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Hoda Elsadda, Manchester, United Kingdom/Egypt
Areen Hawari, Kafr Kara, Palestinian Citizen of Israel
Terry Greenblatt, Boulder, Colorado, USA/Israel
Pinar Ilkkaracan, Istanbul, Turkey
Eileen Kuttab, Birzeit, Palestine
Khadouja Mellouli, Bardo, Tunisia
Aminetou Mint El Mokhtar, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Nadine, Beirut, Lebanon
Yanar Mohammed, Baghdad, Iraq
Halima Oulami, Marrakesh, Morocco
Caroline Sakina Brac de la Peirre, France/Algeria
Trees Zbidat-Kosterman, Sakhnin, Israel
Naima Zitan, Rabat, Morocco

 


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