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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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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August 3, 2008
Not many speak their mind to Gates Foundation
As with all good parodies, there's a grain of truth in a fake news story on the Web that says Bill Gates could face another antitrust investigation — this time for "monopolistic charity practices."
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June 3, 2008
Kavita Ramdas Highlights The International Women's Movement On GRITtv
Watch Kavita Ramdas on GRITtv with Laura Flanders, share important highlights and accomplishments of the global women's movement. The first part of the show features an insightful discussion on sexism and racism in the US presidential campaign. Watch the show
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June 29, 2008
Seattle Times Article on Gates' Move to Full-Time Philanthropy Mentions Kavita Ramdas
A recent article in the Seattle Times on Bill Gates' move to full-time philanthropy includes comments by Global Fund CEO and President Kavita Ramdas, a member of the global development advisory panel of the Gates' Foundation. Read the full article
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April 25, 2008
Philanthrocapitalism in denial
The super-rich new philanthropists want change. But their can-do know-how quick-fix solutions won't work in a world of systemic inequality and injustice, says Kavita N Ramdas of the Global Fund for Women.
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June 14, 2008
 The year of giving generously
In early April, philanthropist Linda Gruber and her daughter joined Kavita Ramdas, president of the Global Fund for Women, for lunch at a little Iranian restaurant near the fund’s San Francisco office. Gruber had been a generous supporter of GFW in the past and Ramdas wanted to ask her to continue her annual giving at the level she had been committed to in the fund’s endowment campaign, which was drawing to a close. Read Full Article
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June 14, 2008
The Year Of Giving Generously
In early April, philanthropist Linda Gruber and her daughter joined
Kavita Ramdas, president of the Global Fund for Women, for lunch at a
little Iranian restaurant near the fund’s San Francisco office.
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June 8, 2008
Global Fund joins Liberian president in funding market women
The Global Fund for Women marked its 20th anniversary Thursday in New York with President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf renewing her commitment to advancing issues which continue to affect the progress of women.
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 January 15, 2008
Recently, Foreign Policy magazine asked a group of the world's
leading thinkers to answer one question: What single policy or gesture
can the next president of the United States make to improve America's
standing in the world? Global Fund CEO and President Kavita Ramdas was
among those invited to respond to this question. Read the piece to find out what she has to say!
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February 21, 2008
 Kavita Ramdas in Nation.com on Leveraging the Power of Race and Gender
Read Global Fund CEO and President Kavita Ramdas' piece in the Nation online
on the issue of how race and gender can be powerfully leveraged in the
2008 presidential campaign. The Nation is a leading independent online
and print magazine and is America's first weekly magazine. You can post
your comments and feedback here.
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March 8, 2008
Kavita Ramdas on Pacifica Radio on Women's Rights as Human Rights
 Listen to Global Fund CEO
and President Kavita Ramdas talk about the significance of women's
rights as human rights in the context of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights' 60th anniversary. This short interview was among the clips featured as part of an
hour-long special on the occasion of International Women's Day that
aired across the Pacifica radio network on March 8.
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May 2, 2008
Kavita Ramdas and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs on KQED radio
Global Fund President and CEO Kavita Ramdas recently moderated a discussion with Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, Director
of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and author of a new
book, "Common Wealth -- Economics for a Crowded Planet" when he
appeared at the Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley last month. Listen to the podcast 
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May 2, 2008
Palo Alto School Girls Pick Kavita Ramdas As Role Model!
When a group of high school girls were asked about the women whose leadership they admired, one of their top picks was Global Fund and CEO President Kavita Ramdas! Read this news item hot off San Jose Mercury News' front page this week!
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April 02, 2008
The Global Fund for Women: An Interview with Kavita Ramdas
"I think there are many different ways in which you define leadership. As a feminist, and as a feminine feminist, I truly believe that we don't do a very good job in the United States of believing that you can lead by serving, and I think the United States needs to think deeply about being in service of the rest of the world." - Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women.
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 February 12, 2008
Africa Program Officer Muadi Mukenge in the Alternet
Read Global Fund's Africa Program Officer Muadi Mukenge's article featured in the Alternet, on the human rights atrocities in Kenya perpetrated against women, during and after the election mayhem.
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