Global Fund for Women

Global Fund for Women

Promoting women’s economic security, health, education and leadership

Civic and Political Participation

Article List

# Item Title
1 Global Fund Grantee Named Afghan Minister of Women's Affairs
2 Zanaa Jurmed Awarded Order of the Red Star
3 Sanaa Zreik-Saleh Awarded Jewel Bellush Outstanding Israeli Feminist Prize
4 Head to Head: Pakistan's Mixed-Sex Row
5 Ghanaian Women's Groups Celebrate Liberian President
6 Landmark Victory for Women's Rights in Africa
7 In Egypt Vote, Islamist influence Grows
8 Citizenship Rights for Lebanese Women
9 Women Empowering Women
10 "The 11-Day Siege;" Women's Rights in the Niger Delta
11 Grantee Awarded Artist Fellowship for Doctoral Dissertation
12 Majeda al-Saqqa on the BBC
13 Women Advocates Research and Documentation Center
14 Bahrain Women Society
15 Coordinating Committee of Peasant Women of the Tropics of Cochabamba
16 Land of Women
17 National Union of Guatemalan Women
18 Women in Transition: Outreach to the Caucasus
19 Women in the House!
20 Ugandan Women Light Torch for Peace
21 Good News from a Sister Organization
22 A Discussion of Islamic Feminism
23 21 Leaders for the 21st Century
24 Hope Blooms in the Desert
25 At the World Social Forum
26 AIDS in Kenya
27 Iranian Women Activists Arrested
28 Update from Kuwait
29 Bringing Women into Cambodian Politics
30 $2 Million Awarded in Grants
31 Honoring Mexican Journalism
32 Global Fund Grantees Win Five Prestigious Awards
33 Attacks Against Women's Rights Defenders
34 Women Mourn As A Right-Wing YES Ushers CAFTA Into Costa Rica
35 Nobel Women's Initiative - Peace Alone Deserves The Chance!
36 Pakistani Grantees Resist The Emergency!
37 Kenyan Women Resist Post-Election Violence
38 Global Fund's Board Member Mayan Villalba Wins Entrepreneurship Award
39 Balkan Women Build Bridges for Peace
40 Playing Political Catch-Up: Kavita Ramdas in the Huffington Post
41 Ear to the Ground: Young Women's Dialogues At AWID
42 Turkish Grantee's Media Analyses Highlighted in Local Newspaper
43 GFW Grantee Founder/Director Gets Elected To Nepali Parliament As First Openly Gay Representative
44 GFW Grantee Founder/Director Gets Elected To Nepali Parliament As First Openly Gay Representative
45 "Everything shall be judged by history": Dr.Vaira-Vike Freiberga
46 Global Fund for Women Joins Lawsuit to Challenge Unconstitutional Spying Law
47 Zimbabwean Grantee Sends Open Letter To Robert Mugabe
48 Malalai Joya: Bravest Woman of Afghanistan?
49 Fijian Grantee Shares Insights On Intergenerational Movement Building
50 The Politics Of Women And Leadership By Global Fund CEO and President Kavita Ramdas
51 Recognizing Collective Leadership As A Model: Kavita Ramdas at The Stanford Roundtable On Leadership
52 Global Fund for Women Awards Over $1.7 Million To 121 Groups In 60 Countries
53 Global Fund At The AWID Forum 2008: Some Reflections
54 SF Chronicle Op-Ed on the Global Gag Rule by GFW Vice President Shalini Nataraj
55 Huffington Post: Open Letter to President Obama By Eve Ensler, Kavita Ramdas, Zainab Salbi
56 December Grant Cycle: Over $1.6 million Awarded To Groups in 55 Countries
57 Build Infrastructure Not Bases: Board Member Sakena Yacoobi Interview In FPIF
58 GFW Grantees Participate Actively At UN Commission On The Status of Women Meeting
59 Kavita Ramdas On The Pink Chaddis Campaign: Feminist Magazine Radio Show
60 Huffington Post Article on the Chinese Invasion of California Legislature
61 Dear Mr. President, Change At the IMF Overdue: An Open Letter By Muadi Mukenge
62 Dutch Government Invests in Women's Empowerment
63 Young Women at AWID: Sowing a Multi-Generational Movement
64 Global Fund for Women Awards $1.8 Million to Women's Groups
65 As I Walk to Prison: A Letter From GFW Board Member Mu Sochua
66 Financial Times Calls for 30% Women on Boards: Guest Blogger Jacki Zehner
67 Video Special! Watch Kavita Ramdas' Commencement at Mills College
68 Notes from the Nobel Women’s Initiative's Conference in Guatemala: Costa Rican Grantee FIRE
69 Financial Times Calls for 30% Women on Boards
70 Kavita Ramdas Praises Nomination of Sonya Sotomayor to U.S. Supreme Court
71 Liberian Grantee Leader Leymah Gbowee Wins JFK Profile in Courage Award
72 Kavita Ramdas in NJ Star Ledger on Fellow Princeton Board Trustee Sotomayor's Nomination
73 Voicing Women's Perspectives at UN Conference
74 Global Fund Demands Restoration of Democracy in Honduras
75 Global Fund Demands Justice for Cambodian Board Member Mu Sochua
76 Obama Visits Ghana: An Opportunity to Join Hands for Women’s Rights
77 Grantee Brings Women Together in War-torn Sri Lanka
78 GFW Grantee Leymah Gbowee on the Colbert Report
79 GFW Co-Founder Frances Kissling Tears Down Pro-Life Logic in Salon.com Op-Ed
80 How to Keep Activism Alive? Dolores Huerta Offers Tips!
81 Global Fund for Women Awards $1.8 Million to Promote Women's Leadership in 61 Countries
82 Time for Diplomacy with North Korea: Global Fund's Christine Ahn on KQED
83 The Names We are Allowed to Call Women….Reflections on Gender and Power in the 21st Century
84 Mary Robinson to be Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
85 African Grantee ABANTU Featured for Efforts to Increase Women's Political Participation
86 Kosova Grantee: No Water, No Votes!
87 GFW Former Activist-in-Residence Calls for More Women Leaders
88 'I Can Be Arrested Anytime': Former Board Member Mu Sochua
89 Muadi Mukenge in the San Francisco Examiner
90 Musings on TED India
91 From Kawangware to Xi’an: Reflections On World AIDS Day
92 European Feminist Forum: Herstory Project
93 Sometimes Change is About Who Washes the Dishes: GFW's MDG3 Goals
94 GFW Awards $1.48 Million to Women's Groups
95 President Obama and Women's Rights: Interview With GFW Board Member Charlotte Bunch
96 Heartland Visionary Conference Call with Kavita Ramdas on February 2nd: Register Now!
97 Join us for Voice, Power and Soul: Portraits of African Feminists
98 Former Board Member, Mu Sochua, Profiled in The New York Times
99 Former Board Member and Cambodian Crusader Bids for Re-election
100 Musings on Beijing 15 years Later: Kavita Ramdas in Open Democracy
101 Updates from CSW (Commission on the Status Women)
102 GFW Marks March 8th Highlighting Women's Human Rights: Media Round-Up
103 An Iraqi-American Votes in America
104 Charlotte Bunch in Rutgers University's Newspaper
105 Taking on the Challenge...
106 State of the World’s Women: Christine Ahn and Anasuya Sengupta in Foreign Policy in Focus
107 From California to Cambodia Fighting for Women: Former Board Member Mu Sochua In the New York Times
108 GFW Awards $1.6 Million to Women’s Groups in 58 Countries
109 Mu Sochua Wins Human Rights Award
110 In Memory of Rhonda Copelon
111 Looking Back, Moving Forward: Reflections on the 54th Session of CSW and Beijing+15
112 Letter from the President
113 Haiti Earthquake Update
114 Reclaiming Peace: Manipur Mothers Defy Militarism | Video
115 Donor Day Reflections: Why I Admire GFW
116 Spotlight Afghanistan: Activist Sakena Yacoobi
117 Violence in Kyrgyzstan: Now The West Pays Attention
118 Gay McDougall Wins Thurgood Marshall Award
119 CLADEM Wins Gruber Prize
120 "Face to Face" Debate: Add Your Voice!
121 Global Fund for Women Awards $1.89 million to Women’s Groups in 67 Countries
122 Kyrgyz Women Hold the Solutions: Betsy Hoody in Foreign Policy in Focus
123 Kavita Ramdas at 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival
124 Kolkata Sanved: Dancing is a Part of the Movement!
125 Global Fund Celebrates Michelle Bachelet’s Appointment to Head UN Women
126 Women's Leadership: Abantu For Development
127 Right to Decide: Católicas Por El Derecho A Decidir
128 Americas: Rising from the Rubble
129 Sub-Saharan Africa: Ensuring Accountability
130 The Women's Movement is Global and Local
131 Violeta Krasnic: Our Time is Now!
132 Another World is On Her Way
133 Impact of Militarism on Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
134 Impact of Militarism on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean
135 Impact of Militarism on Women in Europe and Central Asia
136 Impact of Militarism on Women in Asia & Oceania
137 Save Somali Women and Children (SSWC) | Kenya & Somalia
138 Women In Black | Serbia
139 Mother-Power: Asociación Caminos de Esperanza Madres de la Candelaria, Colombia | Colombia
140 Guahan Coalition for Peace and Justice | Guam/Guahan
141 The Organization for Women's Freedom in Iraq (OWFI) | Iraq
142 Look to Women to End Conflict in Kyrgyzstan
143 Where No Funders Go: $1.5 Million for Women's Human Rights
144 Global Fund Celebrates Aung San Suu Kyi's Release
145 Inspiration From Dakar: Notes on the African Feminist Forum
146 Standing in Solidarity with the People of Egypt
147 Wayuu Women's Power: A Field Report from Colombia
148 Expanding Civic and Political Participation
149 GFW and Partners Gain Momentum in U.S.-Based Lawsuit
150 Telling Our Stories: Women's Voices from the Middle East and North Africa
151 Changing Spaces: Civic Leadership
152 After the Floods: Women Rebuilding Pakistan
153 Geek Out with Lebanon’s Geekettes
154 Key Women’s Voices Missing from Clinton’s Speech
155 Revolution is Possible
156 The Power is in the Diversity
157 Flex Your Tech
158 Behind Our Voices
159 And Still We Rise: Stories from our Annual Report
160 Something to Celebrate
161 How will Egyptian Election Results Impact Women?
162 Supporting Change at the Feminist Encuentro
163 High-Heeled Human Rights Defenders
164 Breaking Through: Gender Equality in Asia & the Pacific