Balkans Expert Joins the Global Fund Board
Global Fund for Women is honored to have Boriana Jonsson join our Board.
After many years of working on women's human rights especially in conflict areas, and after serving as a dynamic advisor to the Global Fund on our grantmaking in Eastern Europe, Boriana brings to our diverse Board her several years of experience at the Swedish Foundation Kvinna till Kvinna (KtK).
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AWID Call for Proposals on Religious Fundamentalisms
As part of an initiative on “Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms, the Association for Women's Rights And Development (AWID) is gathering case studies on 1) the contemporary workings of religious fundamentalist movements and 2) previously undocumented strategies women’s rights activists use to successfully challenge them. Deadline to send submissions is June 13th, 2008. Download the Proposal Form and learn more about this initiative.

Council on Foundations Recognizes GFW Web Site, Publications!
Global Fund for Women has won a Gold Award in the Website category of the 2008 Wilmer Shields Rich Awards. We also won a Silver Award in the Magazines/Periodicals category for excellence in communications. This year, 213 entries were submitted to the awards program. Read More