Global Fund grantees, advisors and board members are among the 1,000 women nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Global Fund is honored to work with these extraordinary women, and we congratulate all of the nominees from around the world.
Learn more about 1000 Women for the Nobel Peace Prize 2005
Board Members
Charlotte Bunch, United States
Jacqueline Pitanguy (Global Fund Board Chair), Brazil
Olena Suslova, Ukraine
Sakena Yacoobi, Afghanistan
Former Board Members
Anne Firth Murray (Global Fund Founder), United States
Rita Thapa, Nepal
Official Advisors
Zainah Anwar, Malaysia
Marta Drury, United States
Terry Greenblatt (Global Fund Activist in Residence, 2004), United States
Palwasha Hassan, Afghanistan
Noeleen Heyzer, United States
Chinchuluun Naidandorj, Mongolia
Violeta Vanesa Delgado Sarmiento, Nicaragua
Mu Sochua, Cambodia
Susan Sygall, United States
Grantees
8th International Women and Health Meeting
Maria José de Oliveira Araújo, Brazil
Action for REACH OUT
Elizabeth Ann Gray, China
African Center for Empowerment Gender and Advocacy
Litha Musyimi-Ogana, Kenya
AGHS Legal Aid Cell
Asma Jahangir, Pakistan
Hina Jilani, Pakistan
Ajoka Theatre Workshop
Madeeha Gauhar, Pakistan
Asmita Nepali Women's Journal
Anju Chhetri, Nepal
Asmita Resource Centre for Women
Vasanth Kannabiran, India
Association Femmes 2000
Chantal Marie Rachelle Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso
Association of War Affected Women
Visakha Dharamadasa, Sri Lanka
Association pour le Progrés et la Défense des Droits des Femmes
Maliennes
Fatoumata Diakite, Mali
Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation
Genoveva Tisheva, Bulgaria
Católicas Pelo Direito de Decidir
María José Rosado Nunes, Brazil
Católicas por el Derecho a Decidir
María del Carmen Sarthes, Argentina
Centro de Unidad Costeña
Hazel
María Law Blanco, Nicaragua
Chuuk Women's Advisory Council
Shinobu Mailo Poll, Fed. States of Micronesia
CODEPINK: Women for Peace
Medea Benjamin, United States
Coletivo de Mulheres Negras da Baixada Santista
Alzira Rufino, Brazil
Confederacion Nacional de Mujeres del Campo
Juana Ferrer, Dominican Republic
Coordination des ONGs Féminines En Guinee
Hadja Saran Daraba, Guinea
El Clóset de Sor Juana
Elsa Patria Jiménez Flores, Mexico
Gaia International Women's Centre
Elena Ershova, Russia
Groupe de Recherche d'Etude de Formation Femme-Action
Fatimata Touré, Mali
Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida (GIRE)
Marta Lamas Encabo, Mexico
INCITE Women of Color Against Violence
Andrea Smith, USA
International Association "Hope"
Nina Karpachova, Ukraine
International Women Communication Center
Limota Goroso Giwa (Hajiya), Nigeria
Jagori - Women's Training, Documentation and Communication Centre
Abha Bhaiya, India
Kanlungan Center Foundation
Mary Lou Alcid, Philippines
Karen Women's Organisation (Thailand)
Naw Zipporrah Sein, Burma
Khwendo Kor
Maryam Bibi, Pakistan
Kup Women for Peace
Mary Kini, Papua New Guinea
MAAN - The Forum for Bedouin Women's Organizations
Amal Elsana Alh'jooj, Israel
Maple Women's Psychological Counseling Center
Xingjuan Wang, China
Masimanyane Women Support Centre
Lesley Ann Foster, South Africa
Mili-Juli
Stella Tamang, Nepal
Mosaic Training, Service and Healing Centre for Women
Rolene Miller, South Africa
Muslim Girls' Primary School of Weizhou Town
Xinlan Ma, China
National CEDAW Watch Network Center
Zanaa Jurmed, Mongolia
National Domestic Workers' Welfare Trust (India)
Jeanne Devos, Belgium
Nazareth Nurseries Institute
Nabila Espanioly, Israel
NGO Legal Center "Hemaiat"
Ogul Nabat Babayeva, Turkmenistan
Organización Femenina Popular
Yolanda
Becerra Vega, Colombia
Otil A Beluad
Gabriela Ngirmang, Palau
Palestinian Federation of Women's Action
Zahira Kamal, Palestine
Pet Southern Star Associates
Pauline Tangiora, New Zealand
Progynist
Netsanet Mengistu, Ethiopia
Rwanda Women's Network
Mary V. Balikungeri, Rwanda
Sanlaap: A Women's Rights Centre
Indrani Sinha, India
Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Centre
Khawar Mumtaz, Pakistan
Farida Shaheed, Pakistan
Sisterhood is Global Institute
Marilyn Waring, New Zealand
Solidarité des Femmes Activistes pour la Défense des Droits Humaines
Katana Bukuru Gege, Dem. Republic of the Congo
Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women
Neera Desai, India
Women Against Violence
Aida Touma-Sulima, Israel
Women of Color Resource Center
Linda Burnham, United States
Women on Waves
Rebecca Gomperts, Netherlands
Women's Action Network for Development
Teresa Banaynal Fernandez, Philippines
Women's Foundation for Culture and Communication
Ayse Düzkan, Turkey
Zena BiHAzra
Hasanbegovic, Bosnia and Herzegovina
