Africa Today, KPFA Radio

Africa Today host Walter Turner speaks with members of the Global Fund for Women's network of grantees, advisors and sister organizations from Kenya, Cameroon Guinea. Three African women activists speak about the issues facing African women and how women's groups are working for change across the continent.

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San Jose Mercury News

Of the human rights abuses experienced by widows in India and throughout the world, Kavita Ramdas, President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women says, "In many parts of the world, they say a goat is worth more than a woman. Only where women find the courage to speak out do those things change."

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San Jose Mercury News

Thousands of students are spending their vacations learning about global warming or helping Hurricane Katrina victims rebuild their homes on "alternative spring breaks"—service trips run by non-profits to boost awareness of world problems. How much impact can college students have on a world crisis of this size? A lot, according to Anne Firth Murray, a Stanford professor and activist who founded the Global Fund for Women.

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Audio Interview

Questioning the role and relevance of the women's movement today, they discuss what it means to be a feminist, some of the differences (and similarities) for women in the Global North and South and even the role for men.