GFW's Christine Ahn was interviewed on Change.org, where she highlights how Global Fund grants support crucial work led by women at both grassroots and international levels. Read the interview »

Fatma Emam is a young feminist activist working on women’s rights in Cairo, Egypt. She is lead researcher of Nazra for Feminist Studies, a young feminist-led research organization, and a GFW grantee partner, seeking to highlight a younger voice within the human rights and feminist movements in Egypt. Brownie is Fatma’s blog which she updates regularly with news and reflections on young feminist activism in the Arab world. Read her recent blog post highlighting burnout among young feminists through her personal reflections, that she also shared with the young Feminist Wire Community hoping that it will resonate with other activists. Read full post

Guest blog source: Brownie and AWID’s Young Feminist Wire

Last week was all abuzz with the controversial TIME magazine cover. Read President and CEO Kavita Ramdas's critique of the cover, published last week in the Huffington Post.

By Iris Garcia

I am not what they call an early adapter when it comes to technology; I joined Facebook a few months ago, use a desktop at home, and my mobile phone can be considered a fossil. My political perspective on technology: the world’s problems will not be solved by technological innovation alone, and that many benefits of technological advancements have an associated negative cost, be it environmental, social, or economic.