Global Fund for Women

Global Fund for Women

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

International Women's Day Celebration

by Amelia Wu, Development Team

Lepa Mladjenovic and donor at GFW's International Women's Day event
Lepa Mladjenovic and Marta Drury at GFW's International Women's Day event. Photo by Violeta Krasnic.

On March 8, the Global Fund for Women celebrated the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day with a lively group of supporters. We shared food, wine, and camaraderie, and were inspired by speaker Lepa Mladjenovic, a self-described “radical feminist lesbian” from Serbia with 18 years of history with the Global Fund for Women as a grantee and Advisor. Lepa is a leading anti-violence and anti-war activist in her country, where she currently heads the Autonomous Women’s Center. Lepa shared stories of first becoming a feminist as a teen, fighting social injustice in her community, and dedicating her life to ending all forms of violence and oppression.

 

Annual Reports

Fundraising Handbook

  • Women's Fundraising Handbook

    First-Time Fundraising Help

    Women's Fundraising Handbook

    Newly Revised in 2007!!!
    Designed especially for first-time fundraisers, the Global Fund’s updated handbook presents some key ideas about raising money to fund women's rights work in today's global political and economic context. If you know or work with women's groups struggling for resources, please read, and pass on this manual. Download the latest version!

    This is the older version of the above handbook, written by Global Fund staff, and explores key ideas about raising money to fund women's rights work. It is especially designed for first-time fundraisers and for women's groups in developing countries.

    The handbook captures the essence of the Global Fund's Women, Money, and Empowerment workshops, which were given for activists at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.

    Read the handbook (in English, 84 KB)

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Impact Reports

  • Investing in Women's Rights Movements in the Middle East and North Africa

    Investing in Women's Rights Movements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a summary of the Global Fund for Women's grantmaking in the region. Since 1989, the Global Fund for Women has provided nearly $10 million in vital core support to 384 women-led groups in 14 countries throughout the MENA. The report charts the success of the 2003 MENA Initiative, which grew our grantmaking to the region by 400 percent, and highlights several success stories of transformational social change led by and for women. Investing in Women's Rights also outlines the Global Fund for Women's movement building strategies in the region, including efforts to prioritize support to rural women, young women, and women living in conflict and war.

    Read the report (PDF 680k)

2008-2013 Strategic Plan

A Powerful Force For Change

For 20 years, the Global Fund for Women has played a key role in advancing human rights worldwide. Our latest strategic plan builds on past accomplishments and deepens the Global Fund’s commitment to advancing women’s rights by investing in sustainable local, national and transnational women’s movements and linking them to allied social justice movements to be able to effect lasting change in relationships of socio-economic and political power. This plan also clarifies the vision, mission and guiding principles of the organization, defines new directions, partnerships and opportunities, and outlines key results areas, goals and the strategies we will use to achieve them. Read our bold strategic plan (PDF 64 KB)

 

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