Global Fund for Women

Global Fund for Women

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

Global Fund for Women Top 10 Wins for Women's Movements

Compiled by Christine Ahn and Lindsey Thomson-Levin, Communications Team

On the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, the Global Fund for Women (GFW) looks back over the past year and celebrates some of the extraordinary victories won by women’s movements around the world. From progressive new national and international legislation to mass mobilizations for peace, we celebrate the hard work of our grantee partners. These 10 victories remind us that despite enormous odds, women are paving the way to a more just and equal world.

 

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)

    Download the fundraising handbook in:
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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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