Despite advances in women’s educational and health rights, Lebanon continues to be governed by a patriarchal state and society where visibility of women’s presence in fields ranging from politics to academia belies deep gender inequities. Based in Beirut, KAFA (Enough) Violence and Exploitation is a shining example of a feminist organization that addresses gender based violence at multiple levels.

For more than 50 years, indigenous communities have been caught in the crossfire of Colombia’s civil war between guerilla groups, paramilitaries, narcotics traffickers and government forces. Declarations of neutrality by indigenous groups like the Wayúu people have done little to protect them from the violence and human rights abuses.

Global Fund grantees Women’s League of Chinland (WLC) and the Women’s League of Burma work closely with the Chin refugee community in India. At the Global Fund for Women, refugee rights of women and girls has long been a core component of our work. To date, we have supported 329 organizations working with refugees and internally displaced people in 68 countries, totaling over $6 million in grants. 

The Fiji Women's Rights Movement (FWRM) was founded in Suva in 1986 to address the serious lack of legal rights for women in Fiji society. FWRM is a multicultural feminist organisation that seeks to improve Fiji women’s socio-economic, legal and political status through national and international advocacy, as well as publications and activities such as public awareness raising, photography competitions and coalition-building on human rights. The group also conducts leadership training for young women and girls.