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“Enough of the siege!”: Condemning violence and human rights violations in Palestine, following latest massacre

We condemn the shameful violence against Palestinians, and repeated violation of human rights by Israeli forces. Monday, May 14 produced the biggest ...

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Integrated, Inclusive, and Intersectional: Introducing Global Fund for Women’s Updated Focus Areas

A note from Leila Hessini, VP of Programs In this new video, Vice President of Programs Leila Hessini shares Global Fund for Women's updated ...

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Motherhood means love: Mother’s Day quotes from around the world

Motherhood is powerful. From human rights defenders and peace-builders to community leaders and activists, the mothers in Global Fund for Women’s ...

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8 quotes that emphasize why we should celebrate & support women land defenders for Earth Day

Climate change is affecting the lives of many of the world’s women, girls, and trans people. Women farmers’ economic security is directly linked ...

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Silence is complicity: A call for international solidarity with Syria

News Update: April 17  “If you were besieged under a sky of hell, what would you want the world to do?”  - a woman in Ghouta, from the Syrian ...

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Demanding justice after the assassination of Afro-Brazilian human rights defender Marielle Franco and her driver

“Another murder of a young man…Matheus Melo was leaving church. How many more will have to die for this war to end?” – Marielle Franco in ...

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Embrace Isirika: Musimbi Kanyoro’s TED Talk on Equal Generosity

Isirika. It’s one word with a meaning powerful enough to mobilize and inspire an entire community. Watch Global Fund for Women's President and ...

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Facebook Fundraiser Guide for Global Fund for Women

Thank you for supporting Global Fund for Women by starting a Facebook Fundraiser! Use our handy guide to encourage your community to join you in ...

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Leading Global Gender Equality Organizations Launch Ambitious Collective Effort to Increase Economic Power of Women and Girls in India

NEWS RELEASE Leading Global Gender Equality Organizations Launch Ambitious Collective Effort to Increase Economic Power of Women and Girls in ...

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Measuring a year in global resistance and interconnected movements

What a year it has been. On January 20, 2017, the new U.S. administration took office with President Trump’s Inauguration marking the official ...

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Top 10 moments for women’s rights in 2017

2017 has been quite a year. It was a year of resisting, of reckoning. It was a year of rollbacks and new challenges for women and girls in countless ...

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Expressing solidarity with Iran and Iraq following world’s deadliest quake of 2017

Global Fund for Women expresses solidarity with the brave people in Iraq and Iran who were affected by the world’s deadliest earthquake of 2017 ...

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Why ‘Resist & Persist’ is the Perfect Theme for September 28th, and Every Day

Written by Musimbi Kanyoro, President & CEO, and Leila Hessini, Vice President of Programs. Originally published in Huffington Post.  In ...

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Mexico earthquakes: Standing in solidarity with our sisters

September 27 UPDATE “There are women on the frontlines supporting rescue events, preparing food, distributing goods,” explains one Global Fund ...

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Historic abortion ruling in Chile seen as small step for women’s movement

At the end of August, Chile’s Constitutional Tribunal voted to legalize abortion under certain circumstances, following Congress’ approval ...

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New op-ed on ending gender-based violence against women garment workers

An ambitious yet attainable goal By Sangeeta Chowdhry, Global Fund for Women, and Brandee Butler, C&A Foundation Four years ago, the collapse ...

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Global gag rule is back: One of Trump’s first actions targets the world’s women

Update: May 16, 2017 On May 15, the Trump administration released its plan for expanding the global gag rule to affect nearly $8.8 billion in global ...

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Peru’s record flooding reveals need for women-led reconstruction, climate mitigation efforts

Recent floods and mudslides in Peru have created a crisis that highlights the need for more effective ways to prevent and confront natural ...

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Syria attack: A critical moment for global action, six years too late

More than 100 people, including women and children, are believed to have been killed and hundreds more injured in a chemical attack in Syria on ...

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NoVo Foundation joins Global Fund for Women and C&A Foundation collaborative to end gender-based violence in the garment industry

APRIL 5, 2017--Global Fund for Women is pleased to announce a new partnership with the NoVo Foundation to join its multi-year initiative with C&A ...

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6 Muslim women proving art is more powerful than hate in face of travel ban

By Samina Ali, curator of Muslima March 21, 2017:  Just last week, Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...

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Leila Hessini named Head of Strategic Grantmaking & Movement Building for Global Fund for Women

March 14, 2017--Global Fund for Women is pleased to announce the appointment of Leila Hessini as its new Head of Strategic Grantmaking and Movement ...

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How Trump’s ‘travel ban’ impacts women’s groups and activists in the Middle East

March 15, 2017:  At the end of his first week in office, on January 27th, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning ...

8 inspiring quotes to celebrate resilience this International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day—like every day of the year for us at Global Fund for Women—is about celebrating the resilience of women around ...

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Top 10 moments for women’s rights in 2016: Inspiration for the year ahead

When you look back on 2016, what will you remember? It’s been a year filled with extreme highs and lows for women’s rights around the world. ...

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Global Fund for Women and C&A Foundation collaborate to end gender-based violence in the garment industry

DECEMBER 6, 2016--Global Fund for Women is pleased to announce a new initiative with C&A Foundation and Gender at Work to eradicate gender-based ...

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Now is our time: A letter to the world’s women and girls

November 17, 2016: November's U.S. Presidential election outcome was not the glass ceiling-shattering moment many hoped it would be. But as I sat in ...

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What President-elect Trump could mean for women’s rights globally

November 9, 2016:  The hotly contested U.S. presidential election has been called and Donald J. Trump is the new President-elect of the United ...

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‘A woman’s place’ is on the ballot: Our top eight stories on women & politics around the world

The United States saw a critical presidential election in 2016: a woman led a major party’s presidential ticket for the first time in American ...

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One of our favorite inspirational videos: Tapping into “girl power”

Sylvie Olson-Dorf and Claire Rafferty know that being a girl means you have the power to make a difference. And that’s exactly what they’re ...

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In the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, women in Haiti need your support

Update: October 13 “Women and girls are in a very difficult situation, catastrophic, almost apocalyptic. But the Haitian people, especially ...

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Prestigious award recognizes bold Egyptian woman human rights defender Mozn Hassan and Nazra for Feminist Studies

Update: November 29, 2016 Last week, Egyptian woman human rights defender and Global Fund for Women Board member Mozn Hassan accepted the 2016 Right ...

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Stepping up for girls & women at the 2016 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

On Tuesday in New York City, Global Fund for Women’s President and CEO Musimbi Kanyoro, represented Global Fund for Women at the 12th and final ...

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News Release: New online campaign launched by Global Fund for Women, JASS, and MADRE highlights women human rights defenders globally

For immediate release NEW ONLINE CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN, JASS, AND MADRE HIGHLIGHTS WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS GLOBALLY With ...

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The Brazil you won’t see at the Summer Olympics: Women on the Frontlines

The 2016 Summer Olympics are about to come to an end in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. And while there’s been talk about risks in Brazil from water ...

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A message of solidarity to our sisters in Turkey

Global Fund for Women stands in solidarity with our sisters and partners in Turkey following Friday’s attempted coup and the ensuing violence that ...

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9 inspiring Muslim women shattering stereotypes

Now more than ever we need to elevate the diverse and vibrant art and voices of Muslim women from around the world to emphasize Muslim people cannot ...

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In solidarity with Egyptian woman human rights defender and Global Fund for Women board member Mozn Hassan after travel ban

We, the Board of Directors of Global Fund for Women, express global solidarity with our sister and fellow Board member Mozn Hassan. Mozn’s bold ...

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Top 10 favorite moments from the star-studded United State of Women Summit

This week, we were honored to be among the 5,000 women and men who descended on Washington, D.C. for the first-ever, star-studded United State of ...

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From Orlando to Pakistan: LGBT violence around the world

Yesterday, news broke about the latest devastating instance of violence against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people: 49 people were killed ...

NYT Letter to the Editor: Women’s rights and Brazil’s all-male cabinet

“Women in Brazil are living in an extremely delicate moment.” On Saturday, Global Fund for Women took to The New York Times to shine light ...

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Spotlight on Turkey: Women on the ground discuss growing crisis, threats

June 29 Update: The death toll continues to rise in the aftermath of a deadly suicide attack Tuesday night at Turkey's Istanbul Ataturk Airport, with ...

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Join our call to end violence in Nagorno-Karabakh

“We need international attention now so that responsible bodies finally move. It's horrible how many people have already been killed.” - Armenian ...

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Global Fund for Women condemns Egypt’s crackdown on leading women’s group Nazra for Feminist Studies

Egyptian authorities are stepping up their crackdown against civil society and human rights organizations. On March 20th, Nazra for Feminist Studies ...

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Demand Justice for Berta Cáceres, and Women Human Rights Defenders Worldwide

By Musimbi Kanyoro, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women March 9, 2016 “They follow me. They threaten to kill me, to kidnap me, they threaten ...

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FIERCE 8 FOR MARCH 8

Every year we celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th. But for us at Global Fund for Women, every day is International Women's Day—because ...

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News Update: Is Zika a tipping point in the fight for reproductive rights in Latin America?

Much has changed since the Zika virus was declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization earlier this month. The WHO ...

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“Let the world know”: Order to shut critical clinic for survivors of violence in Egypt

“Security officials came to the center after the end of the working day to seal it off. Were it not for the providential presence of Taher Aboul ...

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Women and girls hold the key to ending gender-based violence

By Musimbi Kanyoro, President and CEO, Global Fund for Women February 14, 2016 We live in a world of misplaced priorities, a world in which 60 ...

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Backlash against women’s rights: A missive from our Europe & Central Asia Activist Convening

[Editor's Note: Because of security threats in the region, which are discussed in this article, names and identifying attributes of the activists ...

Global Fund for Women partners with Rent the Runway to increase money raised for women’s rights on #GivingTuesday 2015

Rent the Runway will donate $5 to Global Fund for Women for every order placed on their site on Giving Tuesday December 1, 2015 – up to $10,000! ...

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Global Fund for Women partners with MAKERS: Once And For All to shed light on state of women’s human rights

20 years ago, in September 1995, the U.N. Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing marked the largest gathering of women’s human rights ...

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Meet the new Global Fund for Women

WHY I'M DETERMINED TO CHAMPION AN EQUAL WORLD  WITH NO EXCEPTIONS   Imagine a world where every woman and girl is strong, safe, powerful, ...

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News Release: Global Fund for Women launches Determined campaign, new brand to advance global agenda for gender equality

MEDIA CONTACT: Anna Tenuta, 212.419.4467 / atenuta@globalfundforwomen.org GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN LAUNCHES DETERMINED CAMPAIGN, NEW  BRAND TO ADVANCE ...

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Five months post-quake, what’s next for Nepal

Update February 2016 -- After the devastating earthquakes in Nepal that killed thousands of people and leveled entire villages, our supporters gave ...

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10 favorite quotes for International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day! What better way to celebrate our favorite holiday than sharing the voices and photos of women we are lucky to ...

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After the earthquake: Women are rebuilding Nepal

In the hours following the worst earthquake in Nepal's history, Global Fund for Women's incredible community came together to support fearless women ...

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UPDATE: Nepal rocked by second powerful earthquake, just weeks after quake that killed thousands

UPDATE MAY 12, 2015 “There are places where the people hear cries and weeping but no one can go there and rescue [people]. That is really painful. ...

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Online violence: Just because it’s virtual doesn’t make it any less real

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, two teens’ private photos, taken by a boyfriend, are posted to Facebook without their consent.  In Bosnia and ...

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Priority Africa Network on the Garissa attack and one-year since Chibok girls’ abduction

The following statement is a statement from Priority Africa Network (PAN), reposted with permission. Solidarity in face of Garissa Attack & ...

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A postponed election in Nigeria puts safety of women and girls in the spotlight

Nigerians recently learned that presidential elections will be postponed – ostensibly to give authorities more time to fight Boko Haram, the ...

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For the women of Liberia, a long road ahead to rebuild after Ebola crisis

The deadliest Ebola outbreak on record is sweeping West Africa, with over 3,400 lives claimed already. The disease is spreading faster than ever ...

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Women in Iraq tell of rape, kidnappings

June 24, 2014: Young men armed with assault rifles went door to door in Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, taking "women who are not owned" for ...

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FIDA Nigeria on the abduction of school girls

The following is a statement from FIDA Nigeria, reposted with permission. PRESS RELEASE ON THE ABDUCTION OF SCHOOL GIRLS BY BOKO HARAM The ...

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News Release: Global Fund for Women and International Museum of Women merge

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - March 5, 2014 - In a bold move to increase awareness and action on vital global issues for women, Global Fund for Women and ...