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Lía Zevallos

Lía Zevallos is a part of Ashanti Perú, the Peruvian Network of Afro-descendant Youth. This is an organization that works for the empowerment of young people, specifically Afro-Peruvian women, around their individual and collective rights. They also support young Afro-Peruvian women to participate in social and political work to construct of a solid, sustainable citizenship that contributes to eradicate discrimination and racism here.

2023 YEAR IN GENDER JUSTICE

How did feminists show up in a year that careened from crisis to crisis? Gender justice movements, organizations, and activists came together in Turkey, Syria, Morocco, Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine, Israel, Palestine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Mexico, Libya, and beyond as frontline responders, unpaid caregivers, and community mobilizers this year.

Feminist Leaders Call to #StopTheMassacre in Palestine

There must be an immediate ceasefire and an end to the genocide, collective punishment, and forcible transfer of the Palestinian people in Gaza.

Introducing the 2023 Adolescent Girls Advisory Council

Girls are experts of their own lives, and the best guides for Global Fund for Women’s grantmaking and strategic work for young people.

Artist Changemaker Program

The Artist Changemaker Program at Global Fund for Women supports artists who are making the gender justice revolution irresistible by using their art as a tool for new visions of a world with equity and equality for all.

Albena Baeva

Albena Baeva (she/her) is at the forefront of interactive art in Bulgaria. She works with artificial intelligence (AI), physical computing, creative coding, and augmented reality, pushing for a feminist discourse in tech-art (art that intertwines with technological innovation) and how AI impacts climate change.

Lori Robinson

Lori Robinson is the founder and executive director of VidaAfrolatina, the emerging international women’s fund that mobilizes resources and connects them with Black and Afro-descendant women-led organizations in Latin America that address sexual violence. A bilingual African American, she worked as a journalist for 25 years and is the author of I Will Survive: The African-American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse.

Latanya Mapp Frett

Latanya Mapp Frett is the President and CEO of Global Fund for Women and the author of The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Impact—Driving Movements We Need Now More Than Ever, coming in March 2023.

Black History Month Everywhere

Black history doesn’t begin and end with the United States. And Women’s History Month isn’t the only time that gender justice organizations should be looking at the past. If we take the time to look, Black history, activism, and resistance are found across the globe. For Black History Month, Global Fund for Women will be…

‘me too.’ Global Movement

Gender Justice Movement     Global The ability to live free from violence is a basic human right. But sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) persists in every country of the world. ‘me too.’ International ‘s groundbreaking survivor-focused leadership on SGBV sparked the global #MeToo hashtag and movement for change that went viral in 2017. While…