TOP TEN MOMENTS FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS IN 2018
As we reflect on 2018, we are reminded of the many powerful ways that women’s movements are shaping policies, practices, and ...
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Fearless Leaders
2018 was a particularly volatile year for women’s rights movements—from new threats on women’s sexual and reproductive rights to escalating ...
Deadly chaos in Nicaragua: Condemning government violence and repression
Global Fund for Women stands in solidarity with women in Nicaragua who are demanding an end to government repression and violence toward protesters ...
“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 ...
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 ...
From Moment to Movement
“Our resistance brings us together. When they attack, it doesn’t cause terror, but rather it causes people to need each other more.” Ana Maria ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
