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The Global Fund for Women is a non-profit foundation funding women's human rights initiatives. It was founded in 1987 by New Zealander Anne Firth Murray, and co-founded by Frances Kissling and Laura Lederer to fund women's initiatives around the world. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Since 1988, the foundation has awarded over ...
Kavita Ramdas was the President and CEO of the Global Fund for Women from 1996 until 2010. During Ramdas’ tenure, the Global Fund for Women assets grew from $6 million to $21 million. Grantmaking increased to $8 million per year, and the number of countries in which the Global Fund for Women made grants nearly tripled to over 160 countries.
International. Alliance of Pan American Round Tables – founded 1916 to foster women's relationships throughout the Americas. Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945. Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933. The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901.
Economica: Women and the Global Economy, created in 2010, covered how women from around the world interact with money and their roles in the economy. Merger. On March 5, 2014, IMOW merged with Global Fund for Women, and is now described as 'now part of Global Fund for Women'. References
The UNVFDW was given an expanded mandate by the General Assembly in February 1985, when it became the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). [10] Under resolution 39/125, the new fund was called on to support and advocate for innovative and catalytic activities that would give voice and visibility to the women of the developing world.
The International Network of Women's Funds (INWF) is a membership organisation bringing together women's funds from around the world, in order to promote "philanthropy with a feminist perspective". [1] INWF was founded in 2000 with nine members, including the oldest international women's funds Mama Cash and the Global Fund for Women, and in ...
The Katrina Women's Response Fund supported low income women and women of color in order to help them rebuild their communities and homes. [27] In 2005, the Foundation began Public Voices, Public Policy, an initiative aimed to actively support women of color who lead grassroots organizations, and get them involved in public-policy advocacy and ...
Erika Guevara Rosas at AWID 2016. Born. Erika Guevara Rosas. Alma mater. York University. Occupation (s) Lawyer, activist. Erika Guevara Rosas is a Mexican-American human rights lawyer and feminist, and the Americas Director at Amnesty International (AI), [1] Prior to her tenure with AI, she was the Americas Director at the Global Fund for Women .