Global Fund for Women
The Global Fund for Women (GFW) is a US-based international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. They are a non-profit grantmaking foundation that funds other organisations that advances Women's rights worldwide. Since 1987 GFW has awarded over $71 million to 3,800 women’s organizations in 167 countries.
The Global Fund for Women was established in 1987 by Anne Firth Murray, the Global Fund’s founding president and first CEO.
Main Issues
- Economic Security
GFW supports efforts that increase women’s ability to contribute to and benefit from economic growth and development.
- Violence Against Women
GFW supports programs that offer immediate services to victims of violence, raise awareness about their rights and advocate for an end to all forms of violence.
- Education
GFW invests in programs that ensure access to education for women and girls at all stages of their lives.
- Health
GFW grants educate women about basic health and sanitation practices, demand government accountability for ensuring good public health policy and provide critical services to the most under-served populations.
- Leadership
GFW supports women’s leadership in civic organizations, in local government and in decision-making bodies at the highest levels of governance.
Activities
The Global Fund makes grants to seed, strengthen and link women’s rights groups based outside the United States working to address human rights issues that include:
- Ending Gender-Based Violence and Building Peace
- Ensuring Economic and Environmental Justice
- Advancing Health and Sexual and Reproductive Rights
- Expanding Civic and Political Participation
- Increasing Access to Education
- Fostering Social Change Philanthropy
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