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NEWS
Urgent Update From Our Georgian Grantees And How You Can Help Directly
August 13, 2008
Over the past five days the conflict that started in the breakaway region of South Ossetia moved deep into the territories of Georgia with Russian military offense. Read an account of the current events from three of our grantee partners in Georgia: Fund Sukhumi, the Women's Fund in Georgia, and the Caucasus Women's Research and Consulting Network. Read Updates
You can also help activists on the ground directly. Find out how
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  GRANTEE NEWS
Two Global Fund Grantees Among 2008 Gruber Women’s Prize Recipients
Two of the three recipients of this year’s Gruber Women’s Prize are members of the Global Fund Network. Yanar Mohammed from Iraq, an advisor for the MENA region and Nadera Shalhoub Kevorkian from Mada al-Carmel, a grantee group based in Israel, are among this year’s recipients. The third winner who will share the $500,000 prize is Sapana Pradhan Malla from Nepal. The Women’s Rights Prize ceremony will take place on November 11 at Columbia Law school, New York. Read More
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 GRITtv Discussion on Sisterhood that Transcends Borders
Watch an engaging discussion on GRITtv hosted by Laura Flanders. Global Fund grantees Professor Hoda Elsadda from Egypt and Taida Horozovic from Bosnia and Herzogovina (BiH) highlight the importance of solidarity among women especially in a time of war and violence. Also featuring Zeina Zaatari, GFW Senior Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa.
Watch the discussion
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Global Fund Grantees Featured on PBS' Foreign Exchange  Watch an engrossing discussion on Foreign Exchange
with host Daljit Dhaliwal and Global Fund grantees that aired on June
13. The discussion with activists Leymah Gbowee from Liberia, Zainah
Anwar from Malaysia and Taida Horozovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina
included topics such as globalization's impact on women. Watch the discussion (scroll down for June 13 archive)
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GFW IN THE NEWS
Kavita Ramdas and long-time supporter, Linda Gruber, were featured in an article in the Financial Times.
Read the article
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 September 4, 2008
Queer Sarajevo Festival Responds To Hate Speeches, Assaults, and Threats
In response to insulting misrepresentation and open hate speeches towards the upcoming first Queer Sarajevo Festival, the organizers of the festival and also a Global Fund grantee, Organization Q, released a statement clarifying the festival's importance to the LGBTIQ community in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Organization Q
raises awareness about the human rights of LGBTIQ persons in Bosnia and
Herzegovina (BiH), through public events, festivals, and street
actions. In their statement, the group clarifies the festival's
crucial importance to the LGBTIQ community in BiH. Read one of the misrepresenting clips and also their response statement.
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