#ChargedUpfor2019
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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 conversations—relentlessly pursuing crucial efforts…
5 Women Human Rights Defenders on Their Work
Women human rights defenders around the world work tirelessly to challenge violence against women, advance sexual and reproductive health and rights, and create economic justice for women….
Giving Tuesday: Stand With Women
Thank you for pledging to support women and girls around the world with a #GivingTuesday donation to Global Fund for women on November 27th. Look…
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: Ending Gender-Based Violence in the Garment Industry
By Sangeeta Chowdhry A garment worker in Delhi, India, highlighted how common and insidious gender-based violence is in the workplace when she recounted a close call….
“We’re All in This Together:” How Grassroots Women are Leading the Fight Against Climate Change
As a child growing up in Kisoko, Uganda, Constance Okollet was used to a life of bounty. Her parents were smallholder farmers who, armed with…
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 violence by fundamentalists. More than…
Nobel Peace Prize Spotlights Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
We applaud the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s award to Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their work to end the use of sexual violence…