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…
Global Fund for Women President and CEO Musimbi Kanyoro to Retire in 2019
Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro, the President and CEO of Global Fund for Women, will retire in June 2019. The Board has initiated a search for her…
Advancing Positive Sexuality and Abortion Rights by Tackling Stigma
By Leila Hessini, Vice President of Programs, Global Fund for Women and Rufaro Kangai, Program Director, Sexual Health and Reproductive Rights, Global Fund for Women Research…
Abortion Rights: Infographics on What You Need to Know
Are we making progress on abortion laws? What’s at stake when women can’t access safe and legal abortion? And what do you need to know…
Reject Kavanaugh to protect women’s health in the U.S. and worldwide
Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court is a threat to women and women’s health everywhere. Not only does his conservative record indicate that…