Christine Kibuuka
Seventeen years ago, Christine’s husband was unemployed and her family was very poor, living in a tiny house, and unable to afford to send three…
Aurelia Martina Arzú
Aurelia experienced first-hand the devastation climate change can bring when Hurricane Mitch hit her small village in Honduras in 1998. “Forty-two people died because of…
Asipa Musaeva
When Asipa was 17 years old, she was involved in an accident that severely injured her hip, leaving her permanently disabled. She found that her…
Amina Marie Grâce Safi
A bold and unapologetic advocate for women’s human rights, Amina is passionate about defending the rights of women to be free from gender-based violence and…
Alupo Engole Cecilia
In 1998, Alupo was a district counselor in the Katakwi district of northeastern Uganda, an area that had long been plagued by conflict. Leaders from…
Swastika TamaNg
Swastika came out as a transgender woman about five years ago. She says that at the time, she had little support from her family, and…
Investing in Women's Rights Movements in the Middle East and North Africa
Investing in Women’s Rights Movements in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a summary of the Global Fund for Women’s grantmaking in the…
Compensation for Croatian survivors of sexual violence in conflict, 20 years after the war
“It’s a long story. It’s a twenty five-year-long story, actually.” As long-time women’s rights activist Nela Pamukovic explains, Croatia’s newest law on sexual violence is…