The Portal Series: Reflections on Feminist Leadership Through Crisis with Sophia Andary
As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in the U.S. and the rest of the world, there can be no doubt that we are in a moment of crisis. As Arundhati Roy writes, “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It is a…
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Young people are driving today’s gender justice movements and building a more just and equitable world for all. Meet Global Fund for Women’s Adolescent Girls Advisory Council—the new generation of gender justice leaders.
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In this award-winning documentary film series, meet grassroots activists and community organizers who are fighting for gender justice and disrupting the status quo to alter the course of history.
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Providing Healing Spaces for Human Rights Defenders Santo Tomás is a town in El Salvador that lies nestled against the El Porvenir Forest. Much of the forest is first growth, with trees older than the country itself. It is an integral part of this agricultural community—of its ecosystem, its identity, its way of life. In…
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Global Fund for Women exists to support grassroots women’s groups who work every day to win rights for every woman, girl, and gender non-conforming person-no exceptions. Our grantee partners are women-led organizations working directly in their communities. They know best what they need most, and we trust their…
Читать дальшеMeet Manika: Working to End the Stigma Around Menstruation in Kathmandu’s Slums
Name: Manika Shrestha Organization: Nepal Mahila Ekata Samaj Country: Nepal «When we started to discuss the issues in the communities, we all agreed we need to talk about menstruation. Our parents said, ‘we don’t touch these things—menstruation or periods; we don’t go there.’ They stop us from bringing it up. So we realized we have…
Читать дальшеIndian Artivist Jasmeen Patheja on the Magic of Mentorship
Artist, performer, and mentor Jasmeen Patheja has a few things to say about the power of creativity and shared learning to create change. Jasmeen is the founder-director of Blank Noise, a community of individuals called ‘Action Heroes’ across India and beyond, united to eradicate gender-based violence. Through art installations and performances, Blank Noise explores the…
Читать дальшеMeet Bishnu: Fighting for Property Rights in Nepal
Name: Bishnu Maya Gharti Age: 25 years old Organization: Nagarik Aawaz Country: Nepal “When I was in seventh grade, my mom took my sister and me to a rally because we were conflict-affected and our demands and our needs were not being met. Some women stood in the front shouting the slogans and we were…
Читать дальшеMeet the Future: East Africa’s Young Women Leaders
With funding support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, we have expanded the Young Women’s Leadership Initiative to East Africa–in Kenya and Tanzania. Global Fund for Women is working with 40 young women from 20 women’s rights organizations across Kenya and Tanzania, to strengthen their leadership and support them as they create and implement…
Читать дальшеHow It Started: When Need Becomes Opportunity
By Sangeeta Chowdhry, Senior Program Director for Economic Justice and head of the Young Women’s Leadership Initiative Sustaining women’s movements requires amplifying the leadership of a new generation of activists. This sentiment was echoed loudly by feminist activists from India, Bangladesh, and Nepal in a convening Global Fund for Women organized in Sri Lanka nearly…
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