Results of Our Actions
The Women's Funding Network online community has more than 30,000 members. Since 2005, our online activists have taken action on everything from human trafficking to violence against women to eradicating poverty worldwide.
Below are some of our past achievements.
- Lift women and girls out of poverty!
- March 12, 2009 | Call to Action
Tags: Dismantling Poverty
- Support the Women of the DRC
- February 17, 2009 | Call to Action
More than 5 million people have died in the Congo since war broke out in 1996. Although the war is technically over, women and girls still face rape and sexual violence on a daily basis.
Tags: Global Gender-Based Violence Girls HIV-AIDS Human Rights Social Justice Advocacy Health
- Support Women and Families in Zimbabwe!
- February 2, 2009 | Call to Action
Urge the U.S. State Department to focus on the humanitarian crisis affecting millions in Zimbabwe.
Tags: Criminal Justice/Incarceration Health Human Rights Poverty Social Justice Zimbabwe Development Health Justice
- 88 Days Campaign
- January 8, 2009 | Call to Action
This year our funds are working to Secure Women's Livelihoods in Hong Kong, and Cooking up a Revolution for women around the world. Find out how you can be involved.
Tags: Global Empowerment Economic Empowerment Funding Visibility
- Success for Lilly Ledbetter!
- November 19, 2008 | Call to Action
President Obama signs into law legislation that is a step towards women's pay equality!
Tags: Policy United States Advocacy
- Say NO to Violence Against Women!
- November 11, 2008 | Call to Action
Violence against women is one of the most pervasive violations of human security in the world and it devastates lives, fractures communities, and stalls development.
Tags: Global Gender-Based Violence
- Where They Stand
- October 17, 2008 | Call to Action
Election 2008: Candidates’ Stances on Issues Critical to Women
Tags: Gender Political Rights-Civic Participation Poverty United States
- The Power to Send Hope and End Poverty.
- October 8, 2008 | Call to Action
Tags: Environment Poverty
- Urge U.S. Lawmakers to Support the International Violence Against Women Act!
- October 8, 2008 | Call to Action
Imagine a world without violence against women.
Tags: Gender-Based Violence
- Help Women and Activists in Georgia!
- August 26, 2008 | Call to Action
- Urge G8 Leaders to Take Action on Poverty!
- July 15, 2008 | Call to Action
- Support the GROWTH Act!
- June 17, 2008 | Call to Action
Tags: Global Empowerment Gender Policy Poverty
- Take Action to Support Burma During Cyclone, Food Crisis!
- June 17, 2008 | Call to Action
Tags: Burma Environment Policy Poverty
- Thousands Stand Up Against Gender Inequality and Poverty (Poverty Day 2007)
- November 1, 2007 | Call to Action
- Women Are Key to Overcoming Poverty (Poverty Day 2007)
- October 15, 2007 | Call to Action
Women have immense potential to overcome poverty one household, one village and one country at a time.
Tags: Gender Poverty Security Collaboration Economic Empowerment Investment Visibility
- More Than 1,000 Letters Sent to Attorney General in Asylum Case (2007)
- March 7, 2007 | Call to Action
Tags: China Gender Human Rights Political Rights-Civic Participation Refugee Rights Trafficking United States
- U.S. House Passes Resolution Regarding Guatemalan Femicides (2007)
- February 5, 2007 | Call to Action
- Noted Improvement in New York Times Coverage of Iraqi Women's Rights (2005)
- August 10, 2006 | Call to Action
Tags: Human Rights Iraq Political Rights-Civic Participation Security United States
- 115 U.S. Lawmakers Sign on to Guatemalan Letter (2006)
- April 26, 2006 | Call to Action
Tags: Gender-Based Violence Guatemala Human Rights Political Rights-Civic Participation
- 100 Papers Publish Letters on Darfur (2006)
- April 10, 2006 | Call to Action
Tags: Human Rights Sudan