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International Women’s Day Marked Around the World

03/08/2010

Democracy Now!: Amy Goodman interviews Global Fund for Women CEO Kavita Ramdas about the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.

International Women’s Day: Reasons to Be Optimistic About the Developing World

03/08/2010

Change.org's Women's Rights Blog: Ruth Messinger, President of American Jewish World Service, says women are making positive changes happen in communities throughout the world.

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Report: Women Still Target of Discriminatory Laws

03/05/2010

USA Today: Equality Now says many nations have failed to repeal discriminatory laws against women regarding marriage, economic and personal status, and violent acts including rape.

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Accelerating Change for Women and Girls: The Role of Women's Funds

In recent years, interest in philanthropy for and by women has intensified, accompanied by a growing acceptance of the idea that philanthropic investments in women and girls can accelerate positive change in communities.

Read the HIGHLIGHTS OF A REPORT we wrote with The Foundation Center on women's funds and philanthropy

To understand the increased inclusion and role of women within philanthropy, the Foundation Center partnered with the Women’s Funding Network to chart the current landscape of philanthropy focused on women and girls and document the specific role played by women’s funds.

Equality Now

Equality Now works to end violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world through the mobilization of public pressure.

Issues of concern to Equality Now include:

  • Rape
  • Domestic Violence
  • Reproductive Rights
  • Trafficking
  • Female Genital Mutilation
  • Political Participation
  • Gender Discrimination

Rx for Ailing Economies: Women

09/23/2009

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: To solve the world's problems, the G-20 must look to 60 percent of the work force in an Op-Ed by The Global Fund for Women and the Women and Girls Foundation of Southwestern PA.

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What’s Behind the Rise of Women’s Philanthropy?

07/14/2009

Women's Media Center Commentary: The author, a veteran fund-raiser, explains new data on women’s generosity—and how the projects they support strategically expand possibilities for women and girls around the world.

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Giving to Women’s Causes Grows Fast

06/24/2009

San Francisco Business Times Article: According to a first of its kind report by the Foundation Center in New York and Women’s Funding Network in San Francisco, giving to women’s causes by private and community foundations is growing faster than philanthropy as a whole, a new study finds.

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