2005-2006 Annual Report

Cultivating Community

 Isolation is one of the worst barriers to women’s emancipation.The global women’s movement has a strong emphasis on making connections. Despite the construction of  walls, borders and barriers,  women are building and strengthening networks. By doing so, women are defining their own borders and deciding their own destinies. The Global Fund for Women supports women who are linking to and strengthening one another.

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2004-2005 Annual Report

Investing in Women:
Beyond the Rhetoric

The 2004-2005 Annual Report details how the Global Fund is moving beyond the rhetoric by investing in women's efforts to change the world. Read stories from the front lines about how Global Fund grantees are claiming rights to food security, declaring reproductive rights, laboring for economic justice, demanding a political voice and rising up for democracy. Between July 1, 2004 and June 29, 2005, the Global Fund for Women increased overall grantmaking by 35 percent and awarded over $7.3 million to 573 women's right's organizations in 114 countries.

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Strategic Plan

Daring to Lead: A Bold Plan to Advance Women's Rights

Our strategic plan sets a dynamic course for the next 5 years. The Global Fund for Women will intensify grant-making for women's groups addressing urgent challenges, expand our reach to under-served regions and facilitate strategic alliances among international women's groups.

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Impact Report

Caught in the Storm:
The Impact of Natural Disasters

 Caught in the Storm: The Impact of Natural Disasters by Global Fund Activist in Residence, Lin Chew and President Kavita Ramdas explores the disproportionate vulnerability of women in disaster situations and offers recommendations for changing the effects of disasters on women's lives.

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Impact Report

What Girls Need to Grow: Lessons
for Social Change Philanthropy

 The Global Fund for Women has recently released the results of a survey on the impact of 40 grantee groups on the lives of girls around the world.

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Impact Report

More Than Money: Strategies
to Build Women's Economic Power

 This report outlines key lessons learned from the Global Fund's three-year economic opportunity initiative. The publication of the report is the result of a partnership between the Three Guineas Fund and the Global Fund for Women.

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