Global Fund for Women Awards $1.89 million to Women’s Groups in 67 Countries
San Francisco—Thanks to generous donors and skillful financial stewardship, women’s groups around the world can continue to count on the Global Fund for Women to support their work. Our June docket of grants totaling $1.89 million will support 151 women’s groups in 67 countries. This brings the total amount given to women’s organizations in the 2009-2010 fiscal year to more than $8.5 million, in the face of lingering economic recession both domestically here in the US and globally.
The Global Fund for Women makes “high impact” grants to women-led organizations that promote women’s rights and address the root causes of women’s oppression. Most groups work under extraordinary circumstances, from natural disasters to rural areas without water to conflict zones. “The groups we support all work intimately with their communities to transform women’s lived realities,” says Shalini Nataraj, Vice President of Programs. “This is crucial to support the multi-faceted ways that women work to promote and protect their rights and the well-being of their communities, even in the face of shrinking resources.”
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