Global Fund for Women

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The Global Fund for Women is a non-profit foundation that gives grants to organizations worldwide that focus on women's human rights. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, California. It was started in 1987 by New Zealander Anne Firth Murray who served as President until her retirement in 1996. The Global Fund is the largest organization of its kind supporting grassroots women's groups worldwide.

The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. We advocate for and defend women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the world.

The organization is part of a global women's movement that is rooted in a commitment to justice and an appreciation of the value of women's experience. The challenges women face vary widely across communities, cultures, religions, traditions and countries. The organization believes that women should have a full range of choices, and that women themselves know best how to determine their needs and propose solutions for lasting change. This philosophy is reflected in their flexible, respectful and responsive style of grantmaking.

The Global Fund makes grants to seed, strengthen and link women's rights groups based outside the United States working to address human rights issues that include:

   * Ending Gender-Based Violence  and Building Peace
   * Ensuring Economic and Environmental Justice 
   * Advancing Health and Sexual and Reproductive Rights
   * Expanding Civic and Political Participation
   * Increasing Access to Education
   * Fostering Social Change Philanthropy

[edit] Criticism

The Global Fund for Women vehemently supports abortion practices. Many argue that the Global Fund for Women does good work, however, this is counterbalanced by their support of terminating the lives of the unborn. Critics argue that while the Global Fund for Women advocates rights for women in many countries, they also seek to destroy the rights of the unborn, including unborn females.