Investing in women: beyond the rhetoric
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- THE GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005
- 1. Jacqueline Pitanguy, Chair Brazil Director, CEPIA (Citizenship, Studies, Information and Action), Rio de Janeiro 2. Amina Mama, Chair-Elect
- 3. Adele Simmons, Treasurer
- 5. Laurene Powell Jobs United States Co-Founder, CollegeTrack Co-Chair, Investing in Women Campaign 6. Charlotte Bunch
- 7. Lin Chew Singapore/Netherlands Activist-in-Residence, Global Fund for Women (Term ended May 2005) 8. Myrna Cunningham
- 9. Dina Dublon United States Former Executive Vice President CFO, J.P. Morgan Chase Co. 10. Sumaya Farhat-Naser
- 13. Kavita N. Ramdas India/United States President CEO, Global Fund for Women 14. Olena Suslova
- 15. Zene Tadesse Ethiopia Director of Publications, Forum for Social Studies 16. Mayan Villalba
- PROGRAM ADVISORS AFRICA
- AMERICAS THE CARIBBEAN
- EUROPE FORMER SOVIET STATES
- MIDDLE EAST NORTH AFRICA
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ADVISOR LOUISA AIT HAMOU Algiers, Algeria Advisor since 2005 Louisa Ait Hamou, a leader in the Algerian women’s movement since the late 1970s, dedicates much of her time to addressing the legacy of violence and discrimination against women in Algeria.Throughout the 1980s and ‘90s, women were the pri- mary targets of a violent confrontation between the military-backed govern- ment and insurgent religious funda- mentalist groups. In the wake of this civil war, Louisa works with the Wassila
, a Global Fund grantee, to raise awareness about the violence inflicted on Algerian women and children. Prior to joining the Wassila Network, Louisa helped form the first women’s shelter in Algeria. In 1979, she helped establish one of the first Algerian women’s groups, illegal at the time.We are pleased to report that Louisa joined the Global Fund’s Advisory Council this past May to strengthen our grantmaking in Algeria.
GRANTEE BAHRAIN WOMEN’S SOCIETY Manama, Bahrain After years of political repression and civil unrest, Bahrain, a small nation of islands located in the Persian Gulf, is gradually taking steps towards reform. Bahrain became a constitutional monar- chy when, in 2001, the ruling Sunni Muslim family conceded a vote to the marginalized Shia Muslim majority to establish a parliament. The first democratic elec- tions since 1975 were held in 2002. This election marked the first time that Bahraini women were permitted to vote and stand for election. Taking advantage of this critical moment in Bahrain’s political develop- ment, a group of Shia women formed the Bahrain Women’s Society (BWS) in order to expand the role of women in the public sphere. In preparation for the upcoming elections, BWS initiated the Woman Launch Project. This proj- ect is educating and training women to be active participants and leaders in the new political system and in society at large. BWS also provides support to mothers and their children through innovative programs such as the Be Free project, the first of its kind in the region, which works to address and prevent the sexual abuse of children. The Global Fund for Women sup- ported the groundbreaking efforts of the Bahrain Women’s Society with an $8,000 grant in 2005, our first grant ever in the Persian Gulf. PROFILES 32
in 1917 was the first woman elected to the US Congress. Above:This mother (second from right) of a Lebanese family works in a yogurt cooperative to earn needed family income. In Jordan, honor killings—assaults commit- ted against women by male family members in response to alleged sexual misconduct— account for one-third of all violent deaths. Christian Science Monitor CALL TO ACTION: Last year, the Global Fund awarded grants to 15 women’s groups throughout the Middle East and North Africa who are combating the practice of honor killing. RESPONSE: In spite of significant gains in girls’ educa- tion, the percentage of Middle Eastern and North African women in the labor force (32%) ranks among the lowest in the world.
CALL TO ACTION: Since our founding, the Global Fund has awarded a total of $328,400 to women’s groups in the MENA region ensuring economic and environmental justice. RESPONSE: 33
34 We are ready to take our place in the dem want to sit at the tables of decisionmaking. halls of political power and we will not rest Thin Thin Aung, a Burmese refugee accepting the THE GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN • ANNUAL REPORT 2004-2005 THE GLOBAL FUND In 2004, well- known donor activist and advisor,Tracy Gary (right), and long-time philanthropist and mental health advo- cate, Jean Beard, joined visions to create a lead trust (a trust that can be disbursed during one’s lifetime with- out tax penalties). Called the Falcon Fund, their fund is designed to meet what they feel is a moral imperative to provide strategic opportunities for women and girls worldwide. In their own words, they describe the significance of their commitment to the Global Fund: “The Global Fund has created a culture in how it relates to every life it touches that is exemplary of the world I want to live in. The quality of respect and listening is among the highest I have ever seen.” -Tracy “The Global Fund is both the largest recipient of the assets of the Falcon Fund’s portfolio and also of my personal giving.We want to inspire other donors to make the biggest pledges and gifts they can to assure a sound and joyful legacy while providing a lifeline and ampli- fier for thousands of other women and girls.” -Jean Through the Falcon Fund,Tracy and Jean have committed over $1 million dollars to be distributed over a four-year period. DONOR TRACY GARY & JEAN BEARD The Falcon Fund, Ross, California • Donors since 2004 ocracy movements of the world—we We want our voices to be heard in the until that happens.
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36 1. Jacqueline Pitanguy, Chair Brazil Director, CEPIA (Citizenship, Studies, Information and Action), Rio de Janeiro
Director, African Gender Institute at the University of Capetown, South Africa
President, Global Philanthropy Partnership Chair of the Board, Fair Labor Association
Career Counselor/Executive Coach Philanthropist & Fundraiser Co-Chair, Investing in Women Campaign 5. Laurene Powell Jobs United States Co-Founder, CollegeTrack Co-Chair, Investing in Women Campaign
Executive Director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Rutgers University
Activist-in-Residence, Global Fund for Women (Term ended May 2005) 8. Myrna Cunningham Nicaragua Surgeon and Indigenous Rights Activist President, Casa Museo Judith Kain
Former Executive Vice President & CFO, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
Educator,Writer and Peace Activist 11. Stans Kleijnen The Netherlands/United States Management Consultant/Executive Coach 12. Gay McDougall United States Executive Director, Global Rights (Term began November 2005)
President & CEO, Global Fund for Women 14. Olena Suslova Ukraine Founder,Women’s Information Consultative Center; Gender and Peace Educator
15. Zene Tadesse Ethiopia Director of Publications, Forum for Social Studies
Executive Director, Unlad-Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation
Founder, Afghan Institute of Learning 13 9 17 4 11 10 15 2 16 7 14 8 1 5 6 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Global Fund for Women is governed by a diverse 16-member Board comprised of leaders from all over the world.These extraordinary activists, several from current or former grantee organizations, provide over- sight and policy that is enriched by their experiences as community organizers, scholars, directors of research institutes, founders of innovative civic organizations and advocates for women’s human rights.
37 IN MEMORIAM JUNE HOPE KINGSLEY San Francisco, California Donor Since 1997 It is with great sadness that the Global Fund bids goodbye to June Kingsley, philan- thropist and activist for women’s rights, who passed away on July 24, 2005. Her love and support for the Global Fund for Women influenced every interaction that she had with staff, grantees, Board mem- bers, and donors. She served as a Board member from 1995 to 2002. June welcomed Board members into her home to meet and celebrate with one another and with staff. June traveled with the Global Fund to Eritrea, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe in 1998 when the Global Fund did major outreach to expand its grantmaking in Africa; she also participated in international women’s conferences and meetings at the Hague (1999) and Kathmandu (2000). It was June who encouraged us to launch our first major gifts campaign, and led the successful campaign as chair.When we decided to research the feasibility and then raise funds for our $20 million Investing in Women campaign, June was one of our first supporters. Three years ago, June told us that the experiences and associations that she’d made through the Global Fund had been transformative.“It is remark- able that during my seven years on the Board, a 73-year-old woman could grow to 80 and learn so much from so many young and vibrant people. I thank the Global Fund, my colleagues and friends for your kind- ness, commitment and belief in the dignity of all people.” June, we will carry your spirit with us always as we remember your kindness, com- mitment and belief in women the world over.
ADELE SIMMONS Chicago, Illinois Board Member since 1999 The summer of my sophomore year in college, I lived in a Kenyan village where I saw how crucial women were to the life of the village and the well- being of children. I also saw how burdened they were with finding fuel and growing food.These women had talent, vision and hopes for their children; what they lacked were resources. As I moved from Kenya to Mauritius and then Tunisia, the char- acters in the stories changed, but the message was the same. By ensuring the rights and wellbeing of women, everyone gains. Thirty years later, I became presi- dent of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, which has $4.5 billion in assets. Although we had money, reaching the rural women I remembered so vividly from my years of living in Africa seemed elusive…until Anne Firth Murray described her plan in 1987 to start a fund that provided small grants to women’s groups. A large grant from MacArthur would be turned by the Global Fund into small grants to women in dozens of coun- tries, who in turn could transform the lives of women and children – and men too – in their villages. Eighteen years later, the Global Fund has realized that grand ambi- tion.Vibrant, and responsive to the changing needs of women, the Global Fund provides a space where everyone learns, where the stories of women’s lives provide the basis for a strategic campaign to ensure that the rights of women around the world are valued. I end six years on the Global Fund Board with new friends, a deeper understanding of the complex issues facing women on each continent, and a renewed belief that by empowering women we can build a safer world for everyone. FORMER BOARD MEMBERS Founding President: Anne Firth Murray Co-Founder: Laura Lederer Co-Founder: Frances Kissling Dame Nita Barrow (deceased) Hope Chigudu Johnetta Cole Connie Evans Kaval Gulhati Esther Hewlett Stina Katchadourian June Hope Kingsley (deceased) Idelisse Malavé Marysa Navarro-Aranguren luchie pavia ticzon Wu Qing Marjan Sax Margaret Schink Mary Ann Stein Rita Thapa Walteen Grady Truly 38 ADVISORY COUNCIL In each region of the world, we have expanded our broad and diverse Advisory Council, which plays a key role in identifying areas that the program team should prioritize. This past year, visits to the Middle East and North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and Central Asia allowed staff to deepen relationships with current advisors, and develop new relationships with potential advisors. We are deeply grateful to this extensive network of regional and global experts and activists who provide comprehensive feedback, contex- tual perspective and strategic guidance on issues and groups we support. Thanks also to our fundraising, media and organizational advisors who leverage their professional experi- ence to offer advice on major events, outreach and our institutional growth.
Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, Accra, Ghana Theresa Akumadu, Owerri, Nigeria Dina Badri, Omdurman, Sudan Zainab Bangura, Freetown, Sierra Leone Immaculée Birhaheka, Goma, Congo (DR ) Katana Bukuru, Bujumbura, Burundi/ Uviru, Congo (DR) Shereen Essof, Capetown, South Africa Siona Forba, Youngstown, USA Euphrasie Havyarimana, Bujumbura, Burundi Ayesha Imam, New Rochelle, USA Asma’u Joda, Yola Town, Nigeria Aimée Kady, Kinshasa, Congo (DR) Peace Kyamureku, Kampala, Uganda Evelyn Mafeni, Bamenda, Cameroon Rose Mensah-Kutin, Accra, Ghana Titus Moetsabi, Braamfontein, South Africa Sètchémè Mongbo, Cotonou, Benin Marie Mottin-Sylla, Dakar, Senegal Theodora Nwankwo, Enugu, Nigeria Dzodzi Tsikata, Accra, Ghana Juliet Were, Kampala, Uganda Shamillah Wilson, Capetown, South Africa AMERICAS & THE CARIBBEAN Celia Aguilar Setien, Mexico City, Mexico Marta Alanis, Cordoba, Argentina Lydia Alpizar Duran, Mexico City, Mexico Alejandra Alvarez, S an Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico Marina Araya, Santiago, Chile Jeanette Bell, St. George, Barbados Emilienne de Léon, Mexico City, Mexico Sergia Galvan, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Maria Cristina Grela, Montevideo, Uruguay Rosana Heringer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Laurie Laird, San Jose, USA Luz Mendez, Guatemala City, Guatemala Rhoda Reddock, St. Augustine,Trinidad and Tobago Deysi Roque, Soyapango, El Salvador Alejandra Sardá, Mexico City, Mexico Maria Suarez, Ciudad Colón, Costa Rica Lúcia Xavier de Castro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sally Yudelman, Washington DC, USA ASIA & OCEANIA Ambreen Ahmad, Seneca, USA Michele Andina, Montecito, USA Zainah Anwar, Selangor, Malaysia Marian Caampued, Marikina City, Philippines Deepak Dewan, Kathmandu, Nepal Rosanna Flamer-Caldera, Colombo, Sri Lanka Carolyn Frohmader, Rosny Park, Australia Bernadette Ganilau, Suva, Fiji Riffat Hassan, Louisville, USA Palwasha Hassan, Kabul, Afghanistan Katherine Hunter, Dili, East Timor Indira Jena, Secunderabad, India Maria Kagl, Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea Keum Yeon Lee, Seoul, Korea Medha Lele, Pune, India Victoria Maglana, Pasig City, Philippines Pramada Menon, New Delhi, India Geetanjali Misra, New Delhi, India Lalita Missal, Bhubaneswar, India Amin Muftiyanah, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Chinchuluun Naidandorj, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia B. Oyunbileg, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Tive Sarayeth, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Rosalia Sciortino, Bangkok,Thailand Farida Shaheed, Lahore, Pakistan Dur-e-Shahwar, Sanghar, Pakistan Nirmala Sharma, Lalitpur, Nepal Mashuda Shefali, Dhaka, Bangladesh Claire Slatter, Wellington, New Zealand Mu Sochua, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Kathy Sreedhar, Washington DC, USA Marjie Suanda, Bandung, Indonesia Jon Summers, San Francisco, USA Shashi Tyagi, Jodhpur, India R. Vasantha, Walajabad, India Sima Wali, Falls Church, USA Ninuk Widyantoro, Jakarta, Indonesia Zhang Ye, Beijing, China Carol Yost, Washington DC, USA Ge Youli, Guangzhou, China EUROPE & FORMER SOVIET STATES Gabrielle Akimova, Moscow, Russia Oral Ataniyazova, Nukus, Uzbekistan Marta Drury, Half Moon Bay, USA Jane Grant, London, United Kingdom Stanimira Hadjimitova, Sofia, Bulgaria Zuhra Halimova, Dushanbe,Tajikistan Shahla Ismailova, Baku, Azerbaijan Natalia Karbowska, Kiev, Ukraine Biljana Kasic, Zagreb, Croatia Yevgenia Kozyreva, Almaty, Kazakhstan Wanda Nowicka, Warsaw, Poland Anastasia Posadskaya-Vanderbeck, New York, USA Igballe Rogova, Pristina, Kosova Marina Safarova, Khujand,Tajikistan Lael Stegall, Deer Isle, USA Slavica Stojanovic, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro Nina Tsihistavi, Tbilisi, Georgia GLOBAL Julie Dorf, San Francisco, USA Joan Dunlop, New York, USA Noeleen Heyzer, New York, USA Susanne Jalbert, Winter Park, USA Katherine Marshall, Washington DC, USA Robin Morgan, Bethesda, USA Bharati Sadasivam, New York, USA Susan Sygall, Eugene, USA Kate Young, London, United Kingdom MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Lina Abou Habib, Beirut, Lebanon Mahnaz Afkhami, Bethesda, USA Louisa Ait Hamou, Algiers, Algeria Laila Al-Marayati, Los Angeles, USA Amneh Badran, East Jerusalem, Palestine Hoda Badran, Cairo, Egypt Iman Bibars, Cairo, Egypt Afifa Dirani Arsanios, Beirut, Lebanon Hoda Elsadda, Manchester, United Kingdom Terry Greenblatt, Berkeley, USA Leila Hessini, Chapel Hill, USA Pinar Ilkkaracan, Istanbul,Turkey Asma Khader, Amman, Jordan Eileen Kuttab, Birzeit, Palestine Khadouja Mellouli, Bardo,Tunisia Hibaaq Osman, Cairo, Egypt Trees Zbidat-Kosterman, Sakhnin, Israel Naima Zitan, Rabat, Morocco Download 2.88 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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