Global Fund for Women

The Global Fund for Women, is "an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice, advocates for and defends women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the world." It is a member of the International Network of Women's Funds.


 * Kavita Ramdas, President & CEO

Directors (obtained online March 2007)

 * Amina Mama, Chair Nigeria/South Africa
 * Stans Kleijnen, Treasurer The Netherlands/United States
 * Diane Jordan Wexler, Secretary United States

Members of the Board Source
 * Charlotte Bunch - United States
 * Myrna Cunningham - Nicaragua
 * Abigail Disney - United States
 * Dina Dublon - United States
 * Lydia Alpizar Duran - Costa Rica/Mexico
 * Leila Hessini - Morocco
 * Laurene Powell Jobs - United States
 * Gay McDougall - United States
 * Kavita N. Ramdas - India/United States
 * Mu Sochua Cambodia -
 * Olena Suslova - Ukraine
 * Zenebeworke Tadesse - Ethiopia
 * Sakena Yacoobi - Afghanistan

Directors (obtained online October 2006)
Source
 * Lydia Alpízar Durán
 * Charlotte Bunch
 * Myrna Cunningham
 * Abigail Disney
 * Dina Dublon
 * Stans Kleijnen (Treasurer)
 * Amina Mama (Chair)
 * Gay McDougall
 * Laurene Powell Jobs
 * Kavita N. Ramdas (President & CEO)
 * Mu Sochua
 * Olena Suslova
 * Zenebeworke Tadesse (Board member, African Gender Institute of the University of Cape Town, South Africa; the Women’s Learning Partnership, Maryland, USA)
 * Mayan Villalba
 * Diane Jordan Wexler
 * Sakena Yacoobi

Advisory Council

 * Angela Kuga Thas
 * Julie Dorf
 * Jacqueline Pitanguy former chair

Global Fund for Women: Advisory Council 2005-06

Contact

 * Global Fund for Women

1375 Sutter Street, Suite 400 San Francisco, CA 94109, USA Phone (415) 202-7640 Fax (415) 202-8604 Web: http://www.globalfundforwomen.org

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