International Network of Women's Funds

The International Network of Women's Funds (INWF) was established in 1998, and "is a unique network in which funders in both the North and the South are organized democratically, and are organically linked to the feminist movement - from which almost all of them emerged. Currently the INWF has seventeen members committed to expanding the resources available to women's rights organizations around the world:"
 * African Women's Development Fund - Ghana
 * Alquima Collective Fund - Chile
 * Angela Borba Fund for Women - Brazil
 * Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice - USA
 * Bulgarian Women's Fund - Bulgaria
 * Central American Women's Fund - Nicaragua
 * Filia Women's Foundation - Germany
 * Global Fund for Women - USA
 * HER Fund - Hong Kong
 * Mama Cash Foundation - Netherlands
 * Mongolian Women's Fund - Mongolia
 * Nirnaya Women's Fund - India
 * Pitseng Trust - South Africa
 * Reconstruction Women's Fund - Serbia
 * Semillas Women's Fund - Mexico
 * Slovak-Czech Women's Fund - Slovak and Czech Republics
 * Tewa for Women's Empowerment - Nepal
 * Ukrainian Women's Fund - Ukraine
 * Urgent Action Fund for Africa - Kenya
 * Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights - USA
 * Women's Fund of Georgia - Georgia
 * Women's Hope Education Action Trust - South Africa

Board
Source
 * Chairperson - Ana Criquillion - Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres, Nicaragua
 * Vice-Chairperson - Janaki Shah - TEWA, Nepal
 * Treasurer - Marketa Hronkova - Slovak-Czech Women's Fund, Czech Republic
 * INWF Secretariat, Executive Director - Tina Thiart - South Africa
 * Fiscal Sponsor - Dale Needles - Global Fund for Women, USA


 * Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi (former?) cochair 2004-2006

Their websites Links page lists the following foundations:
 * AVINA Foundation
 * Heinrich Böll Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
 * Kellogg Foundation
 * MacArthur Foundation
 * Rockefeller Foundation

Contact details
Tina Thiart P O Box 538 Simon's Town 7995 South Africa Web: http://www.inwf.org