Urgent Action Fund

Urgent Action Fund

"As the only international women’s fund in the world designed to respond on short notice, UAF collaborates with women activists in three primary contexts: peace building in situations of armed conflict, escalating violence, or politically volatile environments; potentially precedent-setting legal and legislative actions; and protection of women human rights defenders."

People
Accessed August 2007:

Directors
Former Board Members
 * Sunila Abeysekera
 * Chela Blitt, Treasurer
 * Jelena Djordjevic
 * Eleanor Douglas
 * Amalia Fischer
 * Anissa Helie
 * Julie Shaw
 * Rita Thapa
 * Rachel Wareham
 * Ariane Brunet - Canada, Co-founder
 * Hope Chigudu - Zimbabwe, Current President of the Board, UAF-Africa
 * Kaari Betty Murungi - Kenya, Current Executive Director, UAF-Africa
 * Vahida Nainar - India, Current Board Member, UAF-Africa
 * Indai Lourdes Sajor - Philippines
 * Margaret Schink - USA, Co-founder

2007 U.S. Advisory Council

 * Nancy Billica - Chair, Professor of Political Science, University of Colorado
 * Chela Blitt - UAF Board Liaison
 * Patricia Cooper - Vice President, Cloverleaf Foundation
 * Emily Davis - Independent Consultant
 * Ann Lederer - Artist and Consultant
 * Jane Lewenthal - Investment Management Consultant
 * Emily Utz - Independent Consultant
 * Pamela Vogel - Certified Public Accountant, Kingsbery, Baris, Vogel & Nuttal
 * Carolyn Powell - Counsel, NUSS Professional Services Group, Inc.

Funders
Donor Advised Funds
 * Baltimore Community Foundation
 * Howard P. Colhoun Family Foundation
 * Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
 * Marvin Naiman & Margery Goldman Gift Fund
 * Rollie & Josie Heath Family Fund
 * Serendipity Charitable Gift Fund
 * Sunshine Fund
 * Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
 * Schregardus Family Foundation
 * San Francisco Foundation
 * Friedman/Meyer Fund
 * Tides Foundation
 * Potrero Nuevo Fund
 * Toledo Community Foundation
 * Whoopee Fund
 * Women's Foundation of Colorado
 * Beyond our Borders Fund

Public & Private Foundations
 * Appleton Foundation
 * Cordaid
 * Divine Family Foundation
 * Donnell Initiative Fund
 * Falcon Fund
 * Ford Foundation
 * Fund for Nonviolence
 * Funding Exchange
 * Green Fund
 * Groundspring.org
 * Lederer Foundation
 * Lowell/Toby Harwood Family Foundation
 * Lumpkin Family Foundation
 * Miriam Meehan Charitable Trust Two
 * Moriah Fund, Inc.
 * Pannonia Foundation
 * Timken-Sturgis Foundation
 * Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
 * William M. & Miriam F. Meehan Foundation

Government Funders
 * Department for International Development, UK
 * Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
 * The Netherlands

Faith-based Organizations
 * Convent of the Sacred Heart
 * General Board of Global Ministries,
 * United Methodist Church
 * Jews of the Earth
 * World Day of Prayer International Committee

Businesses & Organizations
 * Jackson Films, Inc.
 * Spruce Street Mansion
 * Urban Pearl

Contact

 * Web: http://www.urgentactionfund.org

Related Sourcewatch

 * New Profile
 * Urgent Action Fund-Africa