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The U.S. Must Now ‘Build Back Better’ With a Bold, Comprehensive and Intersectional Feminist Foreign Policy Global Fund for Women welcomes with relief and cautious optimism President Biden’s repeal of the deadly global gag rule. “This is just the beginning,” said Latanya Mapp … [Read more...] about “Relief and Cautious Optimism”: Global Fund for Women Joins Gender Justice Leaders around the World in Welcoming the Repeal of the Global Gag Rule

OEGSTGEEST, Netherlands – Indy Mellink, a Dutch card fan, was explaining a game to her cousins last summer when she asked herself: why should a king be worth more than a queen? The 23-year-old forensic psychology graduate, encouraged by her father, decided it was time to break … [Read more...] about 23-year-old topples king with gender-neutral card deck

Amidst the significant challenges of Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020)—from the global COVID-19 pandemic to rising authoritarianism to environmental degradation—Global Fund for Women’s model of feminist philanthropy continues to shift power and resources to communities most impacted by … [Read more...] about Annual Report 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on in the U.S. and the rest of the world, there can be no doubt that we are in a moment of crisis. As Arundhati Roy writes, “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It … [Read more...] about The Portal Series: Reflections on Feminist Leadership Through Crisis with Kanyon CoyoteWoman Sayers-Roods

Britain on Friday became the latest country to abolish the so-called “tampon tax,” eliminating sales taxes on women’s sanitary products. The move was widely praised by women’s rights advocates as well as proponents of the country’s departure from the European Union. Treasury … [Read more...] about UK abolishes tax on women’s sanitary products