Global Fund for Women has joined the With and For Girls Collective as the 11th member in a collaborative effort to advance gender equality globally using an unprecedented participatory grantmaking approach with adolescent girls. The Collective are united in the belief that girls … [Read more...] about News Release: Global Fund for Women joins the With and For Girls Collective to give more girls grants in the global fight to achieve gender equality
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Venice Film Festival under fire for lack of female directors
The festival, directed by Alberto Barbera, has just two women directors out of 21 films. … [Read more...] about Venice Film Festival under fire for lack of female directors
Sangeeta Nandi
Sangeeta has over ten years of experience in the international development and social impact space. She began her career as a policy researcher at The Energy and Resources Institute, a think-tank in New Delhi, conducting inquiries at the economy-society-environment interface … [Read more...] about Sangeeta Nandi
US women’s soccer team equal-pay gripe is less than it seems
The women of the US national soccer team are famous for being extraordinary athletes, repeat world champions — and plaintiffs. The team’s lawsuit alleging pay discrimination against the US soccer federation has done much to define its identity. A nearly perfect run through the … [Read more...] about US women’s soccer team equal-pay gripe is less than it seems
EU aims for ‘perfect gender balance’ with female nominations
BRUSSELS — For the first time, European Union leaders nominated women for half of the top positions they filled Tuesday to lead the world’s biggest trade bloc. And the women were picked for what are arguably the two most important jobs of the four posts: heading the EU’s … [Read more...] about EU aims for ‘perfect gender balance’ with female nominations