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May 28 is the international day of action around women’s sexual and reproductive health and rights – and mobilization now is more essential than ever before.   Rollbacks on women’s rights in the form of extreme anti-abortion policies – in Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, and Mississippi – are threatening the health and lives of women in the U.S.    This dangerous trend is reverberating … [Read more...] about Join the International Day of Action for Women’s Health

Businesses are giving women the cold shoulder by blasting the building air conditioning, with a new study finding that frigid office temperatures lower a female's cognitive performance and productivity. … [Read more...] about Cold office temperatures are hurting women’s productivity, study says

Jessie is Head of Global Activism at The Body Shop International. With experience in leading global campaigns at Amnesty International and The Body Shop, Jessie led the The Body Shop’s most successful campaigns, Forever Against Animal Testing campaign, securing over 8 million signatures in just fifteen months and Stop Sex Trafficking of Children and Young People which secured … [Read more...] about Jessie Macneil-Brown

YAOUNDE – When Gaelle Asheri first started playing soccer in the dirt streets near her home in Cameroon’s capital, she was the only girl on the informal neighborhood teams which used stones for goal posts and kept score by chalking results on a wall. Asheri, 17 and her teammate Ida Pouadjeu, 16, are now among... … [Read more...] about Girls in Cameroon defy prejudice to pursue soccer dreams

Global Fund for Women is proud to announce that it is expanding to the UK as it continues to ramp up its efforts to increase funding and support to women-led organizations fighting for their human rights around the world. Global Fund for Women UK will build on Global Fund for Women’s 30-year history of finding, funding, and amplifying the work of women and girls. Global Fund … [Read more...] about Global Fund for Women Expands Presence to the UK