Political Rights-Civic Participation
Jun 2 2008 - 3:37pm
The Kentucky Foundation for Women was established in 1985 by Louisville native and author Sallie Bingham. Her founding gift of $10 million is one of the single largest endowments to any women's fund...read more
Jun 2 2008 - 3:11pm
Founded in 1990, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP) is a national membership and philanthropic advocacy organization dedicated to bridging philanthropy and AsianPacific...read more
May 21 2008 - 2:22pm
As a young Rarámuri woman, Mirabel was motivated to enter Kari Igomari Niwara, an indigenous women's organization in the state of Chihuahua. Over the last 15 years this organization has...read more
May 21 2008 - 2:15pm
In 2001, a gay man was shot and killed as he sought refuge in a churchyard. A man's throat was slashed and his arm cut by a machete. In 1997, a condom distribution plan at a Kingston prison...read more
May 21 2008 - 2:07pm
Hundreds of licensed sex workers, protecting their identities with hoods and sunglasses, gathered in front of the Taipei City Parliament and City Hall, where they protested for more than 1 ½ years,...read more
May 21 2008 - 2:01pm
To defeat this measure, the Women’s Foundation of California funded the Dolores Huerta Foundation with a $27,500 grant.
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May 13 2008 - 8:49pm
The Bulgarian Fund for Women works for more resources to establish and sustain development of women's rights non-governmental organizations in Bulgaria; to achieve real equality of Bulgarian women...read more
Bulgaria, Collaboration, Community, Development, Economic Empowerment, Education, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Girls, Health, Health, HIV-AIDS, Human Rights, Investment, Justice, Leadership, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Poverty, Security, Social change, Social Justice, Visibility
May 12 2008 - 3:00pm
The Boston Women's Fund is a collaboration of staff, volunteers, donors, and grantees working together for social and economic justice. We focus on women and girls because women and girls continue...read more
Regions, Arts, Children, Community, Development, Economic Empowerment, Education, Education, Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Girls, Health, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Investment, Justice, Leadership, MA, Northeast, Policy, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Poverty, Race, Reproductive Rights, Security, Sexuality, Social change, Social Justice, Visibility
Mar 26 2008 - 3:46pm
Arizona Foundation for Women funds projects and programs that enhance the lives of Arizona women and children. They educate others about thebarriers facing women and children and involve members of...read more
AZ, Collaboration, Community, Development, Economic Empowerment, Education, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment, Financial Literacy, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Health, Health, Human Rights, Investment, Justice, Leadership, Policy, Political Rights-Civic Participation, Poverty, Race, Security, Social change, Social Justice, Visibility
Mar 7 2007 - 5:56pm
As International Women's Day 2007 wound down, 1,729 people had taken action and contacted the Attorney General, requesting that the U.S. Supreme Court uphold a Court of Appeals ruling allowing...read more
