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Website. womenintheworld .org. Women in the World was a live journalism platform that was founded by Tina Brown in 2010 to "discover and amplify the unheard voices of global women on the front lines of change." First held at New York’s Hudson Theater, and thereafter at Lincoln Center ’s David Koch Theater, Women in the World summits ...
Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945. Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933. The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901. Beta Sigma Phi – founded 1931. Communist Women's International (1920–1930) – established to advance communist ideas ...
This is a list of wealthiest charitable foundations worldwide. It consists of the 50 largest charitable foundations, private foundations engaged in philanthropy, and other charitable organizations such as charitable trusts that have disclosed their assets.
The Global Fund for Women is a non-profit foundation funding women's human rights initiatives. It was founded in 1987 by New Zealander Anne Firth Murray, and co-founded by Frances Kissling and Laura Lederer to fund women's initiatives around the world. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Since 1988, the foundation has awarded over ...
WOW – Women of the World Festival ( WOW, WOW Festival) is a network of arts festivals that celebrate the achievements of women and girls as well as highlighting the obstacles that face them, and is part of a global feminist movement. The WOW Foundation spearheads the festivals and forms partnerships to hold WOW festivals across the world.
Melinda French Gates. Melinda French Gates[ 2] (born Melinda Ann French; August 15, 1964) is an American philanthropist, former multimedia product developer and manager at Microsoft, and the ex-wife of its co-founder and billionaire Bill Gates. [ 3] French Gates has consistently been ranked as one of the world's most powerful women by Forbes ...
UN Women is charged with advocating for the rights of women and girls, and focusing on a number of issues, including violence against women and violence against LGBT people. UN Women was established by a merger of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, established in 1976) and other entities and became operational in 2011. [3]
The foundation was set up in memory of aid worker Linda Norgrove, from Uig in Lewis, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2010. It has raised £60,000 so far to cover the cost of getting the 19 women ...