Amina Mama

The Global Fund for Women, Inc. is a non-profit organization that promotes women's economic security, health, education and leadership. It organizes programs and activities geared towards health and sexual rights, peace and gender violence, economic and environmental justice, civic and political education, access to education, and social change philanthropy. The firm also offers grants to groups that advance international women's movement and promote social justice. The Global Fund for Women was founded in 1987 by Anne Firth Murray, Frances Kissling, Laura Lederer, and Nita Barrow and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.