The Mediterranean Women’s Fund is run by women coming from Algeria, Spain, Morocco and France. Their experience in various women’s movements gives them a practical knowledge of the possibilities and the difficulties met by women’s associations around the Mediterranean region.
Organisation
The Mediteranean Women's Fund is an association governed by French legislation concerning charities and non-profitmaking associations. It is composed of a board and a staff who have an overall reponsability for their actions.
It relies on :
- an honorary committee composed of women who have been implicated in women's struggles throughout the Mediterranean region
- an advisory committee gathering women living in different countries of the Mediterranean region
Board
Fawzia Baba
Aïssa: Chairperson
Nadia Leila
Assaoui: Secretary
Marta
Giral: Treasurer
Staff
Caroline Sakina
Brac de la Perrière: Executive Director
Christine
Buttin: Administrator
Our Partners
The Mediterranean Women’s Fund makes use of the experiences of other international women’s rights funders.It is part of the International Network of Women’s Funds and of the Women's Funding Network.
It is also developing partnerships with
human rights funders who work in the regionAfrican Women’s Development
Fund,Urgent Action Fund-Africa,Arab Women’s Fund, Arab Human Rights Fund, Euro- Mediterranean Foundation of
Support to Human Rights Defenders...
Our Support
During the creation and start-up phases, the Fund got the support of AWID, of foundations among them the Global Fund For Women and generous donors