Donor Direct Action’s New Website Launch

Donor Direct Action’s New Website Launch

Donor Direct Action's New Website Launch Dear friend, Today is Human Rights Day, and I want to invite you to celebrate it with me by exploring the new website of Donor Direct Action and learning more about this visionary organization that is working around the...
Donor Direct Action’s Official Launch

Donor Direct Action’s Official Launch

Donor Direct Action’s official launch, featuring Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, Lynn Nottage and Robin Morgan, took place on March 9th at the Ford Foundation in New York City, hosted by director Jessica Neuwirth, DDA’s steering committee members, and artists Kate Whoriskey and Daniel...
Dr. Denis Mukwege wins Nobel Peace Prize

Dr. Denis Mukwege wins Nobel Peace Prize

I am so delighted to share the news with you that Dr. Denis Mukwege, Medical Director of Panzi Hospital in the Congo, has won the Nobel Peace Prize, together with Nadia Murad, a Yazidi survivor/activist from Iraq.  Both of these newly awarded Nobel...

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Justice for Women Lecture Interview with Ruchira Gupta

Mar 18, 2015
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Ruchira Gupta will deliver the University of Maine School of Law’s fourth annual Justice for Women Lecture on March 19, 2015. Watch her interview on 207|Maine News

February 2015 WCLAC News Bulletin

Mar 3, 2015
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Read the February 2015 issue

Israel’s lack of cooperation leads to cancelled visit by UN rights expert to occupied Palestinian territory

Jan 20, 2015
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Read the Media Statement

A Letter from Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan on Donor Direct Action

Jan 15, 2015

As of January 1, 2015, Donor Direct Action has a new home as a project of The Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI), an esteemed international women’s organization with non-profit tax exempt status in the United States.

In Memoriam: Maha Abu-Dayyeh (24 August 1951 – 9 January 2015)

Jan 9, 2015
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Good news from Panzi Hospital: First Step toward a Lasting Solution

Jan 8, 2015
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Local inspector of public finances confirmed that Panzi is a General Referral Hospital and that no tax fraud has been committed; staff expected to end sit-in.

Interview with Ruchira Gupta in Women LEAD

Jan 5, 2015
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Leader Ruchira Gupta, Founder of Apne Aap, speaks about her fight for girls’ rights and against sex trafficking.

Panzi Accounts Frozen by DRC Government

Jan 2, 2015
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Deeply alarming news from DRC – Panzi Hospital’s bank accounts seized by Congolese authorities.

Justine Bihamba from Synergie des Femmes thanks Synergie’s donors

Dec 8, 2014
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Thank you from Justine Bihamba to Robin Wright for her campaign “Pour les Femmes” and to all of Synergie’s donors.

November 2014 WCLAC News Bulletin

Dec 4, 2014
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Read the November 2014 issue

Newsweek article by Dr. Denis Mukwege

Nov 25, 2014
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Newsweek article by Dr. Denis Mukwege – “Opinion: Transferring Responsibility and Shame From Rape Victims to Rapists”

Robin Wright – Pour Les Femmes

Nov 20, 2014
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Robin Wright launches Pour Les Femmes to benefit Synergie des Femmes contre les Violences Sexuelles and support their efforts to help survivors of sexual violence in the Congo.