Girl Up Joins Global Fund for Children to Advance the Next Era of Youth-Led Feminist LeadershipWASHINGTON, D.C. / LONDON, Nov. 17, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Girl Up and Global Fund for Children (GFC) today announced a new partnership that marks the next chapter in Girl Up’s evolution as a global movement of youth leaders advancing gender justice. Girl Up has transitioned from its founding home at the United Nations Foundation to join GFC as its new fiscal host.
Coalición Indígena de Migrantes de Chiapas and Shobujer Ovijan Foundation win the 2024 Courage Award.Congratulations to Global Fund for Children partners Coalición Indígena de Migrantes de Chiapas, in Mexico, and Shobujer Ovijan Foundation, in Bangladesh, for winning this year’s Juliette Gimon Courage Award.
Co-CEOs John Hecklinger and Hayley Roffey to lead Global Fund for Children into the future.Global Fund for Children's Global Board has appointed current President and CEO John Hecklinger and Global Managing Director, Hayley Roffey, as the new Co-Chief Executives, effective immediately.
Global Fund for Children and The Imperative launch youth-led mental health initiativeThis new Spark Fund partnership is a youth-led participatory grantmaking initiative focused on the mental health and wellbeing of Black boys and young men.
AMI-EAST AND SPMUS WIN 2023 JULIETTE GIMON COURAGE AWARDSGlobal Fund for Children recognizes organizations that are prioritizing the wellbeing of children in dangerous circumstances, including trafficked children and child refugees.
