Central American Women's Fund

Mission

The Central American Women’s Fund is the first foundation, located in the region, dedicated to raising funds to support the initiatives of women’s organizations – particularly young women’s organizations – that promote and defend the human rights of Central American women. We envision a Central America without poverty or violence, with social and economic justice, and with forms of democracy that enable women and men to participate equally at all levels of society.

Programs

The Central American Women’s Fund supports collective and group work. They award grants to women’s groups working on a broad range of issues related to women’s rights in Central America, such as the ability to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights, freedom from gender-violence, greater political participation, increased access to non-sexist education and health care, and greater economic autonomy.

Personnel Overview

Ana Criquillion - Executive Director
Criquillion, after 20 years of experience, is well known in the Nicaraguan women’s movement. She founded and is President of the Board of Directors of Puntos de Encuentro (“Common Ground”), a Nicaraguan non-profit that works for the defense and promotion of women and young people’s rights. Criquillion also serves on the Editorial Committee of La Boletina, a national women’s issues magazine.

Millie Brobston - Development Coordinator for Institutional Donors
Brobston recently moved to Nicaragua, and has over nine years of experience working in philanthropy. Millie served as Program Officer for the Community Economic Development and Participation Program for the Public Welfare Foundation. She is also active in the leadership of Grantmakers without Borders, a network of funders dedicated to increasing social change philanthropy internationally.

Nadia Alvarado Torres - Development Coordinator for Individual Donors
Alvarado Torres has a Bachelor Degree in Women’s Studies from the Simone De Beauvoir’s Institute at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. She was an active member of the Latin American Students Organization (LASO) of Concordia University and helped to raise thousands of dollars in food and clothes for the hurricane victims in Honduras and Nicaragua.

Personnel Statistics

Ana Criquillion,
Executive Director
Founded in 2003
Employees: 4
Volunteers: 10