Angela Borba Fund for Women - Art lessons for abused Brazilian women

Address

Angela Borba Fund for Women
Rua Jardim Botanico 610 casa 7
Rio de Janeiro, 22641-000
Brazil
55-212-512-4093
http://www.angelaborbafundo.org

Mission

The Angela Borba Fund for Women (ABF) is a grassroots capacity-building organization, which fundraises, makes grants, and supports direct services for women in Brazil. ABF works hand-in-hand with women to help create strategic programs and implement them effectively, resulting in the strengthening and enhancement of women's rights in Brazilian communities.

Programs

Angela Borba’s programmatic emphasis is to support grassroots groups of women and girls that have been traditionally marginalized from the larger women's movement and from mainstream funding, such as ethnic, racial and religious minorities, and lesbian and disabled women. The Angela Borba Fund conducts strategic outreach to support new and emerging women's groups and organizations providing services in the five regions of Brazil (North, South, Center, Northeast and Southeast).

Personnel Overview

Renata Couto - Communication & Development Officer
Couto earned her Bachlors in Social Communications from Federal University. She is a specialist of Cultural Art History at Pontific Catholic University at Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and a Post-Bachelors in Sociology, Politics and Culture at PUC-RJ. Couto currently serves as the Director and Communication and Development Officer at the Angela Borba Fund for Women.

Madalena Guilhon - General Coordinator
Guilhon has been a feminist activist for 30 years. She founded CEMINA (Center of Information of Women) and now serves as the organization's coordinator. In addition to CEMINA, Guilhon is the General Coordinator of Angela Borba Fund for Women and an active journalist.

Amalia Ficher - Executive Coordinator
After earning a PhD. in Communications and Culture and receiving the Fellowship of Ashoka Social Entrepreneurs, Ficher founded the Center of Studies in Gender in Mexican Universities and the Center of Information and Research of Women (a Mexican NGO). Ficher also contributes gender studies articles to the "La Jornada" newspaper in addition to serving as Executive Coordinator for Angela Borba.

Personnel Statistics

Renata Couto, Communication & Development Officer
Founded in 2001
Employees: 7
Volunteers: 5