Anne Firth Murray
Encyclopedia
Anne Firth Murray is a New Zealand
author, professor, and nonprofit founder.
Murray is the founder of the Global Fund for Women
, the largest non-profit organization
in the world exclusively funding women's human rights. She founded the organization in 1987 and continued to act as president until 1996, at which point the fund was administering USD $33 million per year in grants. In 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
.
Murray previously led philanthrophic efforts for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
from 1978 to 1987. Prior to that she was a writer at the United Nations
and an editor at the Oxford University Press
, Stanford University Press
, and Yale University Press
.
Murray is the author of two books: Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change and From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice.
Murray is a consulting professor of biology at Stanford University
. She is a board member or advisor to several organizations, including the African Women's Development Fund
, the Hesperian Foundation
, the Global Justice Center, TeachAIDS
, GRACE, and UNNITI.
She has one child and two grandchildren who support her.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
author, professor, and nonprofit founder.
Murray is the founder of the Global Fund for Women
Global Fund for Women
The Global Fund for Women is the largest non-profit foundation in the world funding women's human rights. It was founded in 1987 by New Zealander Anne Firth Murray, and co-founded by Frances Kissling and Laura Lederer to fund women's initiatives around the world...
, the largest non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
in the world exclusively funding women's human rights. She founded the organization in 1987 and continued to act as president until 1996, at which point the fund was administering USD $33 million per year in grants. In 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
.
Murray previously led philanthrophic efforts for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Reddington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1967. The Hewlett Foundation awards grants to support educational and cultural institutions and to advance certain social and...
from 1978 to 1987. Prior to that she was a writer at the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
and an editor at the Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, Stanford University Press
Stanford University Press
The Stanford University Press is the publishing house of Stanford University. In 1892, an independent publishing company was established at the university. The first use of the name "Stanford University Press" in a book's imprinting occurred in 1895...
, and Yale University Press
Yale University Press
Yale University Press is a book publisher founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day. It became an official department of Yale University in 1961, but remains financially and operationally autonomous....
.
Murray is the author of two books: Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change and From Outrage to Courage: Women Taking Action for Health and Justice.
Murray is a consulting professor of biology at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. She is a board member or advisor to several organizations, including the African Women's Development Fund
African Women's Development Fund
African Women’s Development Fund is a grant-making foundation which supports local, national and regional organisations in Africa working towards women’s empowerment...
, the Hesperian Foundation
Hesperian Foundation
Hesperian Health Guides, formerly known as Hesperian Foundation, is a nongovernmental non-profit organization publishing health guides for trained and untrained people to care for themselves and others. The foundation is based in Berkeley, California...
, the Global Justice Center, TeachAIDS
TeachAIDS
TeachAIDS is a nonprofit organization that develops HIV prevention education technology materials, based on an approach invented through research at Stanford University.The TeachAIDS software has been cited as a model health intervention...
, GRACE, and UNNITI.
She has one child and two grandchildren who support her.