Anne Firth Murray

Anne Firth Murray (born June 23, 1935, in Whanganui, New Zealand) is an activist, author, teacher at Stanford University, and nonprofit founder. She is the founding president of the Global Fund for Women, an organization she established in 1987 to support women's human rights globally. She led the organization until 1996. Prior to this, Murray was involved in philanthropic efforts related to population and environmental issues for the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation from 1978 to 1987, and worked as a writer at the United Nations and an editor at Stanford, Oxford, and Yale university presses. Since 2001, she has taught international women's health and human rights at Stanford University and, since 2010, has also taught a course on "love as a force for social justice." She serves as a board member or advisor to several organizations, including CIVICUS, Grass Roots Alliance for Community Education (GRACE), Initiative for Equality (IfE), and No Means No Worldwide (NMNW). In 2005, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize as part of a group of one thousand women. Murray received the Society of Woman Geographers Outstanding Achievement Award in 2022. She is the author of two books: From Outrage to Courage: The Unjust and Unhealthy Situation of Women in Poorer Countries and What They Are Doing About It (2013) and Paradigm Found: Leading and Managing for Positive Change (2006).