Educational Institutions

Manhattanville College the foundation of GSL continues to provide the physical plant, (room, board, administrative support, classrooms, computer labs and athletic facilities) for the Summer Institute.
More importantly its supportive community provides GSL students with the, security and comfort of working and living in a spacious inspiring environment. 
The College enables participants to interact with other summer students from all parts of the world in a perfect setting to balance the intensity of academic pressure with the relaxed natural surroundings.
 We commend President Berman’s commitment to the program’s vision and willingness to support the students during and after the programs.

University of Dar es Salaam where the GSL Africa program was launched in 2005 provides the room and board, administrative support, classrooms computer labs athletic faculties and more importantly security and comfort for a multicultural learning environment.
The home atmosphere of University of Dar es Salaam is enhanced by Vice Chancellor Prof. M.L.Luhanga and Dr.Fenella Mukangara’s enthusiastic support of the GSL program. 
In addition Dr. Fenella has assumed a bigger task of housing GSL Africa Operations in the University’s new Gender Institute beginning early 2007. 

John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) sponsored 3 students in 2003 and a cross campus experience, which enhanced the student’s New York City cultural awareness and leadership skills. 

Makerere University set out to support the GSL program right from the early stages of the program’s inception.
We recognize the support offered by Vice Chancellor Prof. Luboobi, and Makerere’s Gender Mainstreaming Division’s interest in building the GSL Africa program initiative.
The commitment and interest shown by the students from Makerere continues to justify our program vision and the need to reach the grassroots. 

Jomo Kenyatta University continues to send students to the GSL Africa program who are committed to learning and with visions of making a difference in their communities. 

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has been one of our partners and through its efforts one of their students Dora Cudjoe has continued to be part of the GSL network. 

Kigali Institute of Science and Technology is one of GSL, Manhattanville and African American Institute new partner schools. With the help of the African American Institute and commitment of Professor Lwakabamba at KIST, two students attended the GSL Africa 2006 program. Their participation helped widen the cultural diversity, an aspect critical to GSL’s learning process.
 

Organizations

Carnegie Corporation of New York is one of the internationally recognized and highly respected foundations promoting the advancement and diffusion of knowledge across borders.
Carnegie’s East Africa Universities gender program has been supportive of the GSL from the outset sponsoring students who have continued to be enthusiastic in helping promote the program growth throughout Africa.
With the support and commitment of Andrea Johnson, Carnegie agreed to support the set up of GSL Africa Operations. This commitment is indeed encouraging and major step to cementing the program’s external links.

The Open Society Institute (OSI) especially with the help of Deborah Harding and Lesley Hawke OSI has sponsored students to GSL since 2001.
Now that a total of eight Roma’s have gone through the GSL program and remain a voice in the GSLNET we hope to continue to work with OSI Roma Education Program to help build a new community voice for Roma women throughout Europe.
OSI’s Roma Education Program again sponsored two distinguished students from Romania and Bulgaria this year. 

Women’s World Banking (WWB) has served as a committed partner in making the program a reality from the onset of our vision.
Along with financial support for Latin American students the WWB team facilitated the initial selection process of 28 participants, as well as suggesting numerous Action Plan ideas.
The identification of this program with WWB and its broad-based network brought the necessary visibility to qualify the selection process and enlist other partners both in the United States and abroad. 
 For many participants it provided ongoing local support for bringing their Action Plans to reality.

International Planned Parenthood Federation- (IPPF) WHE an organization that works to improve the health of women throughout the Americas identifies with our vision and continues to support students for our summer programs.
The Regional Director Carmen Barroso and staff’s enthusiastic support has been encouraging.
IPPF-WHE sponsored two participants to GSL 2005 and GSL2006 from Panama, Uruguay, Brazil and Chile respectively. IPPF/WHE enhances the training of these students through one-week internships in their offices in New York City.
An initiative we encourage other partners to endorse, hence enhancing on the GSL experience. 

United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has supported GSL from the outset. The commitment of Viola Morgan (former Director of African Gender Programs and currently Deputy Director in Botswana) to encourage local sponsorship of students from over 10 African countries continues to provide an important depth to the outreach and quality of all the GSL students. 

United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) joined the ranks of GSL sponsoring a student from Nigeria to GSL 2005. 

Pfizer Inc. one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the world has been committed to supporting GSL program. One of their staff, a former GSL student Georgina Montero has been of great help in sustaining Latin American students’ network.
Particularly this summer with the encouragement of Pfizer’s Vice President Sylvia Montero, students had an excursion to the corporation’s head quarters in New York offering them an opportunity to understand the corporation operation. And her personal commitment to share her powerful story impressed the students and enhanced their learning.