Welcome to Breaking Down Patriarchy. I'm Amy McPhee All the Best. In the winter of 2019, I had the great fortune of taking a class called International Women's Health and Human Rights as a part of my master's program at Stanford. So a small group of about 12 students completed extensive readings every week, and we produced several group

projects, and we got together every week at the home of our professor, Anne Firth Murray,

to discuss topics in global women's health. This class was truly life-changing. I've made

reference to it on many episodes in the past. I highly recommend it. It's on Coursera for anyone who

wants to take the class, but I am just thrilled to start season three of Breaking Down Patriarchy

with the incredible Anne Firth Murray. Welcome, Anne. Thank you so much, Amy. I really appreciate

being invited. To introduce you formally, I'll read your bio on Stanford's website.

Anne First Mary, a New Zealander, was educated at the University of California and New York University

in economics, political science, and public administration with a focus on international health policy and women's reproductive

health. She has worked at the United Nations as a writer, taught in Hong Kong and Singapore,

and spent several years as an editor with Oxford, Stanford, and Yale University Presses.

For the past 25 years, she has worked in the field of philanthropy, serving as a consultant to many foundations.

From 1978 to the end of 1987, she directed the environment and international population programs of the Hewlett Foundation in California.

She is the founding president of the Global Fund for Women, which provides funds internationally to seed, strengthen, and link groups committed to women's well-being.

And she was a scholar and activist at the Union Institute and a consulting professor in human biology at Stanford University.

Anne has served on several boards and councils of nonprofit organizations, including

the African Women's Development Fund, Commonweal, the Global Justice Center, Grace, which is a group

working on HIV AIDS in East Africa, the Hesperian Foundation, and a women's foundation

in India. She is the recipient of many awards and honors for her work

on women's health and philanthropy, and in 2005, she was nominated as one of a group of

1,000 women for the Nobel Peace Prize. Her book, Paradigm Found, Leading and Managing for Positive

Change, is available worldwide from bookstores or from

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