CRAVE FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN

Pleasure is a universal human right that can not be fully realized where there is injustice and violence against women.

 

 

Our Grants

We believe in the boundless ability of individuals to bring about transformative change and shine light into unheralded realms.

The CRAVE Foundation for Women awards no-strings-attached grants to individuals working on some of the most pressing forms of gender-based violence and reproductive justice. In supporting those in our local and national communities, we hope to help bring about a world where pleasure is a universal right.

 

Meet our Grant Recipients

Dr. Mariama Diallo

Dr. Mariama Diallo is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), an Adjunct Professor at Hunter College and Montclair State University, and the founder and Chair of the New York Coalition to End FGM/C. She has over 20 years of experience in the field of FGM, providing trauma-informed individual group therapy and working on policy changes on behalf of survivors. 

Djessou Kouyate

Djessou Kouyate is an advocate, public speaker, and organizer for women’s and children’s rights in the fight to end female genital mutilation. She is the executive director of The Inter-African Committee (USA) on Traditional Practices Affecting the Health of Women and Children, as well as the Co-Founder of “Vacances Sans Excision” (Summer Without FGM), a summer camp for survivors. Currently, Djessou is working on a bill to amend FGM law in the state of Maryland.