Shira Saperstein
Senior Fellow
Shira Saperstein is a Senior Fellow at American Progress and the Deputy Director and Program Director for Women's Rights and Reproductive Health at the Moriah Fund, a private foundation based in Washington, D.C. and operating in the United States and internationally. Moriah gives away $8 million annually in grants to organizations working on women's rights and health, poverty and economic justice in the United States, international trade and development, human rights and social justice in Guatemala, and pluralism and equal rights in Israel.
Before joining Moriah in 1989, Shira worked as a researcher at several policy and advocacy organizations and as part of a consulting team at the Management Assistance Group, which provided organizational development assistance to a wide range of advocacy and service nonprofits. Shira was the founding Co-Chair of the Funders' Network for Population, Reproductive Rights and Health (1997-99) and currently serves on the board of the Summit Foundation and on the Steering Committee of the Global Campaign for Microbicides. She is a graduate of Harvard University.
Articles by Shira Saperstein
- Estranged Bedfellows, June 25, 2007
- Leaders Must Speak Clearly On Abortion, June 7, 2007
- Reproductive Rights are Human Rights: Promises Unfulfilled, December 8, 2006
- World AIDS Day 2006: Progress on Microbicides, December 1, 2006
- The Right Way to Reduce Abortion, January 20, 2006
- Exporting Right-Wing Ideology: World AIDS Day 2005, December 1, 2005
- Honoring Mrs. Griswold — “No delays, no hassles. No lectures.”, June 6, 2005
- Following the Leader: Why Progressives Must Not Abandon Their Commitment to Reproductive Rights, January 21, 2005
- Feature Columns, December 1, 2004
- World AIDS Day 2004: "Not Aware" Is Not an Answer, December 1, 2004
- There They Go Again, July 16, 2004