Human Rights/Women's Rights
All Pakistan Women's Association (AWPA)--The United Nations in Pakistan
A non-profit and non-political organization whose fundamental aim is to see the furtherance of the moral, social and economic welfare of the women and children of Pakistan.
All India Democratic Women's Association
AIDWA is a left oriented women's organisation committed to achieving democracy, equality and women's emancipation. AIDWA membership comprises women of all strata, regardless of caste, class or creed but its main focus of attention is work among the poorer sections of women.
Alliance for Justice
Has been working since its inception in 1979 to promote a fair and independent judiciary and strengthen public advocacy.
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
Is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States.
amnesty international
A worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote internationally recognized human rights.
Amnesty International USA
Dedicated to freeing prisoners of conscience, gaining fair trials for political prisoners, ending torture, political killings and "disappearances," and abolishing the death penalty throughout the world.
Arab women connect
The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) focuses on three main areas of immediate concern: Strengthening women's economic rights and empowering women to enjoy secure livelihoods; Engendering governance and leadership that increase women's participation in the decision-making processes that shape their lives; Promoting women's human rights to eliminate all forms of violence against women transform development into a more peaceful, equitable and sustainable process.
Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center
Japan, an economic giant has serious impact on Asian women. The number of Asian women coming to work in Japan in order to survive is increasing, and Japan is known as the world's greatest receiver of trafficked women. Also Japan is extending business into every Asian country and is providing employment for young women, but is it actually protecting their human rights?
Association for the Development & Enhancement of Women Cairo, Egypt
ADEW believes that the status of Female Heads of Households ( FHHs) a traditionally neglected and disempowered segment of Egyptian society, can only be enhanced by empowering these women socially , legally and economically. By providing women with the economic opportunities and working as mediators between women and various governmental and private agencies , ADEW delivers women's voice to the national consciousness.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Works for social, racial and economic justice in the U.S. and internationally. Our grantmaking and philanthropic advocacy programs help lesbians and allied communities challenge oppression and claim their human rights.
Aurat Foundation
A civil society organisation committed to women's empowerment in society. The Foundation sees this empowerment in the context of women's participation in governance at all levels, which requires increasing their knowledge, their share in resources and their role in management of institutions.
australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
The Commission plays a central role in contributing to the maintenance and improvement of a tolerant, equitable and democratic society, through its public awareness and other educational programs aimed at the community, government and business sectors.
Avery Institute for Social Change
Provides a platform for grass roots activists, scholars, and policy makers to strategically examine health and social justice issues and their effect on women of color and their families. Through its efforts, the Avery Institute will promote linkages between community activism and research that will shape public health policies of local, national, and global significance.
Azerbaijan Gender Information Center
is the first informational and analytical, bibliographical and documental center of women movement on the territory of the South Caucasus.
Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law
Our mission is to develop and implement an innovative, nonpartisan agenda that promotes equality and human dignity, while safeguarding fundamental freedoms.
Cafe Femenino Foundation
supports this circle of hope. The women produce the coffee. Their consumers donate to the Foundation. The Foundation completes the circle by providing grants to worthy projects and programs that enhance the lives of all members of the coffee producing community.
Captive Daughters
Dedicated to ending the sex trafficking of children, with a particular focus as it affects girls and adolescent females.
Católicas Online - Pelo Direito de Decidir
[Brazil] (Português | English | Español) é uma organização não-governamental feminista de caráter ecumênico que busca justiça social e mudança de padrões culturais e religiosos vigentes em nossa sociedade, respeitando a diversidade como necessária à realização da liberdade e da justiça. Desde a criação no Brasil, em 1993, CDD-Br promove os direitos das mulheres (especialmente sexuais e reprodutivos), e luta pela cidadania das mesmas e pela igualdade nas relações de gênero, tanto na sociedade como no interior das religiões, especialmente da católica.
Centro Feminista de Estudos e Assessoria
[Brazil] (Português) é uma organização não-governamental, sem fins lucrativos, que trabalha pela cidadania das mulheres e pela igualdade de gênero. Luta, de forma autônoma e suprapartidária, por uma sociedade e um Estado justos e democráticos.
CEDAW: Treaty for the Rights of Women
The Working Group on Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is a group of over 190 national non-governmental organizations engaged in outreach and education to achieve U.S. ratification of the Treaty for the Rights of Women.
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies--University of California, Hastings College of the Law
CGRS provides legal expertise and resources to attorneys representing women asylum-seekers fleeing gender related harm, at both the practice and policy levels, and seeks to track decisions in these cases.
Center for Women's Global Leadership--Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.
Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU)
A radical women's liberation organization that is over three years old. We have over 300 members, and many different programs aimed at changing the lives of all women and building a new society in which all people will have the opportunity to develop their full potential.
Clueless at the Top
is for all of us who have been trained since birth to look to the people at the top of hierarchies to provide decisions, direction, permission, and approval. They are the ones, however, with the most limited perspectives and the least incentive to create change.
Coletivo Feminista Sexualidade e Saúde
[Brazil] (Português) é uma Organização Não Governamental que desenvolve, desde 1985, um trabalho de atenção primária à saúde da mulher com uma perspectiva feminista e humanizada.
Comfort Women Project
Comfort women are the young females of various ethnic and national backgrounds and social circumstances who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army before and during the Second World War.
Corporación Sisma Mujer
In Spanish: Colombia. Su propósito es contribuir a la promoción y defensa de los derechos humanos de las mujeres en situaciones de conflicto armado, haciendo visibles las múltiples violaciones a estos, que viven las mujeres antes, durante y después de ser víctimas de desplazamientos forzados.
Dorothy Granada/Maria Luisa Ortiz Cooperative and Women's Center
[Nicaragua] A group of 40 women formed themselves into a cooperative and with international aid, built a block-making shop, constructed their homes and built a carpentry shop before turning their attention to create a Women's Health Center.
Dr. Homa Darabi Foundation
[Iran] A nonprofit organization concerned with all violations of human rights focusing on defending the rights of women against religious, cultural and social abuse.
Equal Rights Advocates
Has led the legal fight for women’s equality for almost 30 years. Since 1974, ERA’s mission has been to protect and secure equal rights and economic opportunities for women and girls through litigation and advocacy.
Feminist Majority Foundation
A cutting edge organization dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. In all spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially, and politically.
feministing.com
By and for young feminists... Young women are rarely given the opportunity to speak on their own behalf on issues that affect their lives and futures. Feministing provides a platform for us to comment, analyze and influence.
Foundation For Women
[Thailand] (English/Thai) a non-governmental organization providing services to women and based in Bangkok, Thailand. FFW implements activities by applying human rights principles aiming at respecting, protecting and promoting the rights of individual women and girl child.
GABRIELA Network
a Philippine-US women's solidarity organization. GABNet provides the means by which Filipinas in the US can empower themselves, functions as training ground for women's leadership, and articulates the women's point of view. GABNet effects change through organizing, educating, fundraising, networking, and advocacy.
Green Belt Movement
A grassroots non-governmental organization (NGO) based in Kenya that focuses on environmental conservation, community development and capacity building. Prof. Wangari Maathai established GBM in 1977, under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya. GBM works to realise its vision and mission through programs in tree planting/biodiversity conservation, civic & environmental education, advocacy & networking, food security, capacity building for women and girls and Green Belt Safaris.
GROOTS International (Grassroots Women's Organizations Organized Together in Sisterhood)
Vision: To develop, over time, a movement giving voice and power to grassroots women's local visions and initiatives, attracting long term partners, and creating new policies, to expand and strengthen their leadership.
Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida [MEXICO]
Su interés principal es generar, sistematizar y difundir información relativa a los derechos reproductivos para que éstos sean reconocidos y respetados en México.
Housing Works, Inc.
We constantly strive to improve the lives of New Yorkers living with AIDS.
Huairou Commission: Women, Homes & Community
Forging strategic partnerships to advance the capacity of grassroots women worldwide to strengthen and create sustainable communities.
Human Rights Campaign (HRC)
Working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equal rights.
Human Rights Watch (HRW)
Dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.
The Hunger Project
A global movement with a vision and commitment to end hunger by organising the necessary leadership.
indiadisasters.org
The one-stop humanitarian website
INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
is a national activist organization of radical feminists of color advancing a movement to end violence against women of color and their communities through direct action, critical dialogue and grassroots organizing.
Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres [MEXICO]
es un organismo público autónomo descentralizado de la Administración Pública Federal, con personalidad jurídica, patrimonio propio y autonomía técnica y de gestión.
El 12 de enero de 2001 se publica en el Diario Oficial de la Federación la ley que lo crea y se establece formalmente el 8 de marzo de ese mismo año, en el marco de la celebración del Día Internacional de la Mujer.
International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
A private nonprofit organization founded in 1976 and based in Washington, D.C., with an office in India. ICRW's work has three distinct dimensions-research, technical support for capacity building, advocacy-and is informed by the following essential ingredients for sustainable development.
International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC)
News and resources by region/country.
International Women's Forum (IWF)
A global organization of preeminent women of significant and diverse achievement.
International Women's Writing Guild
A network for the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing and open to all regardless of portfolio.
Isis International-Manila
We are a feminist NGO dedicated to women’s information and communication needs. Documenting ideas and visions. Creating channels to communicate. Collecting and moving information. Networking and building links. We focus on those advancing women’s rights, leadership and empowerment in Asia and the Pacific. With connections in over 150 countries, we also keep up with changing trends and analyses concerning women worldwide.
Israel Women's Network
The Israel Women’s Network (IWN) is Israel’s foremost advocacy group for women’s rights. IWN is a unique, non-partisan organization of women united in their determination to improve the status of women in Israel, despite differing political opinions, religious outlooks and ethnic origins. IWN was established as a non-profit voluntary body in 1984 by a group of women professionals.
Jane's DUE PROCESS (JDP)
Working for fair and equal access for Texas minors.
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
The leading advocate for worldwide action against HIV/AIDS.
Justice Action
[Australia] We seek to uncover and expose police and penal abuse, misconduct and corruption and to promote reform and meaningful change.
Korea Women's Hot Line
[English and Korean] A national organization working for women's human rights.
Kosova Womens Network
A network of local women's groups. This includes groups that have over ten years of experience in community development, as well as new groups that have been founded since the arrival of the UN in Kosova. Members of the network provide a variety of community services to vulnerable women, including courses, trainings, aid, and psychological support. Additionally, they work on social problems affecting women and girls today, such as violence against women, trafficking for prostitution, and low enrollment of girls in schools and at the University. We also work with Serbian and Roma women in Kosova by providing support and training so they may build up their capacity to work effectively on behalf of their communities.
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
The nation's oldest and largest legal organization working for the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgendered and HIV positive.
Legal Momentum: Advancing Women's Rights
Is the new name of NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund. Legal Momentum advances the rights of women and girls by using the power of the law and creating innovative public policy.
Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Task Force (LGIRTF)
A coalition of immigrants, attorneys and other activists that addresses the widespread discriminatory impact of immigration laws on the lives of lesbians, gay men and people with HIV.
MADRE: Demanding Human Rights for Women and Families Around the World
an international women’s human rights organization that works in partnership with women’s community-based groups in conflict areas in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, Africa, the Balkans and the United States.
Maendeleo Ya Wanawake Organization (MYWO)
a nonprofit grassroots women's organisation with branches all over the country. Encompasses over 600,000 women groups with membership of two million women.
MANA, A National Latina Organization
a nonprofit, advocacy organization established in 1974. It's mission is to empower Latinas through leadership development, community service, and advocacy. MANA fulfills its mission through programs designed to develop the leadership skills of Latinas, promote community service by Latinas, and provide Latinas with advocacy opportunities. Support for these programs is derived from members, corporations, foundations, and government grants.
Manavi
Manavi was founded in 1985 by six South Asian women. It is a non-profit organization for women who trace their cultural heritage to Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Manavi's goal is to increase awareness of women's rights in society and encourage social change to end all violence against them. Its approach is nonjudgmental, nonreligious , and nonsectarian. Manavi is committed to the empowerment of South Asian women and thereby, dedicates its major efforts to facilitating women's quest for self-reliance and autonomy everywhere.
M.U.J.E.R--Musicians United for Justice, Equality, and Respect
Mazlumder Instanbul Branch
Human Rights organization Istanbul Branch web site.
Mujeres para el Diálogo
Mujeres para el diálogo es un colectivo de mujeres que surgió en 1979, cuyos objetivos se centran en el acompañamiento y empoderamiento de las mujeres de las organizaciones sociales. Está constituido por 12 mujeres de diversas disciplinas y con diferentes niveles de participación. Desde su surgimiento, Mujeres para el Diálogo ha promovido el mejoramiento de la calidad de vida, particularmente de las mujeres excluidas por las relaciones de género desiguales e inequitativas. Es desde este posi-cionamiento que aporta a la construcción del Movimiento Amplio de Mujeres en México, tratando de incidir en las políticas públicas que atañen a las mujeres.
Missing Women's Legacy Society
Founded by family members and supporters of The Missing Women who were taken from the Downtown East side of Vancouver, B.C. and murdered.
National Coalition of Free Men (NCFM)
is a non-profit educational organization that looks at the ways sex discrimination affects men and boys.
National Council of Women's Organizations
A nonpartisan, nonprofit umbrella organization of almost 200 groups that collectively represent over ten million women across the United States. The only national coalition of its kind, NCWO has over twenty years’ experience uniting American women’s groups.
National Commission on the Status of Women
Dignity and the status of women and men as equal citizens of Pakistan is a moral imperative, constitutional obligation and a guiding principle of an egalitarian and a progressive society. This requires concerted action by state and society to motivate change and adopt measures to achieve desired goals for the advancement of women.
NAACP
Sponsors a variety of programs to make real the promise of America. Our programs are designed to ensure civil rights compliance, equitable treatment of all Americans under law, the attainment of educational excellence, access to health care, and economic empowerment. Our political empowerment initiative is devoted to that most fundamental right of all Americans, fully participatory democracy.
National Center for Human Rights Education
Our mission is to build a human rights movement in the United States by training community leaders and student activists to apply human rights standards to issues of justice.
National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW)
A volunteer organization, inspired by Jewish values, that works through a program of research, education, advocacy and community service to improve the quality of life for women, children and families and strives to ensure individual rights and freedoms for all.
National Council for Women [Egypt]
[English and Arabic] H.E. President Hosni Mubarak issued the Presidential Decree No. 90 for the year 2000 for the creation of the National Council for Women, as an autonomous body responsible for the empowerment of the Egyptian women. The creation of the Council comes as a natural consequence of the national and international developments and challenges, and to crown the achievements in favour of Egyptian women during a Century.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF)
The national progressive organization working for the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people, with the vision and commitment to building a powerful political movement.
National Lawyers Guild
An association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system.
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Information on women's issues for women's activists.
NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
Renamed 'Legal Momentum: Advancing Women's Rights', we advance uses the power of the law and create innovative public policy.
National Organization for Men Against Sexism
an activist organization of men and women supporting positive changes for men. NOMAS advocates a perspective that is pro-feminist, gay affirmative, anti-racist, dedicated to enhancing men's lives, and committed to justice on a broad range of social issues including class, age, religion, and physical abilities. We affirm that working to make this nation's ideals of equality substantive is the finest expression of what it means to be men.
National Women's Law Center
Has worked since its inception in 1972 to protect and advance the progress of women and girls at work, in school, and in virtually every aspect of their lives.
Northern Ireland Women's Coalition
A cross-community political party, founded on human rights, inclusion and equality.
OSKA--National Women's Information Center
A non-governmental, non-profit organization which assists all Polish women-related organizations and initiatives by operating an effective information system.
Pakistan Women Lawyers Association (PAWLA)
PAWLA is a NGO delivering professional legal services and economic counselling to Pakistani women by means of networking with legal bodies, the government, donors and other NGOs.
PACE SOCIETY
A charitable non-profit society that was conceived in 1994 by a group of sex trade workers who recognized that there was an absence of services that dealt with issues specific to sex trade workers.
PARSA in Kabul
is a small, non-government organization (NGO) working directly with needy people of Kabul, Afghanistan, particularly widows, who are on the streets begging, and those who have "fallen through the cracks" of the survey nets of the big NGOs.
Population Action International (PAI)
An independent policy advocacy group working to strengthen public awareness and political and financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights.
RAINBO: Research, Action and Information Network for the Bodily Integrity of Women
An African led international non-governmental organisation working on issues of women's empowerment, gender, reproductive health, sexual autonomy and freedom from violence as central components of the African development agenda.
Red Phoenix Project
[China] The first non-government undertaking that helps girl students through college.
Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
RAWA is the oldest political/social organization of Afghan women struggling for peace, freedom, democracy and women's rights in fundamentalism-blighted Afghanistan.
RISING DAUGHTERS AWARE--FGM Information Index Page
Dedicated to the existence of support and culturally sensitive, qualified medical and advocacy assistance for women who are seeking to avoid, or have already been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) for non-medical reasons.
Rural Womyn Zone
By and for ruralwomenin the U.S. In sisterhood with rural women worldwide.
SAGE Standing Against Global Experience
SAGE is a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization, founded by Norma Hotaling in 1993, that offers caring, non-judgmental peer education, job training, support services and a mentorship program for prostitutes, drug addicts and survivors. SAGE represents a commitment to improving the lives of women and girls who have been victimized by sexual exploitation, violence and those involved in prostitution.
Sakhi for South Asian Women
A community-based organization in the New York metropolitan area committed to ending the exploitation and violence against women of South Asian origin*. Recognizing oppression based on class, immigration status, religion, and sexual orientation, we work to empower women, particularly survivors of domestic violence. Sakhi strives to create a voice and safe environment for all South Asian women through outreach, advocacy, leadership development, and organizing.
Shan Women's Action Network
SWAN is a network of Shan women active in Thailand and along the Thai-Burma border. Its mission is to work for gender equality and justice for Shan women in the struggle for social and political change in Burma through community-based actions, research and advocacy.
Sister's in Sisterhood
Sister's in sisterhood, run by Kwayera Archer-Cunningham is a rites of passage program for girls ages 8-21 at the Ifetayo cultural arts facility located in Brooklyn. The Sister's Rites of Passage experience focuses on young women ages 8-21. The program ushers girls through the minefield of adolescence, preparing them as puberty rites initiates to reach the point to graduate as confident and focused young women with clear goals and aspirations for their future. The Rites of Passage program leads students through a minimum of a two yearlong process of learning practical information about health and sexuality, building awareness of their cultural heritage, and making connections with a local and international community of women. In addition, the program provides students with a historical and contemporary perspective of global race and gender issues as they relate to young girls and women of African descent.
Sri Lanka Women's NGO Forum
consists of over fifty women's organisations working on gender issues. It has a Committee of eleven and a co-ordinator elected by the general membership.
Status of Women Canada
[English and French] SWC is the federal government department which promotes gender equality, and the full participation of women in the economic, social, cultural and political life of the country.
Stop FGM!: Female Genital Mutilation
(French, English, Arabic) An international campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation
Swayam Shikshan Prayog
[Mumbai, India] An organisation which seeks to bring women into the centre of development process. It is specifically involved in building the capacities of rural women's collectives to access and manage resources so that they can participate in decision making processes that affect the allocation and management resources in disaster relief.
Tostan
The mission of Tostan is to contribute to the human dignity of African people through the development and implementation of a non-formal, participatory education program in national languages. Tostan provides learners with the knowledge and skills to become confident, resourceful actors in the social transformation and economic development of their communities.
Transgender Law and Policy Institute
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to engaging in effective advocacy for transgender people in our society. The TLPI brings experts and advocates together to work on law and policy initiatives designed to advance transgender equality.
Trans-Caucasus Women's Dialogue
An outgrowth of first Women's Forum on Democracy and Development held in Armenia in 1991, and facilitated by National Peace Foundation Board.
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
A national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society.
United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)
Within the UN system, UNIFEM promotes gender equality and links women's issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women's empowerment strategies.
United Nations Foundation
Promotes a more peaceful, prosperous, and just world through the support of the United Nations and its Charter.
UN's WomenWatch
A gateway to the information and resources on the promotion of gender equality throughout the United Nations system, including the United Nations Secretariat, regional commissions, funds, programmes, specialized agencies.
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
The principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms.
Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counseling
[Palestine] The WCLAC, established in 1991 in Jerusalem as an independent Palestinian organization, aims to contribute to the establishment of a democratic Palestinian society, based on social justice and equality between women and men. To achieve this aim, the Centre has developed and is further developing, through its activities, a new Palestinian feminist discourse.
WomenAid International
Founded over ten years ago as a humanitarian aid and development agency, WomenAid's mission is to provide relief and assistance to women and children suffering distress caused by war, disasters or poverty, to empower women through education, training, provision of credit and to campaign against violations of women's human rights.
women of arabia
An insight into the world of Saudi women.
Women in Black
Women In Black New York stand in silent vigil to protest war, rape as a tool of war, ethnic cleansing and human rights abuses all over the world.
Women and Public Policy Program--Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Analyzes and responds to public policies that impact women, to inform and learn from women who shape public policies, and to create a world both more balanced in opportunity and more secure.
Women of Uganda Network (WOUGNET)
A non-governmental organisation initiated in May 2000 by several women's organisations in Uganda to develop the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) among women as tools to share information and address issues collectively.
Women Without Borders
Women Without Borders is a human rights organization. It was founded in 2002 by the social scientists Cheryl Benard and Edit Schlaffer, whose research in areas of private, social and political life and whose numerous book publications have reached a wide audience. At present, they are directing the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Politics and Human Relations in Vienna, which was founded in 1982. Women Without Borders is an international undertaking, which will grow and expand. Its goal is to establish ''embassies'' in as many countries as possible where women seek their equitable share in society.
Women for Women International
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty into a civil society that promotes and protects peace, stability, and self-sufficiency.
Women for Women's Human Rights (WWHR)-New Ways
An autonomous women’s NGO founded in 1993 and based in Turkey, works toward the promotion of women’s human rights on the national, regional and international levels and the active participation of women in processes of social change as equal citizens and free individuals.
Womankind Worldwide
Our promise to women in developing countries – our mission – therefore, is to enable them to voice their concerns and claim their rights, and to work globally for policies and practices which promote equality between men and women.
Women's Building
We've launched nearly 170 women's endeavors since our inception in 1971, providing fiscal sponsorship, technical assistance and training in organizational and fund development, financial planning, and publicity. Our support and guidance has helped emerging groups develop into thriving organizations.
Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Working to improve the lives and defend the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children and adolescents.
Women's Environment and Development Organization (WEDO)
An international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions and forums to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all.
Women's Foundation of California
Our vision is to create a world in which all women and girls can thrive. We work to remove institutional barriers to equity and create opportunities for women and girls to reach their full potential.
Women's Foundation of Minnesota
We promote gender equality by listening to women and girls and responding to diverse community needs with grantmaking, vocal advocacy, informational resources, and other investments in organizations throughout Minnesota--working together to create a dynamic landscape of equality and justice.
Women's Human Rights Net
Providing comprehensive information and analysis on women's human rights and global issues.
Women's Justice Center
[English and Spanish] Provides advocacy, free of charge, for victims of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse, particularly in the Latina and other under served communities of Sonoma County, California.
Women's Law Initiative
WomensLaw.org was founded in February 2000 by a group of lawyers, teachers, activists, and web designers interested in seeing the power of the Internet work for more disadvantaged people and specifically for survivors of domestic violence. We pulled together our experiences and resources and launched this website in October 2001.
Women's League of Burma
is an umbrella organization comprising 12 already-existing women's organizations of different ethnic backgrounds from Burma. WLB was founded on December 9,1999. Its mission is to work for women's empowerment and advancement of the status of women, and to work for the increased participation of women in all spheres of society in the democracy movement, and in peace and national reconciliation processes through capacity building, advocacy, research and documentation.
Vital Voices Global Partnership
has been working closely with other organizations and Congressmen to help the passage of Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 2005. We are pleased to see the U.S. government's continued commitment to countering human trafficking in the United States and around the world.
Webgrrls International
provides a forum for women in or interested in new media and technology to network, exchange job and business leads, form strategic alliances, mentor and teach, intern and learn the skills to help women succeed in an increasingly technical workplace and world.
Women's Support Center (Kyrgyzstan)
Established in February 1996 to assist women in need, especially the elderly, single mothers and mothers with many children. The center states that "the discontinuation of the Soviet welfare programs has particularly affected Kyrgyz women, who experience sky-rocketing unemployment and increasing impoverishment due to the economic crisis."
Women's World Organization for Rights, Literature, and Development, or Women's WORLD
...because nowhere on earth are women's voices given the same respect as men's.
World Trade Organization (WTO)
The only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations.
World Young Women's Christian Association
Each local YWCA is an autonomous community-based nongovernmental organization. As a non-profit membership association, each YWCA is run by and for women of the community and their families.
Younger Women's Task Force
a project of the National Council of Women’s Organizations, is a nationwide, diverse and inclusive grassroots movement dedicated to organizing younger women and their allies to take action on issues that matter most to them. By and for younger women, YWTF works both within and beyond the women’s movement, engaging all who are invested in advancing the rights of younger women.
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