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Organisations that focus on the role of gender and sexuality in world affairs
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- Activism
- WomenAction (New York, NY) - global information, communication and media network that enables NGOs to actively engage in
the Beijing+5 review process with the long term goal of women's empowerment, with a special focus on women and media
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- Culture
- Women's Intercultural Network (WIN) (San Francisco, USA) - international non-profit organization that links women and girls
across cultures, globally and in US communities, to create settings and opportunities for women and girls to come together to
exchange ideas and skills in professional, economic and political leadership and to foster better understanding for cross-cultural
relationships
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- Equality
- Business and Professional Women (BPW) International (Sussex, England) - worldwide network that seeks to organize business
and professional women in all parts of the world to use their combined abilities and strengths in the pursuit of equal
opportunities and status for women in the economic, civil and political life in all countries and the removal of discrimination, to
improve the position of women in business, trade and the professions, and in the economic life of their countries, and to
stimulate and encourage in women a realization and an acceptance of their responsibilities to the community - locally,
nationally, and internationally
- Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA) (Ottawa, Canada) - alliance of Canadian women's equality-seeking
NGOs which seeks to develop the capacity of Canadian equality seeking women and women's groups to participate in current
and future domestic policy debates and the ability of Canadian women's NGOs to intervene effectively at the United Nations and
other international fora
- Equality Now (New York, NY) - works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women around the world,
documenting violence and discrimination against women and adding an international action overlay to support their efforts to
advance equality rights and defend individual women who are suffering abuse
- Shevolution (East Sussex, UK) - supports the development of systems, services and media for women and men to work
together as equals in work, life and politics
- Soroptimist International (Cambridge, UK) - international volunteer service organization for women in business, management and
the professions, whose mission is to improve life for women and girls by identifying needs and working through targeted service
projects to address those needs
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- Education
- International Federation of University Women (IFUW) (Geneva) - international non-governmental organization of women university
graduates throughout the world which advocates for the improvement of the status of women and girls, promotes lifelong
education, and enables graduate women to use their expertise to effect change
- Delta Kappa Gamma Society International (Austin, TX, USA) - international honor society of over 150,000 key women educators
in fourteen countries which promotes professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education
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- Health & Reproductive Rights
- Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) (Washington, DC) - advocates at national and global levels to bring
about lasting change for women, beginning with the individual's access to high quality reproductive health and voluntary family
planning
- Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) (Takoma Park, MD, USA) - international reproductive health and rights
organization which seeks to make reproductive health and rights objectives integral to all relevant U.S. international population
and health policies and programs, and to find effective means of applying public health and human rights principles to health
programs
- Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP) (New York, NY) - dedicated to promoting women's equality worldwide by
guaranteeing reproductive rights as human rights, since they are "imperative to ensuring justice for all members of society --
women, children, and their families"
- International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) (UK) - community of over 180 national autonomous Family Planning
Associations which promotes the right of women and men to decide freely the number and spacing of their children and the right
to the highest possible level of sexual and reproductive health
- International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) (New York, NY) - works to generate health and population policies, programs,
and funding that promote and protect the rights and health of girls and women worldwide, particularly in Africa, Asia, Latin
America, and countries in postsocialist transition
- JHPIEGO (Johns Hopkins University, MD, USA) - nonprofit organization which works to improve the health of women and
families throughout Asia, Near East and Europe, Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean
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- Housing & Accommodation
- City & Shelter (Brussels, Belgium) - non-profit organisation whose initial projects concern the incorporation of gender issues into
all aspects of decision making in the fields of town planning, transport, urban safety and habitat
- Global Fund for Women (San Francisco, USA) - grantmaking foundation which supports women's human rights organisations
around the world working to address critical issues such as gaining economic independence, increasing girls' access to
education, and stopping violence against women
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- Human Rights
- Center for Women's Global Leadership (Global Center) (Rutgers University, NJ, USA) - develops and facilitates women's
leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide, with programs that advance feminist perspectives in
policy-making processes in local, national and international arenas
- Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) (Bangkok, Thailand) - non-governmental human rights network which works
at all levels to promote the application of the human rights principles and the use of appropriate instruments and mechanisms in
addressing specific issues in the context of migration, labour and trafficking in women
- Global Fund for Women (San Francisco, USA) - international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and
social justice, which advocates for and defends women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the
world
- International Alliance of Women (IAW) (London) - affirms that full and equal enjoyment of human rights is due to all women and
girls and maintains that a prerequisite to securing these rights is the universal ratification and implementation without reservation
of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
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- MADRE (United States) - international women's human rights organisation which works in partnership with community-based
women's organizations in conflict areas worldwide to address issues of health, education, economic development and other
human rights and works to empower people in the US to demand changes to unjust policies
- Women's Caucus for Gender Justice (New York, NY) - network of individuals and groups committed to strengthening advocacy
on women's human rights and helping to develop greater capacity among women in the use of International Criminal Court and
other mechanisms that provide women avenues of and access to different systems of justice
- Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children (New York, NY) - expert resource and advocacy organization which
monitors the care and protection of refugee women and children, speaking out on issues of concern to refugee and displaced
women, children and adolescents and providing opportunities for refugee women and youth to speak for themselves
- Women's Human Rights Net (WHRnet) - aims to provide reliable, comprehensive, and timely information and analyses on
women's human rights in English, Spanish and French
- Women, Law & Development International (WL&DI) (Washington, DC) - non-profit, non-governmental women's human rights
organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) (London) - international network that provides information, solidarity and support for
all women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam, aimed at increasing
the autonomy of women by supporting the local struggles of women from within Muslim countries and communities and linking
them with feminist and progressive groups at large, and facilitating interaction, exchanges and contacts and providing
information as well as a channel of communication
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- Gay, Lesbian & Transgender
- International Lesbian and Gay Association (ILGA) (Brussels, Belgium) - world-wide federation of more than 350 member groups,
- ranging from small collectives to national groups and entire cities, which is dedicated to achieving equal rights for lesbians, gay
- men, bisexuals and transgendered people everywhere
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- Men
- International Men's Network (IMN) - global, non-profit, non-political, non-sexist organisation that supports family values,
masculinity and the rights of men whilst supporting equal opportunities, and helps bring together various men's groups, local and
national, into a global coalition
- Working With Men (London) - not-for-profit network of practitioners, trainers and consultants that supports the development of
work with men through projects, resources, publications, training and consultancy
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- Motherhood
- World Movement of Mothers (Brussels) - voluntary, apolitical and non-denominational that works to defend the interests of
mothers at international institutions, such as the United Nations
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- Research & Resources
- Aviva (London) - 'webzine' published by an international group of feminists which provides a free listings service for women
everywhere
- Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) (Washington, DC) - public policy research organization dedicated to informing
and stimulating the debate on issues of critical importance to women and their families, focussing on issues of poverty and
welfare, employment and earnings, work and family issues, health and safety, and women's civic and political participation
- International Center for Research on Women (Washington, DC) - private nonprofit organization which aims, through research,
capacity building and advocacy on issues affecting womens' economic, health and social status in low and middle income
countries, to improve the lives of women in poverty, advance womens' equality and human rights, and contribute to the broader
economic and social well-being
- International Information Centre and Archives for the Women's Movement (IIAV) (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - source,
intermediary and supplier of information and documentation for those who occupy themselves with the position of women,
whether it concerns books, periodicals, data, addresses, archives, visual materials, current or historical, national or international
- Les Pénélopes (Paris, France) - promotes, edits and diffuses information from the point of view of women and to foster activities
that ensure the exchange, handling, updating, centralization and diffusion of this information in favor of the women of the world
- WomenWatch (United Nations) - 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
agenciesl
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- Solidarity
- International Alliance of Women (IAW) - affirms that full and equal enjoyment of human rights is due to all women and girls and
maintains that a prerequisite to securing these rights is the universal ratification and implementation without reservation of the
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Network of East-West Women (NEWW) (Washington, DC) - aims to strengthen the capacity of women activists and women's
NGOs in Central and Eastern Europe, the Newly Independent States and the Russian Federation to raise awareness of gender
issues and influence public policy affecting women's lives
- Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI) (Montreal, Canada) - international non governmental, non-profit organization dedicated to the
support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional, and global levels
- Women Online Worldwide (WOW) - women's chat, web links and messgae board
- Women Welcome Women World Wide (5W) (Bucks, UK) - non-profit Trust which aims to foster international friendship by
enabling women of all backgrounds and from many parts of the world to visit one another, thereby fostering international
understanding through cross-cultural friendship
- Women's International Center (WIC) (San Diego, CA, USA) - non-profit education and service foundation which celebrates
women and their positive, enduring contributions to humanity, and provides a permanent information and educational home for
women, worldwide, to learn, teach and create, and a permanent home for displaying the enduring works of women in museums
and theaters
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- Trade & Development
- Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) (Toronto, Canada) - international membership organization connecting,
informing and mobilizing people and organizations committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and
women's human rights
- Gender Action (Washington, DC) - organization solely dedicated to ensuring the multilateral development banks promote gender
equality and women's rights in all their large investments worldwide, with the aim of ensuring that women and men equally
participate in and benefit from MDB investments
- International Gender and Trade Network (Washington, DC) - gender advocates who actively work to promote equitable, social,
and sustainable trade, utilizing research, advocacy and economic literacy to address the specific trade issues of seven regions:
Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America, and Pacific
- International Women's Development Agency (IWDA) (Melbourne, Australia) - promotes the equitable growth of commununities,
working with women in developing countries to support their efforts to improve their life choices and those of their families and
communities, and to advance women's human rights
- International Women's Tribune Centre (IWTC) (New York, NY) - international non-governmental organization with a philosophical
commitment to empowering people and building communities by providing communication, information, education and
organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups working to improve the lives of women, particularly
low-income women, in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia
- Synergy Gender and Development (SYNFEV) (Senegal) - aims at the dynamisation of woman and gender components within
the activities of ENDA Third World, in partnership with associations, groups and networks active in the same fields, through
networking
- Women's Edge Coalition (Washington, DC) - advocates international economic policies and human rights that support women
worldwide in ending poverty in their lives, communities and nations
- Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) (New York, NY) - 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, Ink. (New York, NY) - markets and distributes books on women and development with a focus on the perspectives of
women from the Global South
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- Violence Against Women
- Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) (Harrisburg, PA, USA)- undertakes projects on the local, state, national, and
international levels that promote systemic change within community organizations and governmental agencies engaged in the
civil and criminal justice response to domestic violence that creates true institutional accountability to the goal of ensuring
safety for battered women and their families
- V-Day (San Francisco, USA) - a non-profit corporation, distributes funds to grassroots, national, and international organizations
and programs that work to stop violence against women and girls
- Violence against Women in War Network (VAWW-Net) - network composed of 45 human rights and women's organizations
dealing on the issues of women in armed conflict
- White Ribbon Campaign (Toronto, Canada) - organisation of men who work to end men's violence against women, recognised by
wearing a white ribbon that is a personal pledge never to commit, condone nor remain silent about violence against women
- Women for Women International (Washington, DC) - 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
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