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Arbeid Adelt, meaning Labour is Ennobling, full name Algemeen Nederlandsche Vrouwenvereeniging Arbeid Adelt (1871–1953) Dutch Women's Council, founded 1898; Mama Cash founded 1983, funding organization; Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Women's Suffrage Organization), established 1894
The NGO/CSW/NY assists girls and women of all ages to advocate and organize for the implementation of global agreements, including the Nairobi Forward Looking Strategies, Beijing Platform for Action, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (among others), the Millennium Development Goals and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of ...
The RINJ Foundation, (RINJ or RINJ Women) is a Canadian incorporated [25] global not-for-profit health care-related non-governmental organization women's group listed with the United Nations as an NGO [26] RINJ Women have investigated and prosecuted child slavery rings in Iraq, Ukraine, Philippines, Afghanistan and Syria.
Women for Women International (WfWI) is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides practical and moral support to female survivors of war.WfWI helps such women rebuild their lives after war's devastation through a year-long tiered program that begins with direct financial aid and emotional counseling and includes life skills (e.g., literacy, numeracy) training if necessary, rights ...
Barefoot College founder Bunker Roy speaking about the programs in 2008. The programs are influenced by the Gandhian philosophy of each village being self-reliant. [5] The policy of the Barefoot College is to take students, primarily women from the poorest of villages and teach them skills such as installing, building and repairing solar lamps and waterpumps without requiring them to read or ...
The RINJ Foundation operates health care/rape clinics in and near war zones [9] to apply its care, forensic evidence gathering and reporting protocols for sexual violence in areas of armed conflict [10] where sexual violence patients are cared for [11] and evidence is gathered about the rapists with the intent of prosecution.
Jhpiego is a nonprofit organization for international health affiliated with Johns Hopkins University. [1] The group was founded in 1973 [2] and initially called the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, but is now referred to simply as Jhpiego (pronounced "ja-pie-go").
By 1980, the unskilled volunteers had been completely phased out and the length of service had been extended to two years. [7] Active volunteer numbers initially dropped to about 750, but by 2003 had returned to about 1,400.