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Helen M. Gougar (1843–1907) – lawyer, temperance and women's rights advocate; Emiliana Guereca (fl. 2016) - Mexican-America feminist and entrepreneur; Grace Greenwood (1823–1904) – first woman reporter on New York Times, advocate of social reform and women's rights; Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1828–1911) – abolitionist, minister, author
Australian Women's Health Network health advocacy organisation; Country Women's Association, founded 1922; Emily's List (Australian Labor Party organisation for the equalising of women in politics, started by Joan Kirner) Federated Association of Australian Housewives, founded 1923 [5] League of Women Voters of South Australia (1909–1979)
Durani founded and serves as the director of an association focused on empowerment of women, and she manages Merman Radio, a radio station in Kandahar City focused on women's issues. She is an outspoken advocate for the peace and rights of women and girls in Afghan society, as well as for basic civil rights for all Afghan citizens, and she is ...
In 2014, she founded Justice for Migrant Women, a national advocacy and technical assistance project focused on representing female farmworkers and other low-paid migrant workers who are victims of workplace sexual violence. [11]
By grouping with other countries to promote advocacy networks, ASAP has created a worldwide and generational feminist power that advocates for women's abortion rights, autonomy and dignity. Anti-abortion groups have tried their best to discriminate the reproductive autonomy of women but ASAP has members spread across 20 countries that promote ...
Charmella Roark, left, and Kiki Roark advocate for young women to prioritize their health amid a rising cancer incidence among adults under 50. - Courtesy Charmella Roark.
On an international level, the movements that advocate for women's rights and against VAW are the mixture of (civil society) actors from domestic and regional levels. The objectives of these VAW movements focus on "creating shared expectations" within the domestic and regional levels as well as "mobilizing numbers of domestic civil society" to ...
She was a 1993 inductee into the National Women's Hall of Fame. [22] In 1996, she published her autobiography, Life on the Line. Wattleton wanted to show people why she became an advocate for reproductive health. The book highlights important moments in her career. [6] Also in 1996, she received the Margaret Sanger Woman of Valor Award [20]