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Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) is an American non-profit gender justice/women's rights organization that was founded in 1974. ERA is a legal and advocacy organization for advancing rights and opportunities for women, girls, and people of marginalized gender identities through legal cases and policy advocacy.
The resolution urges states to put in place gender-specific laws and policies for the protection of women's human rights defenders, to ensure that defenders are involved in the design and implementation of these measures and calls on states to protect women's human rights defenders from reprisals for cooperating with the UN and to ensure their ...
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
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]
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)
Hope for Justice, which identifies and rescues victims, advocates on their behalf, provides restorative care which rebuilds lives and trains frontline professionals to tackle slavery; Ing Makababaying Aksyon, a feminist service institution that seeks to empower women and work for a society that genuinely recognises and upholds women's rights
In the wake of the former president’s shocking political comeback, women have reported men are writing “your body, my choice” on their social media posts, among other troubling reproductive ...
Ensure that women's experiences, needs and perspectives are incorporated into the political, legal and social decisions that determine the achievement of just and lasting peace; A General Comment from the CEDAW committee could strengthen women's advocacy for the full implementation of Resolutions 1325 and 1820 at the country and community levels.