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The National Council of German Women's Organizations initiated the establishment of the CEDAW Alliance Germany, and serves as its host institution. It is a founding member of the European Women's Lobby and its largest national chapter. The council actively engages in advocating for women's rights and equality in politics, work, and within the ...
National Organization for Women – women's equal rights group; National Women's Register – covers various countries and is a mother's day out program for stay-at-home caregivers; Ninety-Nines – founded 1929, International Organization of Women Pilots; Nobel Women's Initiative – founded by women Nobel Peace Prize winners
The return of democracy saw wide-sweeping changes in the status of women. [5] In the traditional Spanish world, women rarely entered or sustained careers in the national labor market. [5] By the late 1970s, 22% of the country's adult women, still somewhat fewer than in Italy and Ireland, had entered the workforce. [5]
Pages in category "Women's rights organizations based in Germany" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F.
Terre des Femmes (French, translation: Women's Earth) is a German non-profit-organisation committed to human rights for girls and women. The vision of the organisation is a world in which all people are equal, independent and free, irrespective of their gender. [1]
Women were barred from government and university positions. Women's rights groups, such as the moderate BDF, were disbanded, and replaced with new social groups that would reinforce Nazi values, under the leadership of the Nazi Party and the head of women's affairs in Nazi Germany, Reichsfrauenführerin Gertrud Scholtz-Klink. [24]
Starting in the 1960s, women's groups and feminists organizations began to emerge. [1] [36] Women's associations were tolerated by the regime but were not completely legal. [1] Many met clandestinely, and they were few in number. [36] This began to change when in 1964, women's associations were legally allowed.
The treatment of women's rights in the democratic transition put Spain in line with other European governments of the period. European influence was a positive one in Spain in this period in terms of making sure the discussion about women's rights took place. [16]