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As Founder [6] of the Surrey Philippine Independence Day Society (SPIDS), an organization of Filipino Canadians in the city of Surrey, and a very active community volunteer, Dela Cruz was honoured by a Vancouver and Toronto newspaper and website as one of Canada's top 25 immigrants in 2012. [7]
Concepción Felix Roque (9 February 1884 – 26 January 1967) was a Filipina feminist and human rights activist.She established one of the first women's organizations in the Philippines, Asociación Feminista Filipina, as well as one of the first humanitarian NGOs, La Gota de Leche, aimed specifically at the well-being of mothers and their children.
The organization of the Baguio and San Pablo YWCAs took place in 1946-47 and the first YWCA National Convention was held in 1948. This led to the recognized need for forming an umbrella organization, which consequently became the YWCA of the Philippines, conceived to serve as a coordinating body for organized local clubs that had begun to ...
Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund), world's oldest women's rights organization, founded 1871; De Danske Husmoderforeninger (The Danish Housewives Associations) Fødselsstiftelsen (Maternity Institution) Kvindevalgretsforeningen (Women's Suffrage Association), women's organization (1889–1898) specifically focused on suffrage
The World Mission Society Church of God has a university volunteer division called the ASEZ ("Save the World from A to Z"). [69] The organization, which recruits on university campuses, claims that students can be members of ASEZ without being members of the church, but this has been contested. [ 69 ]
Zonta International's Young Women in Public Affairs Award honors young women aged from 16 to 19 with a scholarship. [30] Awardees are selected from applicants who demonstrate a commitment to leadership in public policy, government and volunteer organizations, [38] [39] particularly on behalf of women and girls.
The IBON Foundation is a non-profit research, education and information-development institution with programs in research, education and advocacy based in the Philippines. It provides socioeconomic research and analysis on people's issues to various sectors (primarily grassroots organizations). It aims to contribute to people's empowerment ...
Asociación Feminista Filipina. The Asociación Feminista Filipina (Philippine Feminist Association) or AFF was a Filipino women's organization, founded in 1905. [ 1 ][ 2 ] It was the first women's organization in the Philippines. [ 1 ][ 3 ] The objective of the organization was the betterment of women's well-being regardless of class. [ 4 ]