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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 ...
International Women's Forum – founded 1974; International Women's Health Coalition – founded 1984, based in New York to advocate for issues pertaining to women's health, this foundation also helps bring to light severe issues such as the stigmatization of women's health; International Women's Suffrage Alliance – major suffrage organization
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make known the causes of war and work for a permanent peace" and to unite women worldwide who oppose oppression and exploitation.
On International Women's Day 2012 Alesha Dixon launched Avon's Pass It On campaign to highlight domestic abuse issues in the United Kingdom by encouraging the purchase of a necklace, described by her as "a symbol of women's empowerment, and infinite possibilities for women"; [88] the proceeds from those purchases were donated to Refuge and ...
Pages in category "International women's organizations" The following 77 pages are in this category, out of 77 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), NGO/PVO leadership (2003) Advisor, Women for Women International (1997-2003) Advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Refugee Women's Task Force on programs and policies pertaining to domestic refugee women's programs (2002)
The International Council of Women (ICW) is a women's organization working across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington D.C. , with 80 speakers and 49 delegates representing 53 women's organizations from 9 countries: Canada , the United ...
The International Women's Forum (IWF), founded in 1974 as the Women's Forum of New York, is an invitation-only women's organization with some 7,800 members. [1] Its mission is "to support the women leaders of today and tomorrow".