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In 1989, the United Women's Congress, The Federation of Transvaal, The Natal Organization of Women and the Port Elizabeth Women's organization revived FEDSAW. [33] Although a much smaller organization by this time, they continued to organize conferences and protests regarding women's issues, including sexual violence and homelessness. [ 34 ]
UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women (established 1976) UN Women – established 2010; United Methodist Women – founded in 1869; Woman's Christian Temperance Union – Anti-alcohol movement (founded 1874) Womankind Worldwide – supporting women in Africa, Asia and Latin America
Shahnaz Alami , promoted WIDF's idea for International Women's Year to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women in 1972. [21]: 63 Jamileh Sadighi (جمیله صدیقی, 1903-1983), elected to the WIDF Executive Council in 1953. [22] [23]: 75–77
National Association of Colored Women's Clubs Emblem. The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) is an American organization that was formed in July 1896 at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women in Washington, D.C., United States, by a merger of the National Federation of Afro-American Women, the Woman's Era Club of Boston, and the Colored ...
[16] [23] All national women's organizations of the members of the Organisation of African Unity, until its demise in 2002, were members of the Pan-African Women's Organization. [ 19 ] [ 24 ] The Organisation of African Unity was founded in 1963 and from that date PAWO had observer status with the organization.
Graduate Women International (GWI), originally named the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), is an international organisation for women university graduates. IFUW was founded in 1919 following the First World War by both British and North American college and university workers who were hoping to contribute to congenial ...
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UN Women Africa; Overall status of women in Africa, United Nations University; Women in Society (South Africa) Dimandja, Agnes Loteta, The Role and Place of Women in Sub-Saharan African Societies, 30 July 2004; Nwoko-Ud, Chichi, "Chebe Stressed the Role of Women in African Society" Sheldon, Kathleen (2012). "Women and African History".