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Women's Voices Now (WVN) is an American non-profit organization that "uses film to drive positive social change that advances girls' and women's rights globally". [1] It organizes online short film festivals and other activities in its mission to "amplif[y] the voices of all women by promoting the free expression of women's struggles for civil, economic, political, and gender rights worldwide".
In 2024, we have yet to reach gender equality. And in many nations, women are not only put second, but also repressed, abused, and silenced. Learn how to help.
The nonprofit Vital Voices Global Partnership grew out of the U.S. government's Vital Voices Democracy Initiative. The Vital Voices Democracy Initiative was established in 1997 by First Lady of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, following the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing to promote the advancement of women as a ...
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 Canadian Voice of Women for Peace's campaigns have influenced other women to form their own peace organizations in countries such as New Zealand, Scotland, the United Kingdom and the United States. [3] The VOW's activism has most commonly been associated with the United States grassroots organization Women Strike for Peace (WSP). [3]
The Independent Women's Forum (IWF) is an American conservative, non-profit organization focused on economic policy issues of concern to women. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] IWF was founded by activist Rosalie Silberman to promote a "conservative alternative to feminist tenets" following the controversial Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas in 1992. [ 6 ]
Women's Media Center (WMC) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit women's organization in the United States founded in 2005 by writers and activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem. [1] Led by President Julie Burton, [ 2 ] WMC's work includes advocacy campaigns, giving out awards, media and leadership training, and the creation of ...
Womankind Worldwide is a UK-based, feminist global women's rights organisation that works in solidarity with women's movements around the world to bring about lasting change in women's lives. Founded in 1989, Womankind partners with women's movements in Africa and Asia to support them in their efforts to change discriminatory laws and policies ...