Directory of Advocacy Resources

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Organizations of women who advocate for political and societal change, and organizations which advocate for changes in the status of women.

Subcategories

• Development
• Girl Empowerment
• International Council of Women
• International Federation of University Women
• National Organization for Women
• Older Women's League
• Soroptimist International
• Violence and Abuse
• Zonta International

Resources in This Category

• Concerned Women for America

  http://www.cwfa.org/
  US coalition of conservative women which promotes Biblical values and family traditions.

• Feminist Majority Foundation

  http://www.feminist.org/
  The Feminist Majority Foundation works for social, political and economic equality for women by using research and education to improve women's lives.

• Feminists for Life of America

  http://www.feministsforlife.org/
  US. Promotes a feminism that embraces nonviolence and the equal rights of all human beings, including the unborn. Includes Spanish-language resources.

• Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

  http://www.fawe.org/
  Struggles in opening up educational opportunities to the girls and women of Africa.

• Justice for Girls (JFG)

  http://www.justiceforgirls.org/
  Canadian non-profit that promotes support, justice and equality for teenage girls who live in poverty. Includes position papers and monitoring of news and government activities.

• Pima County/Tucson Women's Commission

  http://www.pimatucsonwomen.org/
  A non-profit organization and city/county commission dedicated to supporting women's issues including poverty, training, domestic abuse and education. Current projects include a computer skills program and mentoring middle school women.

• REAL Women of Canada

  http://www.realwomenofcanada.ca/
  Promotes equality for all women including homemakers, with emphasis on the family as most important unit in society, and champions traditional values of marriage and family life.

• Rutgers University - Center for Women and Work

  http://smlr.rutgers.edu/cww/
  Dedicated to the economic and intellectual advancement of women across the education, income, ethnic, and occupational spectrums, and to challenging the status quo in the organizations that educate, train and employ them.

• Sisterhood Is Global Institute (SIGI)

  http://www.sigi.org/
  An international non-profit organization dedicated to the support and promotion of women's rights at the local, national, regional, and global levels.

• WAITS - Women Acting In Todays Society

  http://www.waitsaction.org/
  A women's educational trust established in 1992. Supports women to address issues such as welfare benefits, social education, domestic violence, isolation, health, and crime and the fear of crime. Based in Birmingham, UK.

• Welfare Organization for Women (WOW)

  http://www.zafcointl.com/wow/
  Pakistan. Non-political welfare organization to combat the dominance of men in society. Information on projects on women's health and legal status.

• Women with Disabilities in Australia

  http://wwda.org.au/
  A national organization for women with all types of disabilities.

• WorldWomenWork

  http://www.worldwomenwork.org/
  A non-profit organization supporting land conservation, wildlife preservation, education and the empowerment of women worldwide.

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