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Alliance for International Women’s Rights
A "U.S. non-profit organization with a mission of supporting women leaders and future women leaders in developing countries (with a current focus on Afghanistan)." Programs: Long-distance Empowerment Programs The English...
Association for Women’s Rights in Development
It's mission is to support feminist, women’s rights and gender justice movements to thrive, to be a driving force in challenging systems of oppression, and to co-create feminist realities. To...
Chime For Change
The Chime for Change is a “global campaign founded by Gucci to convene, unite and strengthen the voices speaking out for gender equality.” It aims to “inspire participation in a...
Climate Wise Women
Climate Wise Women is a project of the Earth Island Institute promoting women’s leadership on climate change through powerful personal narratives. It allows “grassroots women to tell their own stories...
ENERGIA
ENERGIA (1996; The Hague, The Netherlands; 25 staff; energia.org) ENERGIA "was founded in 1996 by a group of women involved in gender and energy work in developing countries." It "creates...
Equality Now
A non-governmental organization dedicated to "advocate for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls." It strove to put significant international pressure on governments to enforce...
Gender and Disaster Network
The Gender and Disaster Network is an "educational and advocacy project initiated by women and men interested in gender relations in disaster contexts." It strives to building and sustaining "an...
Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security
Is an "academic institute that is housed in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University." It "examines and highlights the roles and experiences of women in...
Global Fund for Women
It envisions a world "where movements for gender justice have transformed power and privilege for a few into equity and equality for all." With this in mind, they "fund bold,...
IUCN Global Gender Office
It was founded upon the ICUN's belief that gender equality is "an integral part of both conservation and sustainable development". It contributes to the organisation's mission providing innovative approaches, technical...
Nobel Women’s Initiative
It uses the prestige of the Nobel Peace Prize and courageous women Peace Laureates to "increase the power and visibility of women's groups working globally for peace, justice, and equality."...
PeaceWomen
It promotes "feminist peace by strengthening women’s meaningful participation, transforming gendered power, and bridging local gender conflict analysis with global efforts to implement a holistic WPS Agenda." It is a...
Robinson, Mary
Mary Robinson (b.1944) is best known as the first female president of Ireland (1990-1997) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (1997-2002). She founded Realizing Rights—The Ethical Global Initiative...
SisterFund
A social and professional network of women that "offers opportunities throughout the year for members to get to know one another and to learn about exciting new developments in our...
The Peace Track Initiative
A peacebuilding initiative produced at the Geneva Center for Security Policy in 2017 and incorporated in Canada as a non-profit. It "aims to localize and feminize the peace process by...
UN Women
The UN organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. It "supports UN Member States as they set global standards for achieving gender equality, and works with governments...
Vital Voices Global Partnership
A "global movement that invests in women leaders who are solving the world’s greatest challenges." They work to identify those "with a daring vision for change and partnering with them...
Women and Gender Constituency
The "platform for observer organizations works to ensure women’s rights and gender justice within the climate change convention framework". It provides a "number of ways for civil society and non-governmental...
Women Deliver
A global organization advocating for the "health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women." It drives the Young Leaders Program and has 12 areas in which it invests, including climate,...
Women Engage for a Common Future
A non-governmental organization acting as a network of 150 women’s and civil society organizations with projects for a just and sustainable world in 50 countries. Key issues: Gender equality Women’s...