Organisations

Girl Scouts (U.S.A.)

Table of Contents 1 About 1.1 The Girl Scout Promise 1.2 The Girl Scout Law 1.3 Mission 2 Founding 3 Levels 4 Cookies 5 Affiliations 6 References 7 See Also About Girl Scouts is for girls aged 5-17.“Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organisation dedicated solely to girls – all girls – […]

Global Fund for Women

The Global Fund for Women (GFW) is a US-based international network of women and men committed to a world of equality  and social justice. They are a non-profit grantmaking foundation that funds other organisations that advances worldwide. Since 1987 GFW has awarded over $71 million to 3,800 women’s organizations in 167 countries. The Global Fund […]

Global Women’s Network

Table of Contents 1 The Global Women’s Network wiki 2 A Collaborative Space to Connect and Create Change via a Focus on Organisations 3 Wiki-activists 4 Exploring the Global Women’s Network 5 See Also 6 External Links The Global Women’s Network wiki The Global Women’s Network (GWN) wiki is the ‘wikipedia’ of organizations working on […]

Global Gender and Climate Alliance (GGCA)

“Incorporating a gender perspective in all climate change policies and initiatives is critical to solving the climate crisis” Global Gender and Climate Alliance The Global Gender and Climate Alliance was created in 2007 at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali. In 2005, the and decided that a coordinated global strategy on the issue of […]

United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) was established under the Charter to coordinate economic, social, and related work of the 14 UN specialized agencies, functional commissions and five regional commissions. It has 54 members, all of whom are elected by the General Assembly for a three-year term. Seats on the Council are based […]

Eaves

Eaves is a feminist organisation based in London, dedicated to supporting women victims of , or poverty. Eaves was formed in 1977 as Homeless Action. Its aim was to target the hidden homeless – single women without dependents who are least likely to have other means of support – by providing them with high quality, […]

European Parliament

The European Parliament (Europarl or EP) is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union (EU). Together with the Council of the European Union (the Council), it forms the bicameral legislative branch of the Union’s institutions. The third EU’s institution is the  which is the executive branch. See also External Links Eurobarometer 266 Women and European […]

FEMNET

The African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) was set up in 1988 to share experiences, information and strategies among African women’s non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through advocacy, training and communications so as to advance African women’s development, equality and other human rights. FEMNET aims to strengthen the role and contribution of African NGOs focusing on […]

Fourth World Conference on Women

The convened the Fourth World Conference on Women on September 4-September 15, 1995 in Beijing, . Delegates had prepared a Platform for Action that aimed at achieving greater equality and opportunity for women. The three previous World Conferences had been held in Mexico City (International Women’s Year, 1975), Copenhagen (1980) and Nairobi (1985). Table of […]

Femrite

Femrite is an association of women writers founded in 1996. Table of Contents 1 Goal and Mission 2 Activities 3 Achievements 4 References 5 See Also 6 External Links Goal and Mission Goal: To create an enabling atmosphere for women to write, tell and publish their stories. Mission: To build a platform for creative women […]

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