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Women Information Network Europe (WINE)

WINE is the network of women’s libraries, archives and information centres in Europe. History The initiative emerged during an expert meeting that took place in Utrecht in 1995, organized by the Network WISE and the IIAV. The need for such an European network of women’s libraries, documentation and information centres was recognized by the university […]

Women Empowerment Literacy and Development Organization (WELDO)

WELDO is a leading not for profit developmental organization rendering valuable services to the development sector in Pakistan since January 1st, 2003. WELDO is the only women organization in Pakistan working on a wide array of areas like Gender, Energy, Responsible Trade, Tobacco Control and Research & Development. Table of Contents 1 Partnerships 2 Programs on […]

Women, Business and the Law 2010 report: Methodology

The Women, Business and the Law pilot report builds on the experience of Doing Business project to develop objective indicators of impediments to entrepreneurship and employment for women. Doing Business analyzes regulations that apply to a business throughout it life cycle, including start-up and operations, trading across borders, paying taxes, and closing a business across […]

Women, Business and the Law 2012 report: Methodology

Table of Contents 1 Background 1.1 Accessing Institutions 1.2 Using Property  1.3 Getting a Job 1.4 Providing Incentives to Work 1.5 Building Credit 1.6 Going to Court 2 See also 3 External links Background Women, Business and the Law examines laws and regulations that affect women’s ability to earn an income, either by starting and […]

Women’s WORLD

Women’s WORLD, a global free speech network of feminist writers, was founded in 1994 to defend women writers under attack and to develop programs to enable them to have a stronger public voice. Table of Contents 1 Mission 2 Activities 3 History 4 Sources Mission Women’s World Organization for Rights, Literature, and Development, or Women’s […]

Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is an international non government organization with national sections, covering all continents with an international secretariat based in Geneva, and a New York office focused on the work of the . Since its establishment in 1915, WILPF has worked to achieve through peaceful means world disarmament, […]

Women’s International Center (WIC)

Women’s International Center [WIC] was founded in 1982 as a non-profit education and service foundation with the mission  to ‘acknowledge, honor, encourage and educate women’. Living Legacy Awards Since its inception WIC has fulfilled its purpose in many ways. Beginning in 1983 the Living Legacy Awards (LLA) began to acknowledge and honour women. For twenty-four […]

Women’s Initiatives For Gender Justice

Table of Contents 1 History 2 Mission 3 Objectives 4 Projects 5 Publications 6 More Information History From 1997 until March 2003 the Women’s Caucus for Gender Justice brought together women’s human rights advocates from around the world to the negotiations towards the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to firmly ingrain the principles […]

Women’s Environmental Council

The Women’s Environmental Council (WEC) is a non-profit association of female professionals in a variety of environmental fields. The association, based in Southern California, , strives to improve the environmental industry and maintain the well being of communities. The Women’s Environmental Council functions a national environmental association, proven to play a leadership role regarding environmental issues, […]

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