UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women)
-created in 1976
-branch of the UN dedicated to women
-promotes women’s political, economic, and social empowerment and gender equality
UNIFEM’s Empowerment Framework
-strengthening women’s economic capacity as entrepreneurs and producers
-engendering governance and leadership that increase women’s participation in decision making processes
-promoting women’s human rights to eliminate all forms of violence against women
Amnesty International
-launched in 1961
-worldwide campaigning movement dedicated to promote all human rights established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Intersectional Women’s Network
-advocate for campaigning and mainstreaming women’s rights (example: This year’s theme is on human rights of women in prisons.)
-International Women’s Day – calling on all governments to recognize 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by mainstreaming human rights practices which fully recognize women’s rights.
Heifer Project International
-began in the 1930’s
-provides animals and training in the their care for poverty stricken families around the world
-The animals offer families a way to feed themselves and become self-reliant.
-Animals provide a sustainable income for school, health care, and better housing.
Women in Livestock Development
-special projects geared towards women
-Along with animals, training in leadership, community development, and environmentally sound farming is provided.
-Emphasis on women because they represent two-thirds of the world’s work force and produce most of the developing world’s food
WOW (Work of Women)
-created in 2000
-established in the spirit that women are at the heart of society
-encourages women to push beyond societies barriers and self-imposed limitations
-provides women with access to education, health care, and small business opportunities
NOW (National Organization for Women)
- U.S. campaign supporting women’s rights
-supports abortion rights
-supports affirmative action
-promotes women’s health and positive self-image
-protests violence against women
-demands women-friendly workplaces and campuses
-fights for economic equality an justice
-organized the World March of Women 2000 in the United States- a campaign calling to end poverty and violence against women
Global Fund for Women
-provides grants for women’s groups around the world in order to defend the human rights of women
- supports the efforts of women to transform their
world
Center for Women’s Global Leadership
-founded in 1989
-studies and promotes how and why women lead, and develops programs that prepare women to lead
Women Ink
-web site dedicated to the advancement of women
-provides information on journals, books, and magazines all focusing on women’s issues