Council of Latvian women's organizations (Latviesu Sieviesu Organizāciju Padome) was a Latvian women's rights organization, founded in 1925.
It was an
umbrella organization and united most of the women's organizations in Latvia during the interwar period; the
National League of Latvian Women The National League of Latvian Women or Latvian Women's National League (Latvijas Sieviesu Nacionālā līga) was a Latvian women's organization.
As was the case in Estonia, women's rights had been a subject of public debate in the press since th ...
(1922), Assistant Corps of Latvian Women (1919), YWCA Young women's Christian Association, the Association of Academically Educated Latvian Women (1928), the Association of Latvian Theologians, the society «State Employee» and other women's associations.
It played a major part in interwar Latvian feminism, and campaigned to improve woman's position in family, work, society and state. It published a monthly, «Latvian Woman».
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Organizations established in 1925
1925 establishments in Latvia
1940 disestablishments in Latvia
Organizations disestablished in 1940
Women's organisations based in Latvia