This is a list of women's organizations ordered by geography.

International

Alliance of Pan American Round Tables Alliance of Pan American Round Tables (also known as the ''Alizanza de Mesas Redondas Panamericanas'', 1916-) is a women's organization founded on October 16, 1916 in San Antonio, Texas by Florence Terry Griswold. With the motto "One for All and Al ...

– founded 1916 to foster women's relationships throughout the Americas * Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945 *

Associated Country Women of the World The Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) is the largest international organization for both rural and urban women, with a membership of nine million in over 70 countries. ACWW holds a triennial conference and publishes a magazine, ''The Cou ...

– international organisation formed in 1933 * Associations of Junior Leagues International – Women's development organization * Beta Sigma Phi – founded 1931 * Communist Women's International (1920–30) – established to advance communist ideas among women * Council of Women World Leaders – Membership of nearly all the world's current and former women presidents and prime ministers *

Ellevate Network Ellevate Network (formerly 85 Broads) is a Global Community of women committed to fostering and promoting gender equality in the workplace. The organization provides women and femme-identifying, non-binary individuals with a community to lean on ...

– Global professional network dedicated to closing the gender achievement gap (founded 1997) *

Equality Now Equality Now is a non-governmental organization founded in 1992 to advocate for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls. Through a combination of regional partnerships, community mobilization and legal advocacy the or ...

– founded in 1992 to ensure

gender equality Gender equality, also known as sexual equality or equality of the sexes, is the state of equal ease of access to resources and opportunities regardless of gender, including economic participation and decision-making; and the state of valuing d ...

and an end to

violence against women Violence against women (VAW), also known as gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), are violent acts primarily or exclusively committed against women or girls, usually by men or boys. Such violence is often con ...

* Every Woman Foundation – celebrating International Women's Day *

Graduate Women International Graduate Women International (GWI), originally named the International Federation of University Women (IFUW), is an international organisation for women university graduates. IFUW was founded in 1919 following the First World War by both British and ...

– Organized to promote women's education (founded 1919) * Inner Wheel Club – founded 1924 for the wives and daughters of Rotarians *

International Alliance of Women The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: Alliance Internationale des Femmes, AIF) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women's rights and gender equality. It was historically the main international org ...

– founded in 1904 to advocate suffrage * International Alliance for Women – founded 1980 for professional women *

International Association of Women Police The International Association of Women Police (IAWP) is a global organization for women in criminal justice professions. Its mission is to "strengthen, unite and raise the profile of women in criminal justice internationally." Mission and Visio ...

– (established 1915) network for women in law enforcement and criminal justice *

International Council of Women The International Council of Women (ICW) is a women's rights organization working across national boundaries for the common cause of advocating human rights for women. In March and April 1888, women leaders came together in Washington, D.C., wit ...

– founded in the year 1888, first international women's organization *

International Federation for Research in Women's History The International Federation for Research in Women's History (IFRWH) is an international organisation whose aim is "to encourage and coordinate research in all aspects of women's history at international level...". It was founded in 1987. It is als ...

– founded 1987, organizes international conferences *

International Federation of Business and Professional Women International Federation of Business and Professional Women (or BPW International) is a worldwide organization committed to networking among and empowering women worldwide. BPW International serves as a forum for professional business women with b ...

– founded 1930, network for professional women *

International Federation of Women Lawyers The International Federation of Women Lawyers (IFWL), in Spanish ''Federación Internacional de Abogadas'' (FIDA), is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) that enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal ...

– founded 1944, enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal literacy and education programs, and through advocacy, law reform, research and publications *

International Women's Forum The International Women's Forum (IWF), founded in 1974 as the Women's Forum of New York, is an invitation-only women's organization with some 7,000 members. Its mission is "to support the women leaders of today and tomorrow". The IWF hosts two con ...

– founded 1974 *

International Women's Health Coalition The International Women's Health Coalition (IWHC) is a non-governmental organization founded in 1984 based in New York City. It focuses on issues relating to women and girls' human rights, health and equality and represents part of the women's movem ...

– founded 1984, based in New York to advocate for issues pertaining to women's health, this foundation also helps bring to light severe issues such as the stigmatization of women's health *

International Women's Suffrage Alliance The International Alliance of Women (IAW; french: Alliance Internationale des Femmes, AIF) is an international non-governmental organization that works to promote women's rights and gender equality. It was historically the main international org ...

– major suffrage organization * LeanIn.Org – founded in 2013, runs programs that counter gender stereotypes and advance opportunities for all women. Time's Up (movement) *

Little Entente of Women Little Entente of Women (1923–1930) was an umbrella organization for women's groups in the Balkan region and one of the first organizations to try to reunite Eastern European women from the former Austro-Hungarian region to work on changing thei ...

– umbrella organization for Eastern European women's groups *

National Association of Women in Construction The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) is a professional association for women in the field of construction. The purpose of the association is to support women in construction through networking, professional education, and ment ...

– founded 1955 for the advancement of women in construction *

National Organization for Women The National Organization for Women (NOW) is an American feminist organization. Founded in 1966, it is legally a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and in Washington, D.C. It ...

– women's equal rights group *

National Women's Register National Women's Register (NWR) is an organisation of women's groups in the United Kingdom and Australia. There is a branch of the organisation in Zimbabwe known as Women In Touch (WIT). There are independent members in France, Germany, New Zealand, ...

– covers various countries and is a mother's day out program for stay-at-home caregivers * Nobel Women's Initiative – founded by women

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor and armaments (military weapons and equipment) manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiolog ...

winners * One Billion Rising – founded 2012, against rape and beating * Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World * P.E.O. Sisterhood – philanthropic organization with chapters in North America (organized 1869) * Quota International – empowering women, children, deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech impaired (founded 1919) * Peace X Peace – founded 2002 *

Relief Society The Relief Society is a philanthropic and educational women's organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It was founded in 1842 in Nauvoo, Illinois, United States, and has more than 7 million members in over 18 ...

– Worldwide charitable and educational organization of women in the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The c ...

(founded 1842) * St. Joan's International Alliance – Feminist Catholic organization founded in 1911 *

Soroptimist International Soroptimist International (SI) is a global volunteer service organization for women with nearly 72,000 members in 121 countries worldwide. According to Soroptimist.org, their mission statement says that, "Soroptimist is a global volunteer organiza ...

– Worldwide service-organisation for women (founded 1921) * Socialist International Women – founded 1907 * Sweet Adelines International – founded 1945 for women's barbershop harmony singers * The RINJ Foundation – civil society women's group focused on safety of women & children particularly from sexual exploitation & violence (founded 2012) * TimesUp – organisation all around the world (famous ambassadors: Emma Watson, Meryl Streep) * UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women (established 1976) *

UN Women The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women advocates for the rights of women and girls, and foc ...

– established 2010 *

United Methodist Women United Women in Faith (formerly known as United Methodist Women) is the only official organization for women within the United Methodist Church (UMC). In 2022, United Methodist Women began doing business as United Women in Faith (UWF). Founded in ...

– founded in 1869 *

Woman's Christian Temperance Union The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization, originating among women in the United States Prohibition movement. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program th ...

– Anti-alcohol movement (founded 1874) *

Womankind Worldwide Womankind Worldwide is a UK-based, feminist global women's rights organisation that works in solidarity with women's movements around the world to bring about lasting change in women's lives. Founded in 1989, Womankind partners with women's movemen ...

– supporting women in Africa, Asia and Latin America *

Women Deliver Women Deliver is a global advocacy organization that works to generate political commitment and financial investment for fulfilling Millennium Development Goal 5, which is improving maternal health. This is a multifactorial approach, involving acce ...

– a global advocacy organization that works to generate political commitment and financial investment for fulfilling Millennium Development Goal 5 – reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health. * Women Without Borders – founded 2002, empowering women as agents of change *

Women for Women International Women for Women International (WfWI) is a nonprofit humanitarian organization that provides practical and moral support to female survivors of war. WfWI helps such women rebuild their lives after war's devastation through a year-long tiered progra ...

– for women survivors of war *

Women in Animation Women in Animation (WIA) is a non-profit organization with the purpose of furthering, promoting, and supporting female animators in the art, science and business of animation. WIA helps young female artists to find a place in the business world ...

– in support of women animators * Women in Parliaments Global Forum – in support of women parliamentarians * Women in the World Foundation * Women's Commission For Refugee Women and Children – Seeks to defend rights of refugee women, youth and children (organized 1989) *

Women's Environment & Development Organization The Women's Environment & Development Organization (WEDO) is an international non-governmental organization based in New York City, U.S. that advocates women's equality in global policy. Its early successes included achieving gender equality in ...

– Advocates women’s equality in global policy (created 1990) *

Women's International Democratic Federation Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF) is an international organization with the stated goal of working for women's rights. It was established in 1945 and was most active during the Cold War. It initially focussed on anti-fascism, worl ...

– founded in 1945 in Paris, organization aimed at improving women's economic rights *

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is a non-profit non-governmental organization working "to bring together women of different political views and philosophical and religious backgrounds determined to study and make kno ...

(WILPF) – Women's peace movement (created 1915) *

Women's International Zionist Organization The Women's International Zionist Organization (WIZO; he, ויצו ') is a volunteer organization dedicated to social welfare in all sectors of Israeli society, the advancement of the status of women, and Jewish education in Israel and the Dias ...

– Founded in 1929 to provide community services in

Mandate Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...

, now active in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

and throughout the

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

world * Women's World Banking founded 1979, empowering low-income women around the world through financial inclusion * Women's WorldWide Web (W4) – Empowering women and girls around the world (founded 2010) *

World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS ) is a global association supporting the female-oriented and female-only Guiding and Scouting organizations in 152 countries. It was established in 1928 in Parád, Hungary, and has its ...

– founded 1928 * World Pulse – Women's Social Network to connect women globally (founded 2003) *

Young Women's Christian Association The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) is a nonprofit organization with a focus on empowerment, leadership, and rights of women, young women, and girls in more than 100 countries. The World office is currently based in Geneva, Swi ...

– Originally created to provide housing and other services to Christian women (founded 1855) *

Zonta International Zonta International is an international service organization with the mission of advancing the status of women. Alan Axelrod, ''International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders'', New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1997, p. 271. ...

– founded 1919, a global organization of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy

Africa

ABANTU for Development ABANTU for Development is an international women's non-governmental organisation. It seeks to empower African women in the fields of politics and the economy on the local, national, regional and international levels. It pursues these goals by edu ...

– seeks to empower women in politics, economy, and development * African Women's Development Fund – founded 2001, supporting women's rights organizations *

Akina Mama wa Afrika Akina Mama wa Afrika (AMwA) ( Swahili for "African women") was established in 1985 in the United Kingdom as a small community organisation for African women. It is now an international and Pan-African non-governmental organisation headquartered in ...

– founded 1985 *

Amal Women's Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant Amal Women's Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant ( ar, جمعية الامل لفنون الطبخ; french: link=no, Association Amal pour les Arts culinaires en faveur des femmes nécessiteuses) is a non-profit organization in Marrakesh, M ...

– helps disadvantaged women gain work experience by training them in the culinary arts * Association Solidarité Féminine – helps single mothers gain work experience by training them at the association's restaurant, patisserie, and ''hammam'' * FEMNET – founded 1988 * Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) – founded 2011 *

Sande society Sande, also known as zadεgi, bundu, bundo and bondo, is a women's initiation society in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. The Sande society initiates girls into adulthood by rituals including female genital mutilation. It is ...

– initiating girls into adulthood *

Women'sNet Women'sNet is a networking support programme designed to enable South African women to use the internet to find the people, issues, resources and tools needed for women's social action. Issues Some of the issues it has focused on include HIV/AIDS ...

– South African support for women activists using technology * WOUGNET – Women of Uganda Network

Angola

* Organization of Angolan Women (OMA) – founded 1962

Burundi

* National Women's Forum (FNF) – founded 2013

Democratic Republic of the Congo

* Dynamique des femmes jurists – founded 2006 * Nothing Without Women – founded 2015 * Fifty Percent Women or Nothing Dynamic - founded 2019

Egypt

* Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights – founded 1996 * Egyptian Feminist Union – founded 1923 *

Mabarrat Muhammad 'Ali Mabarrat Muhammad ῾Ali, the Muhammad ῾Ali Benevolent Society, is an Egyptian charitable women's organization established in Cairo in 1909. The origins of the organization were in a health clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulator ...

or Muhammad 'Ali Benevolent Society, (1909–1964)

Eswatini

* Eswatini Single Mothers Organization (SWASMO) – founded 2009

Ethiopia

* KMG Ethiopia – founded 1997

Ghana

* Mbaasem Foundation, founded 2000 by

Ama Ata Aidoo Ama Ata Aidoo, ''née'' Christina Ama Aidoo (born 23 March 1942) is a Ghanaian author, poet, playwright and academic. She was the Minister of Education under the Jerry Rawlings administration. In 2000, she established the Mbaasem Foundation t ...

* National Council of Ghana Women (NCGW), 1960–1966 * National Federation of Gold Coast Women (NFGCW), 1953–1960 * Sirigu Women's Organisation for Pottery and Art (SWOPA), founded 1997

Ivory Coast

* Association des Femmes Ivoiriennes – founded 1963

Kenya

* Maendeleo Ya Wanawake – founded 1952, women / yahya's rights

Liberia

* National Liberian Women's Social and Political Movement (NLWSPM), 1920 by Maude A. Morris * Liberian Women's Social and Political Movement, founded 1946 by Sarah Simpson-George

Libya

* Voice of Libyan Women (VLW) – founded 2011

Mali

* Association des Juristes Maliennes (AJM) – founded 1988

Mauritania

* The Association of Women Heads of Households (AFCF) – founded 1999 by Aminetou Mint El-Moctar

Morocco

– founded 2012 * Democratic Association of Moroccan Women – founded 1985 * Association Solidarité Féminine – founded 1985 by Aïcha Chenna * Miss Moto Maroc – founded 2011

Mozambique

* Organization of Mozambican Women – founded 1973

Namibia

* Epako Women's Center – founded 2011 * Namibia Women's Action for Equality Party – founded 1994 * Sister Namibia – founded 1989

Nigeria

* DeltaWomen – founded 2010 * International Women's Society – founded 1957 * National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes * National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) – founded 1997 *

National Commission for Women The National Commission for Women (NCW) is the statutory body of the Government of India, generally concerned with advising the government on all policy matters affecting women. It was established on 31 January 1992 under the provisions of the I ...

(NCW) – founded 1988 * Rural Women Energy Security (RUWES) – founded 2013 * Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) – founded 2001 * Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) – founded 1993 by Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi *

Women in Nigeria Nigeria's underdevelopment regarding the status of their women, due to a long history of colonial exploitation and oppression, has brought about a distortion of Nigeria's economic, educational, religious, cultural, social, ideological and so ...

(WIN) – founded 1982 * Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) – founded 2008

Republic of the Congo

* African Women's Union of the Congo (UFAC) * Femmes-Caïmans – founded 1956

Rwanda

* Pro-Femmes Twese Hamwe – founded 1992

Senegal

* Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum – opened 1994 * Yewwu-Yewwi – founded 1984

Sierra Leone

* Sierra Leone Women's Movement (SLWM) – founded 1951 by Constance Cummings-John * National Congress of Sierra Leone Women (NCSLW) – founded 1960

Somalia

Abay Siti Abay Siti ( Eng: ''Lady Sister''; ar, سيدة الأخت) is a Somali female institution dating back to early 19th century urban Somalia. The institution incorporated Somali tradition and Islam and was established as a result of women being e ...

– founded 19th century * IIDA Women's Development Organisation – founded 1991 *

Puntland Women Lawyers Association Puntland Women Lawyers Association (PUWLA) is a Somali organization that had visible impact on communities in the Puntland region in the aspect of legal services and access to justice for women, which changed the status quo. Through PUWLA, Puntla ...

* Sixth Clan – founded 2002 by Asha Haji Elmi * Somali Women's Democratic Organization – founded 1977

South Africa

* African National Congress Women's League – founded 1948, replacing Bantu Women's League founded 1918 by

Charlotte Maxeke Charlotte Makgomo (née Mannya) Maxeke (7 April 1871 – 16 October 1939) was a South African religious leader, social and political activist; she was the first black woman to graduate with a university degree in South Africa with a B.Sc from Wi ...

* Natal Organisation of Women – founded 1983 * National Movement of Rural Women (NMRW) – founded 1990 * Women Forward – founded 2008 * Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union – founded 1911

Uganda

* Association of Uganda Professional Women in Agriculture and Environment * Eliezah Foundation Initiative Uganda – founded 2005 *

FEMRITE FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers' Association, founded in 1995, is an NGO based in Kampala, Uganda, whose programmes focus on developing and publishing women writers in Uganda and—more recently—in the East African region. ...

– women writers association, founded 1995 * Uganda Women Parliamentary Association * Uganda Women's Network * Women At Work International – founded 2003 * WOUGNET – founded 2000

Zambia

Zambia Alliance of Women Zambia Alliance of Women (ZAW) is a non-governmental membership organization for Zambian women founded in 1978. History Zambia Alliance of Women was established in 1978 to promote gender equality, development and peace. ZAW was registered under t ...

– founded 1978 * Zambian National Women's Lobby – founded 1991

Zimbabwe

* Akashinga – founded 2017 * Zimbabwe Women Writers – founded 1990 * Zimbabwe Women's Bureau – founded 1978 * Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network – founded 1990

Asia

All-China Women's Federation The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF; ) is a women's rights people's organization established in China on 24 March 1949. It was originally called the All-China Democratic Women's Foundation, and was renamed the All-China Women's Federation in ...

(ACWF) * Arab Feminist Union * Honour for Women National Campaign – India * OYSS Women *

Na'amat Na'amat ( he, נעמת) is an Israeli and international women's organization affiliated with the Labour Zionist Movement. Na'amat was founded in 1921. Etymology Na'amat is an acronym for ''Nashim Ovdot U'Mitnadvot'' ( he, נשים עובדות ...

– Israel-based women's organization *

National Alliance of Taiwan Women's Associations The National Alliance of Taiwan Women's Associations (NATWA) (''Chinese:'' 臺灣婦女團體全國聯合會) is the only umbrella group for organizations promoting women's interests across the island of Taiwan. The Alliance is both a Non-governmen ...

(NATWA) * WomensHub – Philippines support for women activists using technology

Afghanistan

* Afghan Women's Business Federation – founded 2005 * Afghan Women's Council – founded 1978 * Afghan Women's Network – founded 1996 *

Anjuman-i Himayat-i-Niswan Anjuman-i Himayat-i-Niswan ('Association for the Protection of Women') was a women's organization in Afghanistan, founded in 1928.Julie Billaud: Kabul Carnival: Gender Politics in Postwar Afghanistan' It was the first women's organization in Afghan ...

– founded 1928 * Democratic Women's Organisation of Afghanistan – founded 1965 * Kapisa Women's Center – founded 2008 *

Ministry of Women's Affairs (Afghanistan) Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) (, ) was a ministry in the Afghan government which was established in late 2001 by the Afghan Interim Administration. MOWA was the lead agency for promoting women's rights and advancement in Afghanist ...

– founded 2001 *

Women for Afghan Women Women for Afghan Women, also known as WAW, is the largest non-government Afghan women's rights organization in the world, founded in April 2001. It is dedicated to protecting the rights of Afghan women and girls. The staff are mostly Afghans and W ...

– founded 2001 *

Women's Welfare Association {{Short description, Afghani women's organization Muassasa-i Khayriyya-i Zanan ('Women's Welfare Association') or (WWA), also known as the 'Women's Society' and from 1975 called '(Afghan) Women's Institute (WI)', was a women's organization in Afghan ...

– founded 1946 * Young Women for Change – founded 2011

Bahrain

* Supreme Council for Women – advisory body to the government

Bangladesh

* Bangladesh Homeworkers Women Association * Bangladesh Mahila Parishad – founded 1970 * Bangladesh Mahila Samiti *

Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association (বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় মহিলা আইনজীবী সমিতি) is a lawyer's association based in Dhaka, Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the Peop ...

China

Tiananmen Mothers The Tiananmen Mothers ( zh, 天安门母亲) is a group of Chinese democracy activists promoting a change in the government's position over the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre. It is led by Ding Zilin, a retired university professor whos ...

– founded 1989

East Timor

* Rede Feto – established 2000, umbrella organization

India

All Bengal Women's Union The All Bengal Women's Union was started in the 1932, when a group of women in West Bengal formed a cadre of like-minded women to help their helpless, exploited and victimized fellow women. The genesis of the group lay in the fact that trafficki ...

, founded 1932 * All India Federation of Women Lawyers *

All India Women's Conference The All India Women's Conference (AIWC) is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Delhi. It was founded in 1927 by Margaret Cousins in order to improve educational efforts for women and children and has expanded its scope to also tackle ...

, founded 1927 * Association of Theologically Trained Women of India *

Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh or BGMS (National Association of Rural Women India), founded in 1955, is a non-political and non-sectarian national organization with branches all over India, in 14 states and union territories. It is affiliated with ...

(National Association of Rural Women India) *

Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan or BMMA ('Indian Muslim Women's Movement') is an autonomous, secular, rights-based mass organization led by Zakia Soman which fights for the citizenship rights of the Muslim women in India. The BMMA was formed in J ...

(Indian Muslim Women's Movement) *

Bhumata Brigade The Bhumata Brigade is a Pune-based social activist organization founded in 2010 in the state of Maharashtra, India, dedicated to fighting against injustice to women and against corruption. The organization's founder is Indian gender equality activi ...

* Centre for Equality and Inclusion *

Centre for Women's Development Studies The Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS) was founded in 1980 by a group of scholars and activists committed to expanding and transforming accepted notions of gender-related research and action across the social sciences. The establishme ...

* Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs * Friends of Women's World Banking *

Gulabi Gang The Gulabi Gang (from Hindi language, Hindi ''gulabi'', "pink") is a Vigilantism, vigilante group. The group first appeared in Banda district (India), Banda district, Uttar Pradesh, as a response to widespread domestic abuse and other violence ...

* Honour for Women National Campaign * Indian Women Scientists' Association *

Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti The Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti ( bn, মহিলা আত্মরক্ষা সমিতি, 'Women's Self-Defense Association, abbreviated MARS) was a women's movement in Bengal, India.Agarwal, Bina. Gender and Land Rights in South Asia'. Ca ...

, women's rights * Ministry of Women and Child Development *

Msf Haritha The Muslim Students Federation (M.S. F.) is the student wing of Indian Union Muslim League party in India. Muslim Students Federation is principally active in Indian university and college campuses. P.V Ahmed Saju and S. H. Muhammed Arshad ...

, founded 2012, empowering women *

Nari Mukti Sangh Nari Mukti Sangh () (English: ''Women's Liberation Association'') is a women's organisation in India, with a base of supporters in Bihar and Jharkhand. The organisation was founded in March 1990, during a women's conference at Talekocha in Girid ...

founded 1990, women's liberation * Odanadi Seva Trust, founded 1984, trafficking * OYSS Women * Project Nanhi Kali, supporting girls' education * RAHI Foundation, incest and abuse support * Sabala Organization, women's empowerment *

Sanlaap Sanlaap is an Indian feminist non-governmental organisation, established by Indrani Sinha in 1987 in Calcutta. Based in Calcutta, the group aims to protect the human rights of women and girls. Sanlaap is a developmental organisation that work ...

, women's rights *

Self Employed Women's Association Self-Employed Women's Association (SEWA), meaning "service" in several Indian languages, is a trade union based in Ahmedabad, India, that promotes the rights of low-income, independently employed female workers. With over 1.6 million particip ...

* Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, women's cooperative *

Working Women's Forum The Working Women's Forum (WWF) is a women's organisation in southern India. It was founded in 1978 by Jaya Arunachalam in Madras (Chennai). The WWF aims to empower poor women in southern India by providing microcredit, a trade union, health ca ...

, founded 1976, empowering poor women

Indonesia

* Aisyiyah, founded 1917, women's empowerment * Gerakan Wanita Sosialis *

Isteri-Sedar Isteri-Sedar (IS—Aware Women) was a women's organization established in Bandung, Indonesia in 1930 by Soewarni Pringgodigdo. It was a radical nationalist group founded on its anti-polygamy stance after the First Indonesian Women's Congress in 1928 ...

* Murba Women's Union * Wanita Indonesia * Working Women's Front

Iran

Jam'iyat-e Nesvan-e Vatankhah Jam'iyat-e Nesvân-e Vatankhâh ( fa, جمعیت نسوان وطنخواه, meaning "Patriotic Women's League of Iran" or "Society of Patriotic Women") (1922–1933), was one of the most active organizations in the Women's rights movement in I ...

, founded 1918 * Kanoun-e-Banovan, founded 1935 *

Mourning Mothers The Mourning Mothers (also known as the Mothers of Laleh Park) are a group of Iranian women whose spouses or children were killed by government agents in the protests following the disputed Iranian presidential election of 2009. The group also i ...

, mothers of children killed in violence

Iraq

Women's Awakening Club Women's Awakening Club (''Nadi al-Nahda al-. Nisa'iyya''), also called Women's Renaissance Club was a women's organization in Iraq, founded in 1923. It was the first women's organization in Iraq, and the start point of the Iraqi women's movement. ...

, founded 1923 * General Federation of Iraqi Women, founded 1969 * Iraqi Women's League, founded in the 1950s * Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, founded 2003 * Republican Women's Organization, founded 1960

Israel

* Bat Shalom, Jewish and Arab women for peace, established 1994 * Coalition of Women for Peace * Haifa Women's Coalition * Israel Women's Network *

Machsom Watch Machsom Watch, or Checkpoint Watch, is a group of Israeli women who monitor and document the conduct of soldiers and policemen at checkpoints in the West Bank.Na'amat Na'amat ( he, נעמת) is an Israeli and international women's organization affiliated with the Labour Zionist Movement. Na'amat was founded in 1921. Etymology Na'amat is an acronym for ''Nashim Ovdot U'Mitnadvot'' ( he, נשים עובדות ...

, affiliated with the Labour Zionist Movement *

Women of the Wall Women of the Wall (Hebrew: נשות הכותל, ''Neshot HaKotel'') is a multi-denominational Jewish feminist organization based in Israel whose goal is to secure the rights of women to pray at the Western Wall, also called the Kotel, in a fashi ...

Japan

* Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center * Chifuren (National League of Regional Women's Organizations) * League of Women Voters of Japan, established 1945 * New Japan Women's League, established 1946 *

New Women's Association The New Women's Association (NWA, also known as New Women's Society 新婦人協会, ''Shin-fujin kyokai'') was a Japanese women's rights organization founded in 1919. The organization strove to enhance women's rights in the areas of education, empl ...

(1920–1922) *

Sekirankai The ''Sekirankai'' (赤瀾会; Red Wave Society) was a Japanese socialist women's organization active in 1921. Members of an anarchist group established the organization in April 1921. Prominent feminists Yamakawa Kikue and Noe Itō were advisers ...

, women's socialist organization

Lebanon

* Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union, founded 1920

Malaysia

* All Women's Action Society *

Sisters in Islam Sisters in Islam (SIS) is a Malaysia, Malaysian civil society organisation committed to promoting the Women's rights, rights of women within the frameworks of Islam and universal human rights. Its efforts to promote the rights of Muslim women a ...

, founded 1988 *

Women's Aid Organisation Women's Aid Organisation (WAO) is a Malaysian non-governmental organisation that fights for women's rights and specifically against violence against women. It was founded in 1982 and continues to play a leading role in the Malaysian women's right ...

* Asian Women's Leadership University Project

Nepal

* ABC Nepal * Nepal Progressive Women's Federation * Rastriya Janashakti Mahila Sangh * Women LEAD

Myanmar

* Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation * Shan Women's Action Network *

Women's League of Burma The Women's League of Burma is a community-based organisation working on the rights of women from Burma, with a focus on systematic sexual violence in ethnic areas, and women's involvement in political processes, especially in the peace process. I ...

, founded 1999

North Korea

Socialist Women's Union of Korea The Socialist Women's Union of Korea (; formerly the Korean Democratic Women's Union, KDWU; ) is a mass organization for Women in North Korea, women in North Korea. Founded in 1945 as the North Korea Democratic Women's League, it is the oldest a ...

Pakistan

All Pakistan Women's Association The All Pakistan Women's Association, or APWA, ( ur, آل پاکستان ویمنز ایسوسی ایشن) as it is commonly known, is a voluntary, non-profit and non-political Pakistani organisation whose fundamental aim is the promotion of mo ...

, founded 1949 *

Aurat Foundation Aurat Foundation, founded in 1986, is a women's rights organization based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Its co-founders were Nigar Ahmed and Shahla Zia. Aurat Foundation lobbies and advocates for women. It also holds demonstrations and public awarenes ...

, founded 1986 *

Blue Veins (Pakistan) Blue Veins is based in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is a women's health advocacy group that has dedicated itself to providing medical information to poor and rural women in Pakistan. Blue Veins is involved in helping women secure the ...

, health advocacy * Pakistan Federation of Business and Professional Women * Pakistan Foreign Office Women's Association *

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) ( Persian:جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان, ''Jamiʿat-e Enqelābi-ye Zanān-e Afghānestān'', Pashto:د افغانستان د ښڅو انقلابی جمعیت ...

, moved to Pakistan in early 1980s *

Sindhiani Tahreek Sindhiani Tahreek ( sd, سنڌياڻي تحريڪ, "Sindhi women's movement") (also known as The Sindhiyani Tehreek) is a women-led political organization formed by rural women in Sindh, the southern province of Pakistan. History Sindhiyani Teh ...

(Sindhi women's movement) *

Tehrik-e-Niswan Tehrik-e-Niswan ( ur, ) (The Women’s Movement) is a women's organization in Pakistan. Tehrik-e-Niswan was formed in 1979 in Karachi, Sindh by Sheema Kermani. Tehrik-e-Niswan was founded in 1979 to use the performing arts as a medium for giving ...

(The Woman's Movement) *

Women Media Center The Women Media Center (WMC) is a non-profit organization created in 2005 to promote women journalists and women in the media in Pakistan. Based in Karachi, Pakistan, the Center promotes gender equality in Pakistani mass media. About WMC was f ...

* Women’s Action Forum, established 1981

Palestine

* Arab Women's Executive Committee, founded 1929 * General Union of Palestinian Women, founded 1965

Philippines

* Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women

Qatar

* Qatari Women Association

Singapore

* Young Women Muslim Association of Singapore

South Korea

* Chanyang-hoe, founded 1898 * Korea Women's Hot Line * Korean Women's Associations United, founded 1987 * Korean Women Workers Association, founded 1987

Syria

* Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union, founded 1920 * General Union of Syrian Women, founded 1967 *

Kongreya Star Kongra Star ( Kurdish for ''Star Congress''), founded in 2005 under the name of Yekîtiya Star ( Kurdish for ''Star Union of Women''), is a confederation of women’s organizations in Rojava, Syria. The name ''Star'' "refers to the ancient Mesopo ...

, founded 2005

Taiwan

* Foundation of Women's Rights Promotion and Development *

, founded 2001

Thailand

Anjaree Anjaree ( th, อัญจารี) was an LGBT rights organization in Thailand. It formed as a lesbian organization in 1986 and has focused on issues such as reforming the words used to refer to same sex desire and campaigning for same sex marria ...

, gay rights * Shan Women's Action Network

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Women Establishment The Dubai Women Establishment (DWE) is an organization established in 2006 in order to support women in the United Arab Emirates. The organization is supportive of policies that empower women in the workplace, and help "develop an environment that f ...

, established 2006

Yemen

* Adeni Women´s Club, founded in 1943 * General Union of Yemeni Women, founded in 1968 * Women National Committee, founded 1996, government body * Yemeni Women's Union, founded in 1990

Europe

* European Feminist Forum * European Women's Lobby * National Alliance of Women's Organisations * Terre des Femmes *

, founded 1919, NGO Member Council of Europe, UN Consultative status

Albania

* Gruaja Shiqiptare

Austria

Allgemeiner Österreichischer Frauenverein The ( AÖFV, English: General Austrian Women's Association)This article generally uses native German names, but gives the English translations in brackets. was an Austrian women's organization for women's suffrage, active between 1893 and 1919. ...

Azerbaijan

Ali Bayramov Club The Ali Bayramov Club was the first club for women in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Club offered a variety of vocational skills and training to women, in additional to cultural and leisure activities. Its main focus was campaigning for women's unveili ...

, first women's organization in Azerbaijan, founded in 1920.

Belgium

* Cercle des Femmes Peintres (1888–1893) * Ligue belge du droit des femmes, founded in 1892 in support of women's rights * Union des femmes de Wallonie, founded in 1912 for women in the French-speaking province of Wallonia

Bulgaria

* Bulgarian Women's Union or ''Balgarski Zhenski Sayuz'' (1901–1944), umbrella organization

Czech Republic

* Ženský Klub Český *

Women's National Council Women's National Council ( cs, Ženská národní rada (ŽNR)), 1923–1942, was the only women's umbrella organization in Czechoslovakia and only official women's collective which existed in the country until after 1990. As such, it was the most si ...

Denmark

* Danish Women's Defence Association (Danske Kvinders Forsvarsforening), 1907–1921, in support of Denmark's neutrality * Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund), world's oldest women's rights organization, founded 1871 * De Danske Husmoderforeninger (The Danish Housewives Associations) * Fødselsstiftelsen (Maternity Institution) * Kvindevalgretsforeningen (Women's Suffrage Association), women's organization (1889–1898) specifically focused on suffrage * Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening (Women's Progress Association) (1885–1893), focus on women's voting rights *

Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund (KKS) or Society of Female Artists is a Danish organization which strives to enable women to work as professional artists on equal terms with their male counterparts. KKS was founded by the painters Marie Henriques a ...

(Society of Female Artists), founded 1916 * Kvindelig Læseforening (Women Readers' Association), 1872–1945 *

Kvinderådet Kvinderådet (known in English as The Women's Council in Denmark), formerly Danske Kvinders Nationalråd), was established in 1899 as the Danish arm of the International Council of Women. It acts as an umbrella organization for all the Danish wome ...

(The Women's Council in Denmark), Danish arm of the

KVINFO The Danish Center for Research on Women and Gender (KVINFO) is a Danish information center about women's issues. It primarily aims to provide the general public with information about the results of women's studies and gender research undertak ...

, The Danish Center for Research on Women and Gender * Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret (National Federation for Women's Right to Vote) * Lesbian Movement (''Lesbisk Bevægelse''), 1974–1985 * Ligestillingsrådet, The Danish Equal Opportunities Council, 1975–2000 * Red Stocking Movement (''Rødstrømpebevægelsen'') 1970–1985, left-wing women's rights movement

Estonia

* Tartu Eesti Naesterahva Selts, founded 1907

Finland

* Naisasialiitto Unioni, founded 1892, Finnish arm of the International Alliance of Women * Women's Bank, supporting women's businesses in developing countries

France

* Association femmes et mathématiques, founded 1987 * British and Commonwealth Women's Association, founded 1962 * Fédération Française des Sociétés Féministes (1891–1893) * French Union for Women's Suffrage (1909–1944) *

Gouines rouges The ''Gouines Rouges'' ("Red Dykes") are a French radical feminist lesbian movement. The Gouines Rouges were founded in April 1971, out of a wish to assert themselves within both the feminist movement and the homosexual movement, and the fear t ...

, feminist lesbian movement * Groupe Feministe Socialiste, founded 1899 *

Kering Foundation The Kering Foundation (previously known as PPR Corporate Foundation for Women's Dignity and Rights) is a foundation created and financed by Kering (previously known as Pinault-Printemps-Redoute until 18 May 2005 and PPR). Origins Since 2001, Keri ...

Ligue Française pour le Droit des Femmes The Ligue Française pour le Droit des Femmes (LFDF, French League for Women's Rights) was a women's rights organisation active in France from 1882. The LFDF was founded by Maria Deraismes, one of the leading feminists in France of the time. Derai ...

* National Council of French Women, founded 1901 * Ni Putes Ni Soumises *''

Union des femmes pour la défense de Paris et les soins aux blessés ''Union des femmes pour la défense de Paris et les soins aux blessés'' ( en, Women's Union to Defend Paris and Care for the Wounded) was a women's group during the 1871 Paris Commune. The union organized working women, ensured a market and fa ...

'', 1871, during the Paris Commune * Women's Grand Lodge Of France

Germany

Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine The Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine (Federation of German Women's Associations) (BDF) was founded on 28/29 March 1894 as umbrella organization of the women's civil rights feminist movement and existed until the Nazi seizure of power in 1933. Its crea ...

(Federation of German Women's Associations) (1894–1933) *

Democratic Women's League of Germany The Democratic Women's League of Germany (german: italic=no, Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands, or ''DFD'') was the mass women's organisation in East Germany. It was established in March 1947 and had the following official aims: *Removal ...

, founded 1947 *

Deutscher Verband für Frauenstimmrecht The Deutscher Verband für Frauenstimmrecht (German Union for Women's Suffrage) was a German women's organization for women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections. Beginning in the start of the 18th century, ...

, suffrage organisation (1902–1919) * Deutscher Frauenring * Deutsches Frauenwerk, Nazi association *

German Association of Female Citizens The German Association of Female Citizens (german: italic=no, Deutscher Staatsbürgerinnen-Verband) is the oldest German women's rights organisation, founded on 18 October 1865. History The association was created by Louise Otto-Peters and Auguste ...

, founded 1865 *

League of German Girls The League of German Girls or the Band of German Maidens (german: Bund Deutscher Mädel, abbreviated as BDM) was the girls' wing of the Nazi Party youth movement, the Hitler Youth. It was the only legal female youth organization in Nazi Germany. ...

(1930–1945), Nazi association * League of Jewish Women (Germany) (''Jüdischer Frauenbund''), founded 1904 *

National Socialist Women's League The National Socialist Women's League (german: Nationalsozialistische Frauenschaft, abbreviated ''NS-Frauenschaft'') was the women's wing of the Nazi Party. It was founded in October 1931 as a fusion of several nationalist and Nazi women's assoc ...

(1931–1945) *

Queen Louise League The "Queen Louise League" (German: ''Königin-Luise-Bund'', often shortened to ''Luisenbund'') was a German pro-monarchic women's organization. It was established in 1923 during the time of the Weimar Republic and lasted until the first years of N ...

or ''Königin-Luise-Bund'', founded 1923, pro-monarchic * Terre des Femmes, founded 1981

Greece

* Greek League for Women's Rights, founded 1920

Hungary

* Christian Women's League * Feminist Association (1904–1942), fought for women's equality in all areas * Sisters of Social Service

Iceland

* Icelandic Women's Rights Association, founded 2007

Ireland

Cumann na mBan Cumann na mBan (; literally "The Women's Council" but calling themselves The Irishwomen's Council in English), abbreviated C na mB, is an Irish republican women's paramilitary organisation formed in Dublin on 2 April 1914, merging with and d ...

(Irish Women's Council), founded 1913 * Cumann na Saoirse *

Dublin Women's Suffrage Association The Dublin Women's Suffrage Association (DSWA), later the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association (IWSLGA), was a women's suffrage organisation based in Dublin from 1876 to 1919, latterly also campaigning for a greater role for wom ...

fought for women's suffrage * Inghinidhe na hÉireann (1900–1914), daughters of Ireland * Irish Catholic Women's Suffrage Association, set up in Dublin in November 1915 *

Irish Countrywomen's Association The Irish Countrywomen's Association (ICA; ga, Bantracht na Tuaithe) is the largest women's organisation in Ireland, with over 15,000 members. Founded in 1910 as the Society of United Irishwomen, it exists to prove social and educational oppor ...

Irish Housewives Association The Irish Housewives Association (IHA) was an influential pressure group founded in 1942 to speak out about injustices and the needs of Irish women, inside and outside the home.Hilda Tweedy obituary, ''Irish Times'', 9 July 2005. The organization c ...

(1942–1992) * Irish Women's Franchise League, women's suffrage group founded in 1908 * Irish Women's Liberation Movement * Irish Women's Suffrage Society *

Irish Women Workers' Union The Irish Women Workers' Union was a trade union which was set up at a meeting on 5 September 1911 in Dublin, Ireland. The meeting had been organized by Delia Larkin. The union was created because other trade unions of the time excluded women work ...

(1911–1984) *

National Women's Council of Ireland The National Women's Council of Ireland (NWCI) is a representative organisation for women and women's groups in Ireland. It was originally known as the Council for the Status of Women. Policies The mission of the NWCI is to achieve women's equa ...

Italy

* Associazione per la donna (Association for Women), founded in 1896 in support of women's civic and political rights * Comitato pro suffragio femminile (Committee for Women's Suffrage), founded in 1905 in support of women's voting rights *

Consiglio Nazionale delle Donne Italiane The Consiglio Nazionale delle Donne Italiane (CNDI) or National Council of Italian Women is an Italian federation of women's associations, including those admitting both men and women, bent on improving conditions for women. Founded in 1903 as the ...

(National Council of Italian Women), a federation founded in 1903 to improve conditions for women

Netherlands

Arbeid Adelt The Tesselschade-Arbeid Adelt (TAA) is a Dutch women's rights organization. Founded in 1871 under the name Algemeene Vrouwenvereeniging Arbeid Adelt, it was the first nationwide women's organisation in the Netherlands, and the eldest still operatin ...

, meaning Labour is Ennobling, full name Algemeen Nederlandsche Vrouwenvereeniging Arbeid Adelt (1871–1953) *

Dutch Women's Council Dutch Women's Council ( nl, italic=no, Nederlandse Vrouwen Raad (NVR)) was founded in 1898 as an umbrella organization to unite women's groups across the country in their struggles for economic, legal, political, and social rights. Initially their f ...

, founded 1898 * Mama Cash founded 1983, funding organization *

Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht The Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Association for Women's Suffrage) was a women's rights organization active in the Netherlands from 1894 to 1919. It was devoted to women's suffrage. It was the main women's suffrage movement in the Netherland ...

(Women's Suffrage Organization), established 1894 * Vrije Vrouwen Vereeniging (Free Women's Organization), established 1889

Norway

* Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS), established 1995 * Kvinnestemmerettsforeningen * MiRA Resource Centre for Black, Immigrant and Refugee Women, established 1989 * National Association for Women's Suffrage (Norway) *

Norwegian Association for Women's Rights The Norwegian Association for Women's Rights ( no, italic=no, Norsk Kvinnesaksforening; NKF) is Norway's oldest and preeminent women's and girls' rights organization and works "to promote gender equality and all women's and girls' human rights thr ...

* Norwegian Conservative Party's Women's Association, founded 1925 * Norwegian Labour Party's Women's Federation, 1901–2005 * Norwegian National Women's Council, founded 1904 *

Norwegian Women's Lobby The Norwegian Women's Lobby (NWL; no, italic=no, Norges kvinnelobby) is a feminist policy and advocacy organization in Norway, and is described as the country's "main, national, umbrella organization" for women's rights. NWL is inclusive, promot ...

, established 2014 * Norwegian Women's Public Health Association * Nordic Women's University, established 2011 * Women's Front (Kvinnefronten), established 1972

Poland

* Centrum Praw Kobiet, founded 1995, women's rights and prevention of violence against women *

Ukrainian Women's Union The Ukrainian Women's Union ( uk, Союз українок) (1920–1938) was the most influential women's organization operating among Ukrainian women outside of Soviet Ukraine. Because they represented Ukrainian nationals living in other sovere ...

(1920–1938), nationalist and feminist organization representing non-Soviet Ukrainian women

Portugal

* Capazes, founded in 2014 *

Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas The ''Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas'' (National Council of Portuguese Women) was a feminist organization founded in 1914. Early developments The first attempt to found a Women’s Council in Portugal was at the beginning of the 20th ...

, founded in 1914 *

UMAR ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate ...

(Alternative and Answer Women's Union), founded in 1976

Romania

*'' Liga Femeilor Române'', founded 1894 *''

Liga Drepturile si Datoriile Femeii Liga or LIGA may refer to: People * Līga (name), a Latvian female given name * Luciano Ligabue, more commonly known as Ligabue or ''Liga'', Italian rock singer-songwriter Sports * Liga ACB, men's professional basketball league in Spain * Lig ...

'', founded 1911 * Women in Business Romania, founded 2009

Russia

* Communist Women's International, founded 1920, advancing Communist ideas among women

Slovenia

*'' Splošno slovensko žensko društvo'', founded 1901

Spain

* Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Españolas (1918–1936) * Asociación para la Enseñanza de la Mujer, established 1870 *

Sección Femenina The Sección Femenina ("Female Section"; SF) was the women's branch of the Falange political movement in Spain. Founded in July 1934 as part of the Sindicato Español Universitario (SEU) of the Falange Española de las JONS (FE de las JONS), an ...

(1934–1977), women's branch of the Falange movement

Sweden

* Christian Democratic Women's League *

Fredrika Bremer Association The Fredrika Bremer Association ( sv, Fredrika Bremer Förbundet, abbreviated FBF) is the oldest women's rights organisation in Sweden. The association stands for an inclusive, intersectional and progressive liberal feminism, and advocates for wome ...

, active from 1884 *

Group 8 Group 8 may refer to: * Group 8 element, a series of elements in the Periodic Table * Group 8 Rugby League, a rugby league competition * Group 8 (Sweden), a feminist movement in Sweden * Group VIII, former nomenclature for the noble gas The n ...

, active from 1968 to 2004 * Married Woman's Property Rights Association, active from 1873 to 1896 * Moderate Women, established 1912, representing the Moderate Party * National Association for Women's Suffrage active from 1902 to 1921 * National Council of Swedish Women, founded 1896 *

Nya Idun Nya Idun is a Swedish cultural association for women founded in 1885, originally as a female counterpart to Sällskapet Idun ('the Idun Society'). Its aim was to "gather educated women in the Stockholm area for informal gatherings". There was a ...

, founded 1885 * SD Women, representing Sweden Democrats *

Social Democratic Women in Sweden The Social Democratic Women in Sweden ( sv, Sveriges socialdemokratiska kvinnoförbund ), or "S-women" ( ), is the women's wing of the Swedish Social Democratic Party. It was established in 1920 by representatives from 120 local Social Democratic ...

, established 1920 * Stockholms allmänna kvinnoklubb (Stockholm Public Women's Club), founded 1892 * Swedish Women's Educational Association, promoting Swedish language and culture internationally * Swedish Women's Lobby, established 1997 * Välgörande fruntimmerssällskapet, active from 1819 to 1934

Switzerland

* Federation of Swiss Women's Associations * PeaceWomen Across the Globe, founded 2003

Turkey

* Osmanlı Műdafaa-ı Hukûk-ı Nisvan Cemiyeti – founded 1913 * Türk Kadinlar Birligi – founded 1924 * Flying Broom – founded 1996 *

Ka-Mer The Kamer Foundation (Turkish:Kamer Vakfi), sometimes referred to as Ka-Mer is a Turkish women's group that finds shelter for and offers legal aid to women who have been threatened by their relatives. Background Founded in 1997, by an elementar ...

– founded 1997, offers protection and legal aid

Ukraine

, (1920–1938), active outside Soviet Ukraine *Feminist Workshop, Lviv, founded 2014

United Kingdom

* Back Off Scotland, anti-harassment group * Birds Eye View, film * Brighton Women's Centre, safe, women-only space *

British Federation of Women Graduates The British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG) was founded in 1907 as the British Federation of University Women (BFUW) to "afford a means of communication and of united action in matters affecting the interest of women". It was renamed the Brit ...

British Women's Temperance Association The White Ribbon Association (WRA), previously known as the British Women's Temperance Association (BWTA), is an organization that seeks to educate the public about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, as well as gambling. Founding of British Wom ...

* Church League for Women's Suffrage, founded 1909 *

Conservative Women's Organisation The Conservative Women's Organisation (CWO) represents the female members of the Conservative Party in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The Scottish Conservative Women's Council is the autonomous sister organisation of the CWO in Scotla ...

, the organisation for women members of the

Conservative Party (UK) The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party. It is the current governing party, ...

* Co-operative Women's Guild, founded 1893 * Fair Play For Women *

Freedom Charity Freedom or Freedom Charity is a UK-based charity which supports victims of forced marriage, female genital mutilation (FGM) and family dishonor. The charity was founded in 2009 by Aneeta Prem and the chair of trustees is Toby Harris. Awaren ...

, organisation for helping victims of forced marriage and associated violence * Engender, Edinburgh-based feminist organization * Feminists Against Censorship, established 1989 * HeForShe *

Junior League The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (Junior League or JL) is a private, nonprofit educational women's volunteer organization aimed at improving communities and the social, cultural, and political fabric of civil society. With ...

* Ladies Circle * Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, founded 1869 * League of Jewish Women *

Married Women's Association The Married Women's Association (MWA) was a British women's organisation founded by Edith Summerskill and Juanita Frances in 1938. Summerskill became the association's first president. Its original aims were to promote financial equality between ...

, established 1938 *

Medical Women's Federation The Medical Women's Federation is the largest UK body of women doctors. The organisation is dedicated to the advancement of the personal and professional development of women in medicine and to improving the health of women and their families i ...

, established 1917 * Merched y Wawr, established 1967 *

Mothers' Union The Mothers' Union is an international Christian charity that seeks to support families worldwide. Its members are not all mothers or even all women, as there are many parents, men, widows, singles and grandparents involved in its work. Its main ai ...

, founded 1876 *

National Assembly of Women The National Assembly of Women (NAW) is a British women's rights organisation founded on 8 March 1952, at a meeting of almost 1,500 women from all across Great Britain. It campaigns for equal status for women and men in all aspects of life and als ...

, founded 1952, women's rights *

National Society for Women's Suffrage The National Society for Women's Suffrage Manchester Branch The National Society for Women's Suffrage was the first national group in the United Kingdom to campaign for women's right to vote. Formed on 6 November 1867, by Lydia Becker, the organ ...

, founded 1867 *

National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies The National Union of Women Suffrage Societies (NUWSS), also known as the ''suffragists'' (not to be confused with the suffragettes) was an organisation founded in 1897 of women's suffrage societies around the United Kingdom. In 1919 it was ren ...

, major woman's suffrage group *

(NWR), network of local groups and individual members who enjoy lively discussion and conversation * Open Door Council, founded 1926, equal opportunities * Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent * People's Suffrage Federation * Rape Crisis England and Wales, feminist charity and umbrella body for Rape Crisis Centres across England and Wales *

Royal College of Midwives The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is a British midwives organisation founded in 1881 by Louisa Hubbard and Zepherina Veitch. It has existed under its present name since 1947, and is the United Kingdom's only trade union or professional organis ...

, founded 1881 * Socialist Women's Network *

Society for Promoting the Employment of Women The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW) was one of the earliest British women's organisations. The society was established in 1859 by Jessie Boucherett, Barbara Bodichon and Adelaide Anne Proctor to promote the training and emplo ...

, established 1859 *

Society of Women Artists The Society of Women Artists (SWA) is a British art body dedicated to celebrating and promoting fine art created by women. It was founded as the Society of Female Artists (SFA) in about 1855, offering women artists the opportunity to exhibit and ...

, founded c. 1855 * Society of Women Musicians, founded 1911 * The Association of Loyal Orangewomen of Ireland * Women in Data, founded 2014 * Women in Publishing, founded 1979 *

Women's Engineering Society The Women's Engineering Society is a United Kingdom professional learned society and networking body for women engineers, scientists and technologists. It was the first professional body set up for women working in all areas of engineering, pred ...

, founded 1919 * Women's Guild of Arts, founded 1907 *

Women's Institutes The Women's Institute (WI) is a community-based organisation for women in the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and New Zealand. The movement was founded in Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada, by Erland and Janet Lee with Adelaide Hoodless being t ...

(WI), 6,500 local organisations, founded 1915 * Women's Labour League, founded 1906, promoting political representation *

Women's Liberal Federation The Women's Liberal Federation was an organisation that was part of the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom. History The Women's Liberal Federation (WLF) was formed on the initiative of Sophia Fry, who in 1886 called a meeting at her house of fi ...

, Liberal Party *

Women's Local Government Society The Women's Local Government Society was a British campaign group which aimed to get women into local government. Its initial focus was on county councils but its remit later covered other local government roles such as school boards. History The ...

, founded 1888 *

Women's Social and Political Union The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) was a women-only political movement and leading militant organisation campaigning for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom from 1903 to 1918. Known from 1906 as the suffragettes, its membership an ...

(1903–1917), a major suffrage organization in the United Kingdom

Yugoslavia

* Yugoslav Women's Alliance, founded in 1919

North America

* North American Indian Women's Association, founded 1970 *

White Buffalo Cow Society The White Buffalo Cow Society ( hid, Ptī′take Ō′xat'e)Lowie, Robert Harr''Societies of the Crow, Hidatsa and Mandan Indians.''New York: American Natural History Museum, 1913. p.346 has historically been the most respected women's society am ...

, for the Mandan and Hidatsa peoples * Women of All Red Nations, in support of Native American women

Belize

* Women's Issues Network of Belize, established 1993

Canada

* Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter * Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women * Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies *

Canadian Federation of University Women The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) (French: ''Fédération canadienne des femmes diplômées des universités CFDU') is a non-partisan, voluntary, self-funded organization with nearly 100 CFUW Clubs, located in every province acr ...

* Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women * Canadian Unitarian Universalist Women's Association * Canadian Women in Literary Arts (CWILA) * Canadian Women's Foundation * Canadian Women's Press Club, founded 1904 *

Canadian Women's Suffrage Association The Canadian Women's Suffrage Association, originally called the Toronto Women's Literary Guild, was an organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that fought for women's rights. After the association had been inactive for a while, the leade ...

* Canadian Women Voters Congress *

Congress of Black Women of Canada The Congress of Black Women of Canada (CBWC) / , which began in 1973, is a national non-profit organization that "is dedicated to improving the lives of all Black women and their families in their local and national communities." It arose to organi ...

DisAbled Women's Network Canada DAWN Canada/Réseau d'action des femmes handicapées du Canada is a Canadian national feminist network controlled by and composed of people who self-identify as women with disabilities.Doucette, Joanne. ''The DisAbled Women's Network: A Fragil ...

* Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association, established 1889 *

Equal Voice Founded in 2001 by Rosemary Speirs, Donna Dasko, Libby Burnham and Christina McCall. Equal Voice is a national, bilingual, multi-partisan, non-governmental, non-profit organization that promotes the election of more women to all levels of Canad ...

, founded 2001 *

Federated Women's Institutes of Canada The Federated Women's Institutes of Canada is an umbrella organization for Women's Institutes in Canada. "The idea to form a national group was first considered in 1912. In 1914, however, when the war began the idea was abandoned. At the war's ...

* Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario *

Fédération des femmes du Québec The Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ; English: "Quebec Women's Federation") is a feminist organization binding individuals and groups in a common goal to "promote and defend the interests and the rights of women and to fight against all form ...

, founded 1966 *

Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire The Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire (IODE) is a women's charitable organization based in Canada. It provides scholarships, bursaries, book prizes, and awards, and pursues other philanthropic and educational projects in various communities a ...

Lesbian Organization of Toronto The Lesbian Organization of Toronto (L.O.O.T. or LOOT) was a lesbian organization founded in 1976 and disbanded in 1980. The group was Toronto's first openly lesbian feminist group, and its members elected to open Canada's first Lesbian Centre. ...

* Local Council of Women of Halifax *

National Action Committee on the Status of Women The National Action Committee on the Status of Women was a Canadian feminist activist organization. History It was founded in 1971 as a pressure group to lobby for the implementation of the 167 recommendations made in the Royal Commission on ...

, founded 1971 *

National Council of Women of Canada The National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC, french: Conseil national des femmes du Canada, (''CNFC'')) is a Canadian advocacy organization based in Ottawa, Ontario, aimed at improving conditions for women, families, and communities. A federati ...

* National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada * Native Women's Association of Canada * Nova Scotia Voice of Women * Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre * Ottawa Women's Training and Employment Network * Pauktuutit, Inuit women * REAL Women of Canada *

Servants Anonymous Society The Servants Anonymous Society (SAS) is a nonprofit women's organization that provides aid to young women in exiting the sex industry, achieving sobriety, and avoiding sexual slavery. SAS offers life skills-based education to these women and safe ...

University Women's Club of Toronto A university () is an educational institution, institution of higher education, higher (or Tertiary education, tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several Discipline (academia), academic disciplines. Universities ty ...

* Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter, established 1973 *

Women's Legal Education and Action Fund Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, referred to by the acronym LEAF, is "the only national organization in Canada that exists to ensure the equality rights of women and girls under the law.". Established on April 19, 1985, LEAF was formed in ...

, founded 1985

Cuba

Federation of Cuban Women The Federation of Cuban Women ( es, italic=no, Federación de Mujeres Cubanas) (FMC) was established in 1960 under the revolutionary government with Vilma Espín as its president. Espin fought in the Sierra Maestras with Fidel Castro and Raul Cas ...

, established 1960 *

Ladies in White Ladies in White ( es, italics=no, Damas de Blanco) is an opposition movement in Cuba founded in 2003 by wives and other female relatives of jailed dissidents and those who have been made to disappear by the government. The women protest the impri ...

, relatives of jailed dissidents, founded 2003

Nicaragua

Luisa Amanda Espinoza Association of Nicaraguan Women The Luisa Amanda Espinoza Association of Nicaraguan Women ( es, italic=no, Asociación de Mujeres Nicaragüenes Luisa Amanda Espinoza, AMNLAE) was initially established in 1977 under the name Association of Women Concerned about National Crisis (, ...

, founded 1977

United States

* African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom, founded 1990 * Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, founded 1908 * American Association for Women Radiologists * American Association of University Women (1881) *

American Equal Rights Association The American Equal Rights Association (AERA) was formed in 1866 in the United States. According to its constitution, its purpose was "to secure Equal Rights to all American citizens, especially the right of suffrage, irrespective of race, color ...

* American Heritage Girls *

American Legion Auxiliary The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) is a separate entity from the American Legion that shares the same values. Composed of spouses, mothers, daughters, granddaughters, and sisters of American war veterans. Founded in 1919, the ALA is dedicated t ...

, founded 1919 * American Woman Suffrage Association * Alabama's Colored Women's Club, covering clubs from 1888 *

Assata's Daughters Assata's Daughters is an American Black Power organization of young radical African-American women and girls in Chicago, which operates through a Black, Queer, feminist lens, that focuses on political education, organizing, and revolution, revol ...

, founded Chicago 2015, protesting police violence * Association of Black Women Historians, founded 1979 * Association of Deans of Women and Advisers to Girls in Negro Schools, 1929–1954 *

Association for Women in Communications The Association for Women in Communications (AWC) is an American professional organization for women in the communications industry. History Theta Sigma Phi The Association for Women in Communications began in 1909 as Theta Sigma Phi (), an ho ...

Association for Women in Science The Association for Women in Science (AWIS) was founded in 1971 at the annual Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) meeting. The organization aims to combat job discrimination, lower pay, and professional isolation. The ...

(AWIS) * Big Sisters * Business and Professional Women's Foundation * Catholic Daughters of the Americas, founded 1903 * Chicago Abortion Fund, founded 1985 * Collegium of Black Women Philosophers, founded 2007 *

Combahee River Collective The Combahee River Collective ( ) was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. Marable, Manning; Leith Mullings (eds), ''Let Nobody Turn Us Around: Voices of Resistance, Reform, and Renewal'', Combahee ...

, 1974–1980, Black feminist lesbian organization * Commercial Real Estate Women *

Concerned Women for America Concerned Women for America (CWA) is a socially conservative, evangelical Christian Nonprofit organization, non-profit women's 501(c)_organization#501(c)(4), legislative action committee in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., W ...

* Daughters of the American Revolution, historical society, founded 1890 *

Daughters of Utah Pioneers The International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers (ISDUP, DUP) is a women's organization dedicated to preserving the history of the original settlers of the geographic area covered by the State of Deseret and Utah Territory, including Mormon pi ...

, historical society, founded 1919 *

Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta Delta (), also known as Tri Delta, is an international women's fraternity founded on November 27, 1888 at Boston University by Sarah Ida Shaw, Eleanor Dorcas Pond, Isabel Morgan Breed, and Florence Isabelle Stewart. Tri Delta part ...

, sorority, founded 1888 *

Degree of Pocahontas The Degree of Pocahontas are the female auxiliary of the Improved Order of Red Men, an American fraternal order. Despite using names based on common non-Native ideas about Native Americans, it was formed solely by and for, white women. Membership ...

* Delta Sigma Theta sorority, founded 1913 *

EMILY's List EMILY's List is an American political action committee (PAC) that aims to help elect Democratic female candidates in favor of abortion rights to office. It was founded by Ellen Malcolm in 1985. The group's name is an acronym for "Early Money ...

* Equal Rights Advocates * Feminists for Life * Feminist Majority Foundation *

General Federation of Women's Clubs The General Federation of Women's Clubs (GFWC), founded in 1890 during the Progressive Movement, is a federation of over 3,000 women's clubs in the United States which promote civic improvements through volunteer service. Many of its activities ...

(1890) *

Girls on the Run Girls on the Run (also referred to as Girls on the Run International), a national non-profit organization, designs programming that strengthens third- to eighth grade girls’ social, emotional, physical and behavioral skills to successfully navig ...

, founded 1996 for pre-teens *

Girl Scouts of the United States of America Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), commonly referred to as simply Girl Scouts, is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. Founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912, it was organized a ...

Girls Who Code Girls Who Code (also known as GWC) is an international nonprofit organization that aims to support and increase the number of women in computer science. The organization works toward closing the gender employment difference in computing. They h ...

* Hadassah *

Independent Women's Forum The Independent Women's Forum (IWF) is a conservative American non-profit organization focused on economic policy issues of concern to women.Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Alpha Theta (), also known simply as Theta, is an international women’s fraternity founded on January 27, 1870, at DePauw University, formerly Indiana Asbury. It was the first Greek-letter fraternity established for women. The main arc ...

, sorority, founded 1870 *

JC's Girls JC's Girls (short for Jesus Christ's Girls, also called the JC's Girls Girls Girls Ministry) is an evangelicalism, evangelical Christian women's organization in the United States whose members evangelism, evangelize to female workers in the se ...

Job's Daughters International Job's Daughters International is a Masonic affiliated youth organization for girls and young women aged 10 to 20. The organization is commonly referred to as simply Job's Daughters or Jobies, and sometimes abbreviated as JDI (or IOJD, referring to ...

La Leche League La Leche League International (LLLI) () is a non-governmental, nonprofit organization that organizes advocacy, education, and training related to breastfeeding. It is present in about 89 countries. The aim of the charity is to provide mother to ...

Ladies of Liberty Alliance The Ladies of Liberty Alliance (LOLA) is a network of independent, libertarian women leaders who, through their careers and/or personal endeavors, are dedicated to spreading the ideas of individual liberty and free markets. Participation in the ...

, founded 2009 *

Lambda Tau Omega Lambda Tau Omega Sorority, Inc. () is a multicultural sorority founded in 1988 at Montclair State College (now Montclair State University), by sixteen women who felt the need for a multicultural sorority at Montclair State College. Lambda Tau Ome ...

, founded 1988 * League of Women Voters * Leather & Lace Motorcycle Club, founded in Florida, 1983 *

Mothers of the Movement Mothers of the Movement is a group of women whose African American children have been killed by police officers or by gun violence. Members of the group have appeared on various television shows, at award ceremonies, and political events to shar ...

, mothers of African American children *

Motor Maids Motor Maids is a women's motorcycle club in North America with over 1,300 members from the United States and Canada. Established in 1940, Motor Maids was one of the first women's motorcycle groups and has been called the oldest existing women's cl ...

, motorcycle club, founded 1940 *

National American Woman Suffrage Association The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was an organization formed on February 18, 1890, to advocate in favor of women's suffrage in the United States. It was created by the merger of two existing organizations, the National ...

National Association for Women in Education The National Association for Women in Education (formerly known as The National Association of Deans of Women, the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors, and the National Association of Women Deans, Administrators, and Counselors) was ...

National Association of Colored Women's Clubs The National Association of Colored Women's Clubs (NACWC) is an American organization that was formed in July 1896 at the First Annual Convention of the National Federation of Afro-American Women in Washington, D.C., United States, by a merger of ...

, founded 1896 * National Association of Professional Women * National Black Feminist Organization, founded 1973 *

National Coalition of 100 Black Women The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. (NCBW) is a non-profit volunteer organization for African American women. Its members address common issues in their communities, families and personal lives, promoting gender and racial equity. Hi ...

, founded 1970 in New York City *

National Council of Jewish Women The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. Founded in 1893, NCJW is self-described as the oldest Jewish women’s grassroots organization in the United States, now comprised by over 180,000 members. As of ...

National Council of Negro Women The National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1935 with the mission to advance the opportunities and the quality of life for African-American women, their families, and communities. Mary McLeod Bethune, the f ...

National Council of Women of the United States The National Council of Women of the United States (NCW/US) is the oldest nonsectarian organization of women in America. Officially founded in 1888, the NCW/US is an accredited non-governmental organization (NGO) with the Department of Public In ...

, founded in 1888, affiliated with the

National Federation of Republican Women The National Federation of Republican Women (NFRW) is the women's wing of the Republican Party in the United States. Overview Founded in 1938 by Joyce Porter Arneill and Marion Martin, it is a grassroots political organization with more than 1, ...

(NOW) * National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement, founded 1985 * National Panhellenic Conference, women's sororities, established 1902 *

National Woman Suffrage Association The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) was formed on May 15, 1869, to work for women's suffrage in the United States. Its main leaders were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It was created after the women's rights movement s ...

National Woman's Party The National Woman's Party (NWP) was an American women's political organization formed in 1916 to fight for women's suffrage. After achieving this goal with the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, the NW ...

, suffrage organization founded in 1913 by Alice Paul *

National Women's Political Caucus The National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), or the Caucus, describes itself as a multi-partisan grassroots organization in the United States dedicated to recruiting, training, and supporting women who seek elected and appointed offices at all ...

, pro-choice organization founded in 1972 *

New York Women's Agenda The New York Women’s Agenda (NYWA) is an umbrella organization of women's groups in the New York City metropolitan area. Its membership consists of both nonprofit women's organizations and individuals. About NYWA Founded in 1992 by Elinor Gugge ...

, umbrella group *

Ormes Society The Ormes Society is an online group that promotes black women who work in the comic book industry. The organization is named after Jackie Ormes, a pioneering African-American comic artist. History The Ormes Society was founded in 2007 by artist ...

, promoting black women in the comic book industry * Pythian Sisters * Rebekah Degree *

Red Hat Society The Red Hat Society (RHS) is an international social organization that was founded in 1998 in the United States for women age 50 and beyond, but now open to women of all ages. History In the fall of 1997, Sue Ellen Cooper, an artist from ...

, founded 1842 * Royal Neighbors of America * Salsa Soul Sisters, black lesbian organization * Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, founded 1922 * Sisters in Crime, established 1986 for female crime authors * Society of Women Engineers, founded 1950 * Spinsters of San Francisco, founded 1929 * Sweet Adelines International, founded in 1945 * Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, founded 1897 *

United Daughters of the Confederacy The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, ...

, national association of female descendants of

Confederate Confederacy or confederate may refer to: States or communities * Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities * Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1 ...

war

veteran A veteran () is a person who has significant experience (and is usually adept and esteemed) and expertise in a particular occupation or field. A military veteran is a person who is no longer serving in a military. A military veteran that h ...

s formed in September 1894 * U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce * Veteran Feminists of America * Women Creating Change, founded 1915 *

Women's Caucus for Art The Women's Caucus for Art (WCA), founded in 1972, is a non-profit organization based in New York City, which supports women artists, art historians, students, educators, and museum professionals. The WCA holds exhibitions and conferences to promo ...

, founded 1972 *

, officially founded 1874 * Women Employed, founded 1973, based in Chicago *

Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church (WFMS of the MEC) was one of three Methodist organizations in the United States focused on women's foreign missionary services, the others being the WFMS of the Free Methodist C ...

, founded 1869, attached to the Methodist Episcopal Church * Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race (WISER), founded 2016 *

Women's Loyal National League The Women's Loyal National League, also known as the Woman's National Loyal League and other variations of that name, was formed on May 14, 1863, to campaign for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would abolish slavery. It was organized ...

, 1863–1864, organized to abolish slavery, first national women's political organization in the United States * Women's Missionary and Service Commission, name established 1955, attached to the Mennonite Church *

Woman's Missionary Union Woman's Missionary Union (WMU) is an auxiliary of the Southern Baptist Convention that was founded in 1888. It is the largest Protestant missions organization for women in the world. History Origins During the meeting of the Southern Bap ...

Women's Political Council The Women's Political Council (WPC), founded in Montgomery, Alabama, was an organization that formed in 1946 that was an early force active in the civil rights movement that was formed to address the racial issues in the city. Members included Mary ...

, formed 1946, active in the 1950s *

Women's Refugee Commission The Women's Refugee Commission is a 501(c)(3) Non-Governmental Organization that aims to improve the lives and protect the rights of Women, Children, and Youth displaced by conflict or crisis. Established in 1989 by Norwegian Actress and film ...

Women's Trade Union League The Women's Trade Union League (WTUL) (1903–1950) was a U.S. organization of both working class and more well-off women to support the efforts of women to organize labor unions and to eliminate sweatshop conditions. The WTUL played an important ...

, 1903–1950, encouraging women to organize trade unions * Younger Women's Task Force *

Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. () is a historically African American sorority. In 1920, five women from Howard University envisioned a sorority that would raise the consciousness of their people, encourage the highest standards of scholastic ach ...

sorority, founded 1920 *

Empowering women through Service and Advocacy, founded 1919

Oceania

Australia

* Adelaide Women's Club (1922–1938) * Australian Federation of University Women, founded 1922 * Australian Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry * Australian Women's Health Network health advocacy organisation *

Country Women's Association The Country Women's Association (CWA) is the largest regional and rural advocacy group in Australia. It comprises seven independent State and Territory Associations, who are passionate advocates for country women and their families, working ...

, founded 1922 *

Emily's List EMILY's List is an American political action committee (PAC) that aims to help elect Democratic female candidates in favor of abortion rights to office. It was founded by Ellen Malcolm in 1985. The group's name is an acronym for "Early Money ...

(

Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party (ALP), also simply known as Labor, is the major centre-left political party in Australia, one of two major parties in Australian politics, along with the centre-right Liberal Party of Australia. The party forms t ...

organisation for the equalising of women in politics, started by

Joan Kirner Joan Elizabeth Kirner (née Hood; 20 June 1938 – 1 June 2015) was an Australian politician who was the 42nd Premier of Victoria, serving from 1990 to 1992. A Labor Party member of the Parliament of Victoria from 1982 to 1994, she was a mem ...

) * League of Women Voters of South Australia (1909–1979) * Lyceum Club (Australia), founded 1972 *

Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, established in Melbourne, Victoria in 1902, is the oldest surviving women's art group in Australia. History The Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors (MSWPS) began in 1902 as ...

, founded 1902 *

National Council of Women of Australia The National Council of Women of Australia (NWA) is an Australian organisation founded in 1931. The council is an umbrella organisation with which are affiliated seven State and Territory National Councils of Women. It is non-party political, no ...

, founded 1888, affiliated with the

National Council of Women of Queensland The National Council of Women of Queensland is an umbrella organisation in Queensland, Australia. It unites other organisations with humanitarian and educational objectives for women and is non-party-political, non-sectarian, and not-for-profit. I ...

, founded 1905 *

Union of Australian Women The Union of Australian Women (UAW) is a left-wing women's organisation concerned with local and international issues regarding women's rights, international peace and equality. The UAW was established in Sydney on 31 July 1950 in New South Wal ...

(1950–1995) * Women's Electoral Lobby, founded 1972 *

Women's National Emergency Legion The Women's National Emergency Legion (WNEL) was an Australian female auxiliary and training organisation of the World War II-era that was based in Brisbane. It was established in 1938 and provided volunteers with training in first aid and other sk ...

(1938–1947) * Women's Peace Army, founded 1915 *

Women's Service Guilds The Women's Service Guilds (WSG), initially known as the Women's Service Guilds of Western Australia, was an organising body of the feminist movement in Australia. Founded in 1909, they integrated the campaigns for improved status and welfare o ...

(1909–1997)

New Zealand

* Māori Women's Welfare League *

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* New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective

Solomon Islands

* Solomon Islands National Council of Women, founded 1983 * Women’s Rights Action Movement

South America

Argentina

* Associación Madres del Dolor (Mothers in Pain), established 2004 * Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM), established 1989. * Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, established 1977. An organization of women whose grandchildren "disappeared". * Mothers of the Plaza 25 de Mayo. An organization of mothers whose children "disappeared" in the

Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre R� ...

. *

Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an Argentine human rights association formed in response to the National Reorganization Process, the military dictatorship by Jorge Rafael Videla, with the goal of finding the '' desaparecidos'', initially, a ...

, established 1977. An organization of mothers whose children "disappeared". *

Ni una menos Ni una menos (; Spanish for "Not one omanless") is a Latin American fourth-wave grassroots feminist movement, which started in Argentina and has spread across several Latin American countries, that campaigns against gender-based violence. In it ...

(Not one

oman Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of ...

less), established 2015. Against machista violence.

Bolivia

* Atene Femenino, founded 1923. White upper-class women's organization working for women's rights. * Bartolina Sisa Confederation, founded 1980. Union for peasant women in Bolivia. * Mujeres Creando, founded 1992. Anarcha-feminist collective.

Brazil

* Brazilian Women's Articulation (AMB – Articulação de Mulheres Brasileiras), founded 1994. Links women's organizations across Brazil. * Brazilian Women's Federation, active 1949 to 1957. Leftist feminist group associated with the

Brazilian Communist Party The Brazilian Communist Party ( pt-BR, Partido Comunista Brasileiro), originally the Communist Party of Brazil (), is a communist party in Brazil founded on 25 March 1922 which makes the disputed claim of being the oldest political party sti ...

(PCB). * Federação Brasileira pelo Progresso Feminino (FBPF), founded 1922. Women's suffrage organization. * Geledés - Black Women's Institute, founded 1988. Black feminist NGO.

Chile

* Círculo de Estudios de la Mujer, active 1979 to 1983. Response to the Pinochet dictatorship. * National Council of Women (Chile), founded in 1919. Women's suffrage organization. * Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women, active 1935 to 1953. Women's organization with national political strategy. Restarted in 1983 as an umbrella organization of women's groups.

Colombia

* Butterflies with New Wings Building a Future (Butterflies), founded 2010. Self-help group of forcibly displaced and local women in

Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca Buenaventura is a coastal seaport city in the department of Valle del Cauca, Colombia ( South America). Buenaventura (Spanish for "good fortune") is the main port of Colombia in the Pacific Ocean. Buenaventura is a city with a population of 33 ...

. * WWB Colombia, founded 1980. Microfinance institution.

Mexico

* Coalition of Mexican Feminist Women, active 1976 to early 1980s. Feminist organization focussing on

abortion rights Abortion-rights movements, also referred to as pro-choice movements, advocate for the right to have legal access to induced abortion services including elective abortion. They seek to represent and support women who wish to terminate their pre ...

Paraguay

* Coordinación de Mujeres del Paraguay, founded 1987. National network of feminist organizations. * Liga Paraguaya de los Derechos de la Mujer, founded 1951. * Unión Femenina del Paraguay (UFP), active 1936 to 1937 * Unión Democrática de Mujeres, active 1946 to 1947.

Peru

* Accion para la Liberacion de la Mujer Peruana (ALIMUPER), active 1973 to the early 1980s. Middle-class feminist organization. * Flora Tristán Peruvian Women's Center, founded 1979. Middle-class feminist organization.

Uruguay

* Consejo Nacional de Mujeres del Uruguay (CONAMU), founded 1916. Organization pressing for women's suffrage and other women's issues. * Cotidiano Mujer, founded 1985. Feminist collective based in Montevideo. * Independent Democratic Feminist Party, active 1933 to 1938. Feminist political party founded by Sara Rey Álvarez. * Uruguayan Women's Suffrage Alliance. Founded 1919. Women's suffrage organization.

References

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