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WEDO - Women's Environment
and Development Organization
WEDO is a US-based international
organization that advocates for women's equality
in global policy. It seeks to empower women
as decision makers to achieve economic, social
and gender justice, a healthy, peaceful planet
and human rights for all.
Through the organization's program
areas - Gender and Governance, Sustainable Development,
Economic and Social Justice and US Global Policy,
WEDO emphasizes women's critical role in social,
economic and political spheres.
For more information, please visit: http://www.wedo.org/
50/50 Campaign: Gender Equity
in National Parliaments
The Global 50/50 Campaign seeks
to increase women's representation and participation
in all decision-making processes worldwide,
with an emphasis on national parliaments.
The 50/50 campaign is not just
about numbers; it is also about women making
a difference. When women bring their experiences
and feminist perspectives to the table everyone
benefits and peace and justice can become a
reality in the present rather than some distant
future.
In its first five years after
its launch by WEDO, the campaign was endorsed
by nearly 300 organizations across the globe
and 18 national and regional campaign launches
have taken place.
The Global 50/50 Network will
focus on four priorities over the next five
years:
1. Working toward gender responsive governance;
2. Political party reform which includes adopting
gender balance strategies;
3. Campaign finance reform;
4. Creating linkages between women's groups
and elected officials as well as providing support
to elected women.
For more information, please visit: http://www.wedo.org/campaigns.aspx?mode=5050main
ICRW - The International
Center for Research on Women
ICRW is a private, nonprofit organization
dedicated to improving the lives of women in
poverty, advancing equality and human rights,
and contributing to broader economic and social
well-being.
ICRW accomplishes this, in partnership
with others, through research, capacity building
and advocacy on issues affecting women's economic,
health and social status in low- and middle-income
countries.
Based in Washington, D.C., ICRW
also has a country office in New Delhi, India
and has worked with partner organizations and
governments throughout the world to promote
gender equitable development, reduce poverty,
and change the lives of millions of women and
girls and their communities.
For more information, please visit: http://www.icrw.org/
The Feminist Majority Foundation
The Feminist Majority Foundation
(FMF), which was founded in 1987, is a cutting
edge organization dedicated to women's equality,
reproductive health, and non-violence. In all
spheres, FMF utilizes research and action to
empower women economically, socially, and politically.
Our organization believes that feminists - both
women and men, girls and boys - are the majority,
but this majority must be empowered.
For more information, please visit: http://www.feminist.org/
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