WEDO - Women’s Environment and Development Organization

The Women's Environment and Development Organization is an U.S. based international advocacy organization that seeks to increase the power of women worldwide as policymakers at all levels in governments, institutions and forums to achieve economic and social justice, a healthy and peaceful planet, and human rights for all. WEDO achieves its purpose by emphasizing linkages across issues and highlighting the critical role of women at the social, economic and political levels, across all regions of the world. We bring together women of diverse backgrounds from all regions of the world to share experiences and expertise on the political process by which women can play a more powerful role in governance and policymaking institutions, especially at the UN and other international bodies. 

http://www.wedo.org/

The White House Project

The White House Project, an U.S. non-partisan organization, is dedicated to advancing women's leadership across sectors, enhancing public perception's of women's ability to lead and fostering the entry of women into leadership positions, including the presidency.

The challenges:

Although the United States is considered the birthplace of the women's movement, the U.S. ranks 52nd in the world in women's representation in national legislatures.
Of more than 12,000 people who have served in the U.S. Congress since our country’s founding more than 200 years ago, only 215 have been women. Similarly, only 26 of the nearly 500 United States Cabinet appointees have been women with 17 having been appointed since 1993.

• Women make up 60% of the workforce, yet only 6 women run fortune 500 companies.
• The White House Project's groundbreaking initiatives are designed to transform the political and cultural climate so that it becomes commonplace and normal in the eyes of the public and the press for women to be governors, CEOs and president.

http://www.thewhitehouseproject.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.

FMF's research and action programs focus on advancing the legal, social and political equality of women with men, countering the backlash to women's advancement, and recruiting and training young feminists to encourage future leadership for the feminist movement in the United States.

To carry out these aims, FMF engages in research and public policy development, public education programs, grassroots organizing projects, leadership training and development programs, and participates in and organizes forums on issues of women's equality and empowerment. Our sister organization, the Feminist Majority, engages in lobbying and other direct political action, pursuing equality between women and men through legislative avenues.

http://www.feminist.org/

ICRW - The International Center for Research

The International Center for Research on Women is a private nonprofit organization founded in 1976 and based in Washington, D.C., with an office in India. ICRW's work has three distinct dimensions-research, technical support for capacity building, advocacy-and is informed by the following essential ingredients for sustainable development:

ICRW's mission is to improve the lives of women in poverty, advance women's equality and human rights, and contribute to the 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.

http://www.icrw.org/