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