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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