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  2. List of women's organizations - Wikipedia

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

  3. National Organization for Women - Wikipedia

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    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. [5] It is the largest feminist organization in the United States with around 500,000 members. [6]

  4. YWCA USA - Wikipedia

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    Neysa Moran McMein (1888-1949) Y.W.C.A. In Service for the Girls of the World, Poster, 1919. YWCA USA is a nonprofit organization and the American division of the YWCA. It is headquartered in Washington, D.C. and focuses on women's empowerment. The organization additionally aims for the promotion of peace, justice, freedom, and dignity.

  5. Feminism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Feminism is aimed at defining, establishing, and defending a state of equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women. It has had a massive influence on American politics. [1][2] Feminism in the United States is often divided chronologically into first-wave, second-wave, third-wave, and fourth-wave feminism. [3][4] As of 2023 ...

  6. Women's empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several method, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, equal status in society, better livelihood and training.

  7. Women's liberation movement in North America - Wikipedia

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    t. e. The women's liberation movement in North America was part of the feminist movement in the late 1960s and through the 1980s. Derived from the civil rights movement, student movement and anti-war movements, the Women's Liberation Movement took rhetoric from the civil rights idea of liberating victims of discrimination from oppression.

  8. Category : Feminist organizations in the United States

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    American Association of University Women. American Equal Rights Association. American Woman Suffrage Association. Anna Crusis Women's Choir. Asian American Feminist Collective. Assata's Daughters. Association for Women in Psychology. Audre Lorde Project. Aunt Lute Books.

  9. Women Who Win - Wikipedia

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    Area served. Worldwide. Women Who Win is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit women's organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] [2] It was co-founded by Shaleen Sheth, Dr. Deepa Jhaveri, and Dr. Manju Sheth. The organization runs a platform for women to share their experiences and connect with peers. It reportedly operates in 80 countries ...