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The Movimento Democrático de Mulheres (MDM) had its roots in earlier women's movements in Portugal, such as the Liga das Mulheres Republicanas (League of Republican Women), which operated from 1909 to 1919, the Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas (National Council of Portuguese Women - CNMP), which functioned from 1914 to its closure by the Estado Novo in 1947, and the Associação ...
The first attempt to found a Women’s Council in Portugal was at the beginning of the 20th century, when Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos endeavoured to "bring together some ladies who speak English - and who wish to collaborate in the feminist movement" in order to meet a visiting Canadian feminist, Sophia Sanford.
Group photograph of members of the Portuguese Women's Crusade. The Portuguese Women's Crusade GCTE (Portuguese: Cruzada das Mulheres Portuguesas [kɾuˈzaðɐ ðɐʒ muˈʎɛɾɨʃ puɾtuˈɣezɐʃ]) was a Portuguese feminist beneficence movement, founded in 1916 by a group of women led by First Lady Elzira Dantas Machado (an important advocate for women's activism, a founder of the Republican ...
In 2024, we have yet to reach gender equality. And in many nations, women are not only put second, but also repressed, abused, and silenced. Learn how to help.
The Organization of Mozambican Women (Portuguese: Organização da Mulher Moçambicana OMM) is the women's section of FRELIMO.Founded in 1973, during the Mozambican War of Independence, in recognition of women's growing roles in the conflict against Portuguese colonialism, the OMM was created as a non-military structure to promote women's education, emancipation and mobilization.
UMAR, an acronym which stands for Alternative and Answer Women's Union in Portuguese (União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta), is a Portuguese women's rights organization founded in 1976. From 1976 to 1989, the acronym originally stood for Antifascist and Revolutionary Women's Union ( União de Mulheres Antifascistas e Revolucionárias ).
The Women's National Movement (Movimento Nacional Feminino – MNF) (1961–1974) was an organization that supported the right-wing Estado Novo dictatorship in Portugal under the prime minister António de Oliveira Salazar.
It includes women activists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Portuguese women activists" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.