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Shruti Kapoor – women's rights activist, economist, social entrepreneur; Sunitha Krishnan (born 1972) – Indian social activist, co-founder of Prajwala which assists trafficked women, girls and transgender people in finding shelter, education and employment; Subodh Markandeya – senior advocate
The RINJ Foundation – civil society women's group focused on safety of women & children particularly from sexual exploitation & violence (founded 2012) TimesUp – organization all around the world (famous ambassadors: Emma Watson, Meryl Streep) UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women (established 1976) UN Women – established 2010
Kirthi Jayakumar (born 1987) – Indian peace activist and gender equality activist, youth peace activist, peace educator and founder of The Red Elephant Foundation; Gurmehar Kaur (born 1996) – Indian student and peace activist; Mother Teresa (1910–1997) – Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun, missionary, pacifist, Nobel Peace Prize recipient
African-American women activists (3 C, 49 P) E. American women environmentalists (3 C, 276 P) H. Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of America members (16 P)
Women's rights activist for black, migrant and refugee women, high Suriname civil servant, sociologist and author: 1940–1999: Roya Toloui: Iran: 1966 – Women's rights activist: 1940–1999: Corin Tucker: United States: 1972 – Third-wave feminist [35] 1940–1999: Robin Tunney: United States: 1972 – Third-wave feminist: 1940–1999 ...
Karla Máchová (1853–1920) – women's rights activist who, in 1908, was among the first three women to run for the Bohemian Diet Františka Plamínková (1875–1942) – founded the Committee for Women's Suffrage ( Czech : Výbor pro volební právo ženy ) in 1905 and served as a vice president of the International Council of Women, as ...
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]
Gender Justice League; Gender Rights Maryland; Ingersoll Gender Center; International Foundation for Gender Education; Maryland Coalition for Trans Equality; Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition; National Center for Transgender Equality; National Transgender Advocacy Coalition; Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries; Sylvia Rivera ...