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As a result of group pressure from the NAACP, the supreme court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in education was indeed unconstitutional and such practices were banned. This is a novel example of how advocacy groups can exert influence in the judicial branch of government. Advocacy groups can also exert influence on political parties.
Equal Rights Advocates (ERA) is an American non-profit gender justice/women's rights organization that was founded in 1974. ERA is a legal and advocacy organization for advancing rights and opportunities for women, girls, and people of marginalized gender identities through legal cases and policy advocacy.
Publication of data and advocacy relevant to rights increased in recent decades. For example, the United Nations Human Development Report 2004 estimated that, on average, women work more than men when both paid employment and unpaid household tasks are accounted for. In rural areas of selected developing countries, women performed an average of ...
The Family-to-Family program provides general information about mental illness and how it is currently treated from a medical model perspective. The programs cover mental illnesses including schizophrenia, depression, bipolar disorder, etc., as well as the indications and side effects of medications. Family-to-Family takes a biologically-based ...
Women's political advocacy groups in the United States (7 C, 67 P) African-American women's organizations (2 C, 56 P) Asian-American women's organizations (9 P)
Women's suffrage advocacy groups in the United States (5 C, 50 P) A. American Association of University Women (2 C, 20 P) H. Hadassah Women's Zionist Organization of ...
Little Entente of Women – umbrella organization for Eastern European women's groups; National Association of Women in Construction – founded 1955 for the advancement of women in construction; National Organization for Women – women's equal rights group; National Women's Register – covers various countries and is a mother's day out ...
Catholics for Choice, a pro-abortion rights Catholic advocacy group; Clergy Consultation Service on Abortion, a defunct interfaith group of clergy that counseled and referred people for safe abortions before Roe v. Wade; Joy of Satan Ministries, a polytheistic religion which believes Lillith to be a goddess of women's rights and decisions [6]