Campaign

HeForShe Campaign

HeForShe is a solidarity movement for developed by to engage men and boys as advocates and agents of change for the achievement of gender equality and women’s rights. The campaign encourages them to speak out and take action against inequalities faced by women and girls. www.heforshe.org Table of Contents 1 Background 2 Testimonial 3 References […]

Gender and Education Association

Table of Contents 1 Aims 2 Work 3 See also 4 External links Aims Formally established in 2002 (and launched on International Women’s Day that year), the Gender and Education Association (GEA) works to challenge and eradicate sexism and gender inequality within and through education. GEA is based in the UK, but has an Executive […]

Parity Democracy for Europe

Table of Contents 1 Parity Democracy Campaign 2 The project’s specific objectives 3 The project’s activities 4 External links Parity Democracy Campaign The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies is coordinating the “European Campaign For Parity Democracy and Active European Citizenship: No Modern European Democracy without Gender Equality”. This project is led in partnership with the […]

Gender Equality in Free and Open Source Software

Table of Contents 1 Scope and framework 2 Mandate 3 Activities 4 Development of Indicators 5 How to join? 6 See also Scope and framework Gender Equality is one of ’s global priorities, together with Africa. Within this framework, UNESCO seeks to promote women’s empowerment and to mainstream gender in all UNESCO policies, strategies and […]

V-Day

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. V-Day is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. V-Day generates broader attention for the fight to stop , including , battery, incest, (FGM) and sexual slavery. Activities Through V-Day campaigns, […]

The girl effect

Table of Contents 1 What is the girl effect? 2 Mission: Why Girls? 3 Useful documents 4 Official website 5 References What is the girl effect? The girl effect is a movement. It’s about leveraging the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves, their families, their communities, their countries and the world. […]

The Women’s Institute

The National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NFWI) is the largest voluntary organisation for women in the with 205,000 members in England, Wales and the Islands. History The Women’s Institute was formed in 1915 with two clear aims: to revitalise rural communities and to encourage women to become more involved in producing food during the First […]

The Campaign “Africa for women’s rights: ratify and respect!”

Table of Contents 1 The Campaign “Africa for Women’s Rights: Ratify and respect!” 2 The Campaign “Dossier of Claims”  3 The Campaign Blog 4 The Campaign in 31 African countries The Campaign “Africa for Women’s Rights: Ratify and respect!” In the majority of countries in Africa, women continue to face discrimination, violence and violations of their […]

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