THE GREAT INITIATIVE is a London based charity that works to redress the gender imbalance through advocacy and education, international partnerships and supporting female entrepreneurs at a grassroots level.
Gender equality is not just a women’s issue. It is widely acknowledged that achieving gender equality at every level is a vital step to ending poverty, and although we are making big steps in the right direction there is still a huge amount to be done.
We believe that our best strategy to increase gender equality is to empower and enable individual women to take the lead on innovative projects, who have the experience, understanding and know-how to make the most impact in their communities.
We are currently building a new website to reflect our expanding work in the UK and abroad. In the mean time keep up to date with us via twitter @greatinitiative and facebook.com/thegreatinitiative
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Women's Major Group | Which recognized women as one of the nine major groups of society whose participation in decision-making is essential for achieving sustainable development.
Women’s Major Group
Sustainable Development
This is the website of the Women’s Major Group. The Women’s Major Group was created as a result of the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro which recognized women as one of the nine major groups of society whose participation in decision-making is essential for achieving sustainable development.
The role of the Women’s Major Group is to assure effective public participation of women’s non-governmental groups in the UN policy processes on sustainable development.
The Women’s Major Group contributes to the intergovernmental processes on Sustainable Development Goals and its link to the Post 2015 Development Agenda, the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and other outcomes of the RIO processes.
The Women’s Major Group is an open-ended group of organisations which work on women’s rights, sustainable development and environment themes. There are over 400 list serve members of the Women’s Major Group who are organisations and individuals from every region of the world, who work on gender, sustainable development and environment.
The coordination for the UN Sustainable Development process is assured by two organising partners
Ms.FoundationWomen | We are the nation’s leading voice on women’s issues, and our voice is loud
We are the nation’s leading voice on women’s issues, and our voice is loud. We call attention to barriers, criticize injustice, call out hypocrisy, shape conversations, challenge opposing voices and celebrate victories. The Ms. Foundation makes news and responds to the headlines: We regularly contribute to, and are cited in, prominent media outlets.
Women's Media Center | Amplifying Women's Voices, Changing the Conversation
We are shaken and reeling at the sudden passing of our irreplaceable editor-in-chief, Mary Thom (June 3, 1944—April 26, 2013). Our president Julie Burton says “Mary was one of the great writers, editors, and visionaries of the women’s movement, and the heart and soul of Women’s Media Center’s feature writing. From her work in the early days of Ms. Magazine right up until this week, hers was a clear, strong voice for equality—and her editorial talents lifted so many other voices as well.” Mary, we miss you already. (A statement from WMC co-founders Robin Morgan, Gloria Steinem, and Jane Fonda is available, as is news coverage from The New York Times, AP, and CNN, among others. Information on memorial arrangements to come.)
WomenforRefugeeWomen | "If a few people can speak out, the change will come one day”
About Us
Women for Refugee Women challenges the injustices experienced by women who seek asylum.
Women come to this country fleeing persecution such as arrest and imprisonment. Many of them are also fleeing persecution that is targeted particularly at women, such as rape, forced marriage, honour crimes, and trafficking for forced prostitution.
Our recent research shows that half of women seeking asylum have been raped as part of the persecution they have experienced. Yet the majority of these women are refused asylum.
WomenforRefugeeWomen | "If a few people can speak out, the change will come one day”
About Us
Women for Refugee Women challenges the injustices experienced by women who seek asylum.
Women come to this country fleeing persecution such as arrest and imprisonment. Many of them are also fleeing persecution that is targeted particularly at women, such as rape, forced marriage, honour crimes, and trafficking for forced prostitution.
Our recent research shows that half of women seeking asylum have been raped as part of the persecution they have experienced. Yet the majority of these women are refused asylum.
Women's Foundation | We mobilize our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls in the Washington region have the resources they need to thrive.
Mission
We mobilize our community to ensure that economically vulnerable women and girls in the Washington region have the resources they need to thrive.
Vision
The Washington region is a model community that ensures women and girls are on a path to prosperity.
Washington Area Women’s Foundation is an influential, respected, visionary national leader of community strategies that enrich the lives of women and girls.
Madre | To advance women’s human rights by meeting urgent needs in communities and building lasting solutions to the crises women face.
MADRE Vision
MADRE works towards a world in which all people enjoy the fullest range of individual and collective human rights; in which resources are shared equitably and sustainably; in which women participate effectively in all aspects of society; and in which people have a meaningful say in policies that affect their lives.
MADRE’s vision is enacted with an understanding of the inter-relationships between the various issues we address and by a commitment to working in partnership with women at the local, regional and international levels who share our goals.
Vital Voices | Global Partnership
Our mission is to identify, invest in and bring visibility to extraordinary women around the world by unleashing their leadership potential to transform lives and accelerate peace and prosperity in their communities.
For Women, UN Arms Trade Treaty is Just the Beginning
For women around the globe who have struggled for decades to live free from the violence of militarism, the UN General Assembly vote to approve the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) came as a victory of sorts.