List of women's organizations

This is a list of women's organization by civics

International

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• All India Democratic Women's Association - founded in 1981 to achieve women's emancipation in India
• Alliance of Pan American Round Tables – founded 1916 to foster women's relationships throughout the Americas
• Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945
• Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933
• The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901
• Beta Sigma Phi – founded 1931
• Communist Women's International (1920–1930) – established to advance communist ideas among women
• Council of Women World Leaders – Membership of nearly all the world's current and former women presidents and prime ministers
• Ellevate Network – Global professional network dedicated to closing the gender achievement gap (founded 1997)
• Equality Now – founded in 1992 to ensure gender equality and an end to violence against women
• Every Woman Foundation – celebrating International Women's Day
• Gather the Women Global Matrix — A global grassroots network of women activating the Divine Feminine in Leadership (founded 2003)
• Graduate Women International – Organized to promote women's education (founded 1919)
• Inner Wheel Club – founded 1924 for the wives and daughters of Rotarians
• International Alliance of Women – founded in 1904 to advocate suffrage
• International Alliance for Women – founded 1980 for professional women
• International Association of Women Police – (established 1915) network for women in law enforcement and criminal justice
• International Council of Women – founded in the year 1888, first international women's organization
• International Federation for Research in Women's History – founded 1987, organizes international conferences
• International Federation of Business and Professional Women – founded 1930, network for professional women
• International Federation of Women Lawyers – founded 1944, enhances the status of women and children by providing legal aid, legal literacy and education programs, and through advocacy, law reform, research and publications
• International Women's Forum – founded 1974
• International Women's Health Coalition – founded 1984, based in New York to advocate for issues pertaining to women's health, this foundation also helps bring to light severe issues such as the stigmatization of women's health
• International Women's Suffrage Alliance – major suffrage organization
• LeanIn.Org – founded in 2013, runs programs that counter gender stereotypes and advance opportunities for all women. Time's Up (movement)
• 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 program for stay-at-home caregivers
• Ninety-Nines – founded 1929, International Organization of Women Pilots
• Nobel Women's Initiative – founded by women Nobel Peace Prize winners
• One Billion Rising – founded 2012, against rape and beating
• Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World
• P.E.O. Sisterhood – philanthropic organization with chapters in North America (organized 1869)
• Peace X Peace – founded 2002
• Quota International – empowering women, children, deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech impaired (founded 1919)
• Relief Society – Worldwide charitable and educational organization of women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (founded 1842)
• St. Joan's International Alliance – Feminist Catholic organization founded in 1911
• Soroptimist International – Worldwide service-organisation for women (founded 1921)
• Socialist International Women – founded 1907
• Sweet Adelines International – founded 1945 for women's barbershop harmony singers
• The RINJ Foundation – civil society women's group focused on safety of women & children particularly from sexual exploitation & violence (founded 2012)
• TimesUp – organisation all around the world (famous ambassadors: Emma Watson, Meryl Streep)
• UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women (established 1976)
• UN Women – established 2010
• United Methodist Women – founded in 1869
• Woman's Christian Temperance Union – Anti-alcohol movement (founded 1874)
• Womankind Worldwide – supporting women in Africa, Asia and Latin America
• Women Deliver – a global advocacy organization that works to generate political commitment and financial investment for fulfilling Millennium Development Goal 5 – reducing maternal mortality and achieving universal access to reproductive health.
• Women Without Borders – founded 2002, empowering women as agents of change
• Women for Women International – for women survivors of war
• Women in Animation – in support of women animators
• Women in Parliaments Global Forum – in support of women parliamentarians
• Women in the World Foundation
• Women's Commission For Refugee Women and Children – Seeks to defend rights of refugee women, youth and children (organized 1989)
• Women's Environment & Development Organization – Advocates women’s equality in global policy (created 1990)
• Women's International Democratic Federation – founded in 1945 in Paris, organization aimed at improving women's economic rights
• Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) – Women's peace movement (created 1915)
• Women's International Zionist Organization – Founded in 1929 to provide community services in Mandate Palestine, now active in Israel and throughout the Jewish world
• Women's World Banking founded 1979, empowering low-income women around the world through financial inclusion
• Women's WorldWide Web (W4) – Empowering women and girls around the world (founded 2010)
• World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts – founded 1928
• World Pulse – Women's Social Network to connect women globally (founded 2003)
• Young Women's Christian Association – Originally created to provide housing and other services to Christian women (founded 1855)
• Zonta International – founded 1919, a global organization of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy

Africa

• ABANTU for Development – seeks to empower women in politics, economy, and development
• African Women's Development Fund – founded 2001, supporting women's rights organizations
• Akina Mama wa Afrika – founded 1985
• Amal Women's Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant – helps disadvantaged women gain work experience by training them in the culinary arts
• Association Solidarité Féminine – helps single mothers gain work experience by training them at the association's restaurant, patisserie, and hammam
• FEMNET – founded 1988
• Network for Locally Elected Women of Africa (REFELA) – founded 2011
• Pan-African Women's Organization (PAWO) – oldest continent-wide women's organization in Africa (founded 1962)
• Sande society – initiating girls into adulthood
• Women'sNet – South African support for women activists using technology
• WOUGNET – Women of Uganda Network

Angola

• Organization of Angolan Women (OMA) – founded 1962

Burundi

• National Women's Forum (FNF) – founded 2013

Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Dynamique des femmes jurists – founded 2006
• Nothing Without Women – founded 2015
• Fifty Percent Women or Nothing Dynamic - founded 2019
• Women's Association for the Promotion and Endogenous Development (AFPDE) – founded 1999

Egypt

• Egyptian Centre for Women's Rights – founded 1996
• Egyptian Feminist Union – founded 1923
• Mabarrat Muhammad 'Ali or Muhammad 'Ali Benevolent Society, (1909–1964)

Eswatini

• Eswatini Single Mothers Organization (SWASMO) – founded 2009

Ethiopia

• KMG Ethiopia – founded 1997

Ghana

• Mbaasem Foundation, founded 2000 by Ama Ata Aidoo
• National Council of Ghana Women (NCGW), 1960–1966
• National Federation of Gold Coast Women (NFGCW), 1953–1960
• Sirigu Women's Organisation for Pottery and Art (SWOPA), founded 1997
• Action on African Women Foundation (AAWF), founded by Festus Otchere

Ivory Coast

• Association des Femmes Ivoiriennes – founded 1963

Kenya

• Maendeleo Ya Wanawake – founded 1952, women / yahya's rights

Liberia

• National Liberian Women's Social and Political Movement (NLWSPM), 1920 by Maude A. Morris
• Liberian Women's Social and Political Movement, founded 1946 by Sarah Simpson-George

Libya

• Voice of Libyan Women (VLW) – founded 2011

Mali

• Association des Juristes Maliennes (AJM) – founded 1988

Mauritania

• The Association of Women Heads of Households (AFCF) – founded 1999 by Aminetou Mint El-Moctar

Morocco

• Amal Women's Training Center and Moroccan Restaurant – founded 2012
• Democratic Association of Moroccan Women – founded 1985
• Association Solidarité Féminine – founded 1985 by Aïcha Chenna
• Miss Moto Maroc – founded 2011

Mozambique

• League of Mozambican Women – founded 1962
• Organization of Mozambican Women – founded 1973

Namibia

• Epako Women's Center – founded 2011
• Namibia Women's Action for Equality Party – founded 1994
• Sister Namibia – founded 1989

Nigeria

• DeltaWomen – founded 2010
• International Women's Society – founded 1957
• National Association of Nigerian Prostitutes
• National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) – founded 1997
• National Commission for Women (NCW) – founded 1988
• Rural Women Energy Security (RUWES) – founded 2013
• Women in Management, Business and Public Service (WIMBIZ) – founded 2001
• Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) – founded 1993 by Bisi Olateru-Olagbegi
• Women in Nigeria (WIN) – founded 1982
• Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) – founded 2008

Republic of the Congo

• African Women's Union of the Congo (UFAC)
• Femmes-Caïmans – founded 1956

Rwanda

• Pro-Femmes Twese Hamwe – founded 1992

Senegal

• Henriette-Bathily Women's Museum – opened 1994
• Yewwu-Yewwi – founded 1984

Sierra Leone

• Sierra Leone Women's Movement (SLWM) – founded 1951 by Constance Cummings-John
• National Congress of Sierra Leone Women (NCSLW) – founded 1960

Somalia

• Abay Siti – founded 19th century
• IIDA Women's Development Organisation – founded 1991
• Puntland Women Lawyers Association
• Sixth Clan – founded 2002 by Asha Haji Elmi
• Somali Women's Democratic Organization – founded 1977

South Africa

• African National Congress Women's League – founded 1948, replacing Bantu Women's League founded 1918 by Charlotte Maxeke
• Natal Organisation of Women – founded 1983
• National Movement of Rural Women (NMRW) – founded 1990
• Women Forward – founded 2008
• Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union – founded 1911

Uganda

• Association of Uganda Professional Women in Agriculture and Environment
• Eliezah Foundation Initiative Uganda – founded 2005
• FEMRITE – women writers association, founded 1995
• Uganda Women Parliamentary Association
• Uganda Women's Network
• Women At Work International – founded 2003
• WOUGNET – founded 2000

Zambia

• Zambia Alliance of Women – founded 1978
• Zambian National Women's Lobby – founded 1991

Zimbabwe

• Akashinga – founded 2017
• Zimbabwe Women Writers – founded 1990
• Zimbabwe Women's Bureau – founded 1978
• Zimbabwe Women's Resource Centre and Network – founded 1990

Asia

• All-China Women's Federation (ACWF)
• Arab Feminist Union
• Honour for Women National Campaign – India
• OYSS Women
• Na'amat – Israel-based women's organization
• National Alliance of Taiwan Women's Associations (NATWA)
• WomensHub – Philippines support for women activists using technology

Afghanistan

• Afghan Women's Business Federation – founded 2005
• Afghan Women's Council – founded 1978
• Afghan Women's Network – founded 1996
• Anjuman-i Himayat-i-Niswan – founded 1928
• Democratic Women's Organisation of Afghanistan – founded 1965
• Kapisa Women's Center – founded 2008
• Ministry of Women's Affairs (Afghanistan) – founded 2001
• Women for Afghan Women – founded 2001
• Women's Welfare Association – founded 1946
• Young Women for Change – founded 2011

Bahrain

• Supreme Council for Women – advisory body to the government

Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Homeworkers Women Association
• Bangladesh Mahila Parishad – founded 1970
• Bangladesh Mahila Samiti
• Bangladesh National Women Lawyers' Association

China

• Tiananmen Mothers – founded 1989

East Timor

• Rede Feto – established 2000, umbrella organization

India

• All Bengal Women's Union, founded 1932
• All India Federation of Women Lawyers
• All India Women's Conference, founded 1927, the third national women's organisation
• Angami Women Organization
• Association of Theologically Trained Women of India
• Bharatiya Grameen Mahila Sangh (National Association of Rural Women India)
• Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (Indian Muslim Women's Movement)
• Bhumata Brigade
• Centre for Equality and Inclusion
• Centre for Women's Development Studies
• Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs
• Friends of Women's World Banking
• Gulabi Gang
• Honour for Women National Campaign
• Indian Women Scientists' Association
• Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti, women's rights
• Ministry of Women and Child Development
• Msf Haritha, founded 2012, empowering women
• Nari Mukti Sangh founded 1990, women's liberation
• National Council of Women in India, founded in 1925, the second national women's organisation
• Odanadi Seva Trust, founded 1984, trafficking
• OYSS Women
• Project Nanhi Kali, supporting girls' education
• RAHI Foundation, incest and abuse support
• Sabala Organization, women's empowerment
• Sanlaap, women's rights
• Self Employed Women's Association
• Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, women's cooperative
• The Women of India Summit, founded in 2014, annual conference to address gender inequality in India
• Women's Indian Association, founded 1917, the first national women's organisation
• Working Women's Forum, founded 1976, empowering poor women

Indonesia

• Aisyiyah, founded 1917, women's empowerment
• Gerakan Wanita Sosialis
• Isteri-Sedar
• Murba Women's Union
• Wanita Indonesia
• Working Women's Front
• Perikatan Perempuan Indonesia, founded 1928, the first national women's organization

Iran

• Jam'iyat-e Nesvan-e Vatankhah, founded 1918
• Kanoun-e-Banovan, founded 1935
• Mourning Mothers, mothers of children killed in violence

Iraq

• Women's Awakening Club, founded 1923
• General Federation of Iraqi Women, founded 1969
• Iraqi Women's League, founded in the 1950s
• Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq, founded 2003
• Republican Women's Organization, founded 1960

Israel

• Bat Shalom, Jewish and Arab women for peace, established 1994
• Coalition of Women for Peace
• Haifa Women's Coalition
• Israel Women's Network
• Machsom Watch, controlling checkpoints
• Na'amat, affiliated with the Labour Zionist Movement
• Women of the Wall
• Women's International Zionist Organization

Japan

• Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center
• Chifuren (National League of Regional Women's Organizations)
• League of Women Voters of Japan, established 1945
• New Japan Women's League, established 1946
• New Women's Association (1920–1922)
• Sekirankai, women's socialist organization

Lebanon

• Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union, founded 1920

Malaysia

• All Women's Action Society
• Sisters in Islam, founded 1988
• Women's Aid Organisation

Nepal

• ABC Nepal
• Nepal Progressive Women's Federation
• Rastriya Janashakti Mahila Sangh
• Women LEAD

Myanmar

• Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation
• Shan Women's Action Network
• Women's League of Burma, founded 1999

North Korea

• Socialist Women's Union of Korea

Pakistan

• All Pakistan Women's Association, founded 1949
• Aurat Foundation, founded 1986
• Blue Veins (Pakistan), health advocacy
• Pakistan Federation of Business and Professional Women
• Pakistan Foreign Office Women's Association
• Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, moved to Pakistan in early 1980s
• Sindhiani Tahreek (Sindhi women's movement)
• Tehrik-e-Niswan (The Woman's Movement)
• Women Media Center
• Women’s Action Forum, established 1981

Palestine

• Arab Women's Executive Committee, founded 1929
• General Union of Palestinian Women, founded 1965

Philippines

• Third World Movement Against the Exploitation of Women

Qatar

• Qatari Women Association

Singapore

• Young Women Muslim Association of Singapore

South Korea

• Chanyang-hoe, founded 1898
• Korea Women's Hot Line
• Korean Women's Associations United, founded 1987
• Korean Women Workers Association, founded 1987
• Sunseong-hoe, founded 1896
• Yo-u-hoe, founded 1899

Syria

• Syrian-Lebanese Women's Union, founded 1920
• General Union of Syrian Women, founded 1967
• Kongreya Star, founded 2005

Taiwan

• Foundation of Women's Rights Promotion and Development
• National Alliance of Taiwan Women's Associations, founded 2001

Thailand

• Anjaree, gay rights
• Shan Women's Action Network

United Arab Emirates

• Dubai Women Establishment, established 2006

Yemen

• Adeni Women's Club, founded in 1943
• General Union of Yemeni Women, founded in 1968
• Women National Committee, founded 1996, government body
• Yemeni Women's Union, founded in 1990

Europe

• European Feminist Forum
• European Women's Lobby
• National Alliance of Women's Organisations
• Terre des Femmes
• Zonta International, founded 1919, NGO Member Council of Europe, UN Consultative status

Albania

• Gruaja Shiqiptare, founded in 1928

Austria

• Allgemeiner Österreichischer Frauenverein

Azerbaijan

• Ali Bayramov Club, first women's organization in Azerbaijan, founded in 1920.

Belgium

• Cercle des Femmes Peintres (1888–1893)
• Ligue belge du droit des femmes, founded in 1892 in support of women's rights
• Union des femmes de Wallonie, founded in 1912 for women in the French-speaking province of Wallonia

Bulgaria

• Bulgarian Women's Union or Balgarski Zhenski Sayuz (1901–1944), umbrella organization

Czech Republic

• Ženský Klub Český
• Women's National Council

Denmark

• Danish Women's Defence Association (Danske Kvinders Forsvarsforening), 1907–1921, in support of Denmark's neutrality
• Danish Women's Society (Dansk Kvindesamfund), world's oldest women's rights organization, founded 1871
• De Danske Husmoderforeninger (The Danish Housewives Associations)
• Fødselsstiftelsen (Maternity Institution)
• Kvindevalgretsforeningen (Women's Suffrage Association), women's organization (1889–1898) specifically focused on suffrage
• Kvindelig Fremskridtsforening (Women's Progress Association) (1885–1893), focus on women's voting rights
• Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund (Society of Female Artists), founded 1916
• Kvindelig Læseforening (Women Readers' Association), 1872–1945
• Kvinderådet (The Women's Council in Denmark), Danish arm of the International Council of Women
• KVINFO, The Danish Center for Research on Women and Gender
• Landsforbundet for Kvinders Valgret (National Federation for Women's Right to Vote)
• Lesbian Movement (Lesbisk Bevægelse), 1974–1985
• Ligestillingsrådet, The Danish Equal Opportunities Council, 1975–2000
• Red Stocking Movement (Rødstrømpebevægelsen) 1970–1985, left-wing women's rights movement

Estonia

• Tartu Eesti Naesterahva Selts, founded 1907

Finland

• Naisasialiitto Unioni, founded 1892, Finnish arm of the International Alliance of Women
• Women's Bank, supporting women's businesses in developing countries

France

• Association femmes et mathématiques, founded 1987
• British and Commonwealth Women's Association, founded 1962
• Fédération Française des Sociétés Féministes (1891–1893)
• French Union for Women's Suffrage (1909–1944)
• Gouines rouges, feminist lesbian movement
• Groupe Feministe Socialiste, founded 1899
• Kering Foundation
• Ligue Française pour le Droit des Femmes
• National Council of French Women, founded 1901
• Ni Putes Ni Soumises
• Union des femmes pour la défense de Paris et les soins aux blessés, 1871, during the Paris Commune
• Women's Grand Lodge Of France

Georgia

• Taso Foundation, National Women's Fund and Memory Research Center

Germany

• Bund Deutscher Frauenvereine (Federation of German Women's Associations) (1894–1933)
• Democratic Women's League of Germany, founded 1947
• Deutscher Verband für Frauenstimmrecht, suffrage organisation (1902–1919)
• Deutscher Frauenring
• Deutsches Frauenwerk, Nazi association
• German Association of Female Citizens, founded 1865
• League of German Girls (1930–1945), Nazi association
• League of Jewish Women (Germany) (Jüdischer Frauenbund), founded 1904
• National Socialist Women's League (1931–1945)
• Ninety-Nines German section of the International Organization of Women Pilots Ninety-Nines, founded 1929
• Queen Louise League or Königin-Luise-Bund, founded 1923, pro-monarchic
• Terre des Femmes, founded 1981

Greece

• Greek League for Women's Rights, founded 1920

Hungary

• Christian Women's League
• Feminist Association (1904–1942), fought for women's equality in all areas
• Sisters of Social Service

Iceland

• Icelandic Women's Rights Association, founded 2007

Ireland

• Cumann na mBan (Irish Women's Council), founded 1913
• Cumann na Saoirse
• Dublin Women's Suffrage Association fought for women's suffrage
• Inghinidhe na hÉireann (1900–1914), daughters of Ireland
• Irish Catholic Women's Suffrage Association, set up in Dublin in November 1915
• Irish Countrywomen's Association
• Irish Housewives Association (1942–1992)
• Irish Women's Franchise League, women's suffrage group founded in 1908
• Irish Women's Liberation Movement
• Irish Women's Suffrage Society
• Irish Women Workers' Union (1911–1984)
• National Women's Council of Ireland

Italy

• Associazione per la donna (Association for Women), founded in 1896 in support of women's civic and political rights
• Comitato pro suffragio femminile (Committee for Women's Suffrage), founded in 1905 in support of women's voting rights
• Consiglio Nazionale delle Donne Italiane (National Council of Italian Women), a federation founded in 1903 to improve conditions for women

Malta

• Women of Malta Association, founded in 1944 in favor of women's suffrage

Netherlands

• Atria - Institute on gender equality and women's history
• Arbeid Adelt, meaning Labour is Ennobling, full name Algemeen Nederlandsche Vrouwenvereeniging Arbeid Adelt (1871–1953)
• Dutch Women's Council, founded 1898
• Mama Cash founded 1983, funding organization
• Vereeniging voor Vrouwenkiesrecht (Women's Suffrage Organization), established 1894
• Vrije Vrouwen Vereeniging (Free Women's Organization), established 1889

North Macedonia

• The Assumption (society), founded 1885

Norway

• Forum for Women and Development (FOKUS), established 1995
• Kvinnestemmerettsforeningen
• MiRA Resource Centre for Black, Immigrant and Refugee Women, established 1989
• National Association for Women's Suffrage (Norway)
• Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
• Norwegian Conservative Party's Women's Association, founded 1925
• Norwegian Labour Party's Women's Federation, 1901–2005
• Norwegian National Women's Council, founded 1904
• Norwegian Women's Lobby, established 2014
• Norwegian Women's Public Health Association
• Nordic Women's University, established 2011
• Women's Front (Kvinnefronten), established 1972

Poland

• Centrum Praw Kobiet, founded 1995, women's rights and prevention of violence against women
• Ukrainian Women's Union (1920–1938), nationalist and feminist organization representing non-Soviet Ukrainian women

Portugal

• Capazes, founded in 2014
• Conselho Nacional das Mulheres Portuguesas, founded in 1914
• UMAR (Alternative and Answer Women's Union), founded in 1976

Romania

• Liga Femeilor Române, founded 1894
• Liga Drepturile si Datoriile Femeii, founded 1911
• Women in Business Romania, founded 2009

Russia

• Communist Women's International, founded 1920, advancing Communist ideas among women

Slovakia

• Živena, founded 1869

Slovenia

• Splošno slovensko žensko društvo, founded 1901

Spain

• Asociación Nacional de Mujeres Españolas (1918–1936)
• Asociación para la Enseñanza de la Mujer, established 1870
• Sección Femenina (1934–1977), women's branch of the Falange movement

Sweden

• Christian Democratic Women's League
• Fredrika Bremer Association, active from 1884
• Group 8, active from 1968 to 2004
• Married Woman's Property Rights Association, active from 1873 to 1896
• Moderate Women, established 1912, representing the Moderate Party
• National Association for Women's Suffrage active from 1902 to 1921
• National Council of Swedish Women, founded 1896
• Nya Idun, founded 1885
• SD Women, representing Sweden Democrats
• Social Democratic Women in Sweden, established 1920
• Stockholms allmänna kvinnoklubb (Stockholm Public Women's Club), founded 1892
• Swedish Women's Educational Association, promoting Swedish language and culture internationally
• Swedish Women's Lobby, established 1997
• Välgörande fruntimmerssällskapet, active from 1819 to 1934

Switzerland

• Federation of Swiss Women's Associations
• PeaceWomen Across the Globe, founded 2003

Turkey

• Osmanlı Műdafaa-ı Hukûk-ı Nisvan Cemiyeti – founded 1913
• Türk Kadinlar Birligi – founded 1924
• Flying Broom – founded 1996
• Ka-Mer – founded 1997, offers protection and legal aid

Ukraine

• Ukrainian Women's Union, (1920–1938), active outside Soviet Ukraine

United Kingdom

• Back Off Scotland, anti-harassment group
• Birds Eye View, film
• Brighton Women's Centre, safe, women-only space
• British Federation of Women Graduates
• British Women's Temperance Association
• Church League for Women's Suffrage, founded 1909
• Conservative Women's Organisation, the organisation for women members of the Conservative Party (UK)
• Co-operative Women's Guild, founded 1893
• Fair Play For Women
• Freedom Charity, organisation for helping victims of forced marriage and associated violence
• Engender, Edinburgh-based feminist organization
• Feminists Against Censorship, established 1989
• Junior League
• Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts, founded 1869
• League of Jewish Women
• Married Women's Association, established 1938
• Medical Women's Federation, established 1917
• Merched y Wawr, established 1967
• Mothers' Union, founded 1876
• National Assembly of Women, founded 1952, women's rights
• National Society for Women's Suffrage, founded 1867
• National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, major woman's suffrage group
• National Women's Register (NWR), network of local groups and individual members who enjoy lively discussion and conversation
• Open Door Council, founded 1926, equal opportunities
• Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent
• People's Suffrage Federation
• Rape Crisis England and Wales, feminist charity and umbrella body for Rape Crisis Centres across England and Wales
• Royal College of Midwives, founded 1881
• Socialist Women's Network
• Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, established 1859
• Society of Women Artists, founded c. 1855
• Society of Women Musicians, founded 1911
• The Association of Loyal Orangewomen of Ireland
• Women in Data, founded 2014
• Women in Publishing, founded 1979
• Women's Engineering Society, founded 1919
• Women's Guild of Arts, founded 1907
• Women's Institutes (WI), 6,500 local organisations, founded 1915
• Women's Labour League, founded 1906, promoting political representation
• Women's Liberal Federation, Liberal Party
• Women's Local Government Society, founded 1888
• Women's Social and Political Union (1903–1917), a major suffrage organization in the United Kingdom

Yugoslavia

• Yugoslav Women's Alliance, founded in 1919
• Feminist Alliance of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, founded 1923

North America

• North American Indian Women's Association, founded 1970
• White Buffalo Cow Society, for the Mandan and Hidatsa peoples
• Women of All Red Nations, in support of Native American women

Belize

• Women's Issues Network of Belize, established 1993

Canada

• Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter
• Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women
• Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies
• Canadian Federation of University Women
• Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women
• Canadian Unitarian Universalist Women's Association
• Canadian Women in Literary Arts
• Canadian Women's Foundation
• Canadian Women's Press Club, founded 1904
• Canadian Women's Suffrage Association
• Canadian Women Voters Congress
• Congress of Black Women of Canada
• DisAbled Women's Network Canada
• Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association, established 1889
• Equal Voice, founded 2001
• Federated Women's Institutes of Canada
• Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario
• Fédération des femmes du Québec, founded 1966
• Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire
• Junior League
• Lesbian Organization of Toronto
• Local Council of Women of Halifax
• National Action Committee on the Status of Women, founded 1971
• National Council of Women of Canada
• National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada
• Native Women's Association of Canada
• Nova Scotia Voice of Women
• Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre
• Ottawa Women's Training and Employment Network
• Pauktuutit, Inuit women
• REAL Women of Canada
• Servants Anonymous Society
• University Women's Club of Toronto
• Vancouver Rape Relief & Women's Shelter, established 1973
• Women's Legal Education and Action Fund, founded 1985

Cuba

• Federation of Cuban Women, established 1960
• Ladies in White, relatives of jailed dissidents, founded 2003

Nicaragua

• Luisa Amanda Espinoza Association of Nicaraguan Women, founded 1977

United States

• African-American Women for Reproductive Freedom, founded 1990
• Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, founded 1908
• American Association for Women Radiologists
• American Association of University Women (1881)
• American Equal Rights Association
• American Heritage Girls
• American Legion Auxiliary, founded 1919
• American Woman Suffrage Association
• Alabama's Colored Women's Club, covering clubs from 1888
• Assata's Daughters, founded Chicago 2015, protesting police violence
• Association of Black Women Historians, founded 1979
• Association of Deans of Women and Advisers to Girls in Negro Schools, 1929–1954
• Association for Women in Communications
• Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
• Big Sisters
• Business and Professional Women's Foundation
• Catholic Daughters of the Americas, founded 1903
• Chicago Abortion Fund, founded 1985
• Collegium of Black Women Philosophers, founded 2007
• Combahee River Collective, 1974–1980, Black feminist lesbian organization
• Commercial Real Estate Women
• Concerned Women for America
• Contemporary Club of Newark, founded in 1909, in Newark, New Jersey.
• Daughters of the American Revolution, historical society, founded 1890
• Daughters of Utah Pioneers, historical society, founded 1919
• Delta Delta Delta, sorority, founded 1888
• Degree of Pocahontas
• Delta Sigma Theta sorority, founded 1913
• EMILY's List
• Equal Rights Advocates
• Feminists for Life
• Feminist Majority Foundation
• General Federation of Women's Clubs (1890)
• Girls For A Change (2002)
• Girls on the Run, founded 1996 for pre-teens
• Girl Scouts of the United States of America
• Girls Who Code
• Hadassah
• Heroines of Jericho
• Household of Ruth
• Independent Women's Forum
• Kappa Alpha Theta, sorority, founded 1870
• JC's Girls
• Job's Daughters International
• Junior League
• La Leche League
• Ladies of Liberty Alliance, founded 2009
• Lambda Tau Omega, founded 1988
• League of Women Voters
• Leather & Lace Motorcycle Club, founded in Florida, 1983
• Mothers' Educational Center, founded 1916
• Mothers of the Movement, mothers of African American children
• Motor Maids, motorcycle club, founded 1940
• National American Woman Suffrage Association
• National Association for Women in Education
• National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, founded 1896
• National Association of Professional Women
• National Black Feminist Organization, founded 1973
• National Coalition of 100 Black Women, founded 1970 in New York City
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Council of Negro Women
• National Council of Women of the United States, founded in 1888, affiliated with the International Council of Women
• National Federation of Republican Women
• National Organization for Women (NOW)
• National Organization of Black Women in Law Enforcement, founded 1985
• National Panhellenic Conference, women's sororities, established 1902
• National Woman Suffrage Association
• National Woman's Party, suffrage organization founded in 1913 by Alice Paul
• National Women's Political Caucus, pro-choice organization founded in 1972
• New York Women's Agenda, umbrella group
• Ormes Society, promoting black women in the comic book industry
• Order of the Eastern Star
• Prince Hall Order of the Eastern Star
• Professional Woman's League of New York, founded 1892 in New York City
• Pythian Sisters
• Rainy Day Club, founded 1896 in New York City
• Rebekah Degree
• Red Hat Society
• Relief Society, founded 1842
• Royal Neighbors of America
• Salsa Soul Sisters, black lesbian organization
• Sigma Gamma Rho sorority, founded 1922
• Sisters in Crime, established 1986 for female crime authors
• Society of Women Engineers, founded 1950
• Spinsters of San Francisco, founded 1929
• Sweet Adelines International, founded in 1945
• Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, founded 1897
• United Daughters of the Confederacy, national association of female descendants of Confederate war veterans formed in September 1894
• U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce
• Veteran Feminists of America
• Women Creating Change, founded 1915
• Women's Caucus for Art, founded 1972
• Woman's Christian Temperance Union, officially founded 1874
• Women Employed, founded 1973, based in Chicago
• Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, founded 1869, attached to the Methodist Episcopal Church
• Women's Institute for Science, Equity and Race (WISER), founded 2016
• Women's Loyal National League, 1863–1864, organized to abolish slavery, first national women's political organization in the United States
• Women's Missionary and Service Commission, name established 1955, attached to the Mennonite Church
• Woman's Missionary Union
• Women's Political Council, formed 1946, active in the 1950s
• Women's Refugee Commission
• Women's Trade Union League, 1903–1950, encouraging women to organize trade unions
• Younger Women's Task Force
• Zeta Phi Beta sorority, founded 1920
• Zonta International Empowering women through Service and Advocacy, founded 1919

Oceania

Australia

• Adelaide Women's Club (1922–1938)
• Australian Federation of University Women, founded 1922
• Australian Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry
• Australian Women's Health Network health advocacy organisation
• Country Women's Association, founded 1922
• Emily's List (Australian Labor Party organisation for the equalising of women in politics, started by Joan Kirner)
• Federated Association of Australian Housewives, founded 1923
• League of Women Voters of South Australia (1909–1979)
• Lyceum Club (Australia), founded 1972
• Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, founded 1902
• National Council of Women of Australia, founded 1888, affiliated with the International Council of Women
• National Council of Women of Queensland, founded 1905
• Union of Australian Women (1950–1995)
• Women's Electoral Lobby, founded 1972
• Women's National Emergency Legion (1938–1947)
• Women's Peace Army, founded 1915
• Women's Service Guilds (1909–1997)

New Zealand

• Māori Women's Welfare League
• National Council of Women of New Zealand
• New Zealand Prostitutes' Collective

Solomon Islands

• Solomon Islands National Council of Women, founded 1983
• Women’s Rights Action Movement

South America

Argentina

• Associación Madres del Dolor (Mothers in Pain), established 2004
• Foundation for Studies and Research on Women (FEIM), established 1989.
• Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, established 1977. An organization of women whose grandchildren "disappeared".
• Mothers of the Plaza 25 de Mayo, organization of mothers whose children "disappeared" in the Santa Fe Province.
• Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, established 1977. An organization of mothers whose children "disappeared".
• Ni una menos (Not one [woman] less), established 2015. Against machista violence.

Bolivia

• Atene Femenino, founded 1923. White upper-class women's organization working for women's rights.
• Bartolina Sisa Confederation, founded 1980. Union for peasant women in Bolivia.
• Mujeres Creando, founded 1992. Anarcha-feminist collective.

Brazil

• Brazilian Women's Articulation (AMB – Articulação de Mulheres Brasileiras), founded 1994. Links women's organizations across Brazil.
• Brazilian Women's Federation, active 1949 to 1957. Leftist feminist group associated with the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB).
• Federação Brasileira pelo Progresso Feminino (FBPF), founded 1922. Women's suffrage organization.
• Geledés - Black Women's Institute, founded 1988. Black feminist NGO.

Chile

• Círculo de Estudios de la Mujer, active 1979 to 1983. Response to the Pinochet dictatorship.
• National Council of Women (Chile), founded in 1919. Women's suffrage organization.
• Pro-Emancipation Movement of Chilean Women, active 1935 to 1953. Women's organization with national political strategy. Restarted in 1983 as an umbrella organization of women's groups.

Colombia

• Butterflies with New Wings Building a Future (Butterflies), founded 2010. Self-help group of forcibly displaced and local women in Buenaventura, Valle del Cauca.
• WWB Colombia, founded 1980. Microfinance institution.

Mexico

• Coalition of Mexican Feminist Women, active 1976 to early 1980s. Feminist organization focussing on abortion rights.

Paraguay

• Coordinación de Mujeres del Paraguay, founded 1987. National network of feminist organizations.
• Liga Paraguaya de los Derechos de la Mujer, founded 1951.
• Unión Femenina del Paraguay (UFP), active 1936 to 1937
• Unión Democrática de Mujeres, active 1946 to 1947.

Peru

• Accion para la Liberacion de la Mujer Peruana (ALIMUPER), active 1973 to the early 1980s. Middle-class feminist organization.
• Flora Tristán Peruvian Women's Center, founded 1979. Middle-class feminist organization.

Uruguay

• Consejo Nacional de Mujeres del Uruguay (CONAMU), founded 1916. Organization pressing for women's suffrage and other women's issues.
• Cotidiano Mujer, founded 1985. Feminist collective based in Montevideo.
• Independent Democratic Feminist Party, active 1933 to 1938. Feminist political party founded by Sara Rey Álvarez.
• Uruguayan Women's Suffrage Alliance. Founded 1919. Women's suffrage organization.

See also

• List of women's associations
• List of women's conferences
• List of human rights organizations
• List of organizations for women in science
• List of women's rights activists
• List of women pacifists and peace activists
• Women's suffrage organizations
• Women's rights