Whether it’s women’s reproductive rights or educational resources for children, there are several national organizations that fight for the rights of women and young girls in the US and all over the world.
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood offers reproductive health care and sexual education to the public. Along with this, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund advocates for women’s reproductive rights including access to abortion resources and affordable birth control.
Website: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/
Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights works to advance reproductive rights through law. Their goal is to “transform the landscape” of reproductive rights worldwide by strengthening laws and policies.
Website: https://reproductiverights.org/
Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code works toward closing the gender gap in STEM by offering school coding programs and summer immersion programs. They also work with state governments to work on policy changes and implement educational resources for students.
Website: https://girlswhocode.com/
UN Women
UN Women is an entity of the United Nations that sets global standards for gender equality and works with governments to design policies and services to benefit women and girls worldwide.
Website: https://www.unwomen.org/
Dress For Success
Dress for Success helps women achieve economic independence by providing business attire, development tools, and a supportive network of professionals. They work toward providing helpful career resources for women seeking self-sufficiency.
Website: https://dressforsuccess.org/
National Organization for Women
The National Organization for Women uses grassroots activism to fight for economic equality and the protection of women’s rights. They work toward abortion rights and reproductive autonomy, addressing bigotry toward the LGBTQIA+ community, and ending violence toward women.
Website: https://now.org/
The Malala Fund
The Malala Fund aims to help provide 12 years of safe, quality education for girls around the world. Their work includes advocating for policy changes that would allow girls to receive a secondary education and investing in the work of local activists to support their education efforts.
Website: https://malala.org/
Girls Not Brides
Child marriages occur as a result of gender inequality and the view that women are inferior to men. Girls Not Brides is a partnership of over 1500 civil society organizations around the world that are fighting to end child marriage.
Website: https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/
PERIOD
PERIOD is a global organization using advocacy and education to end period poverty and stigma. They also distribute menstrual products to communities in need and provide resources to local activists working within their communities.
Website: https://period.org/
Orchid Project
Orchid Project is a London-based organization that works to end female genital cutting/mutilation. With genital mutilation impacting the reproductive rights of women and girls around the world, Orchid Project works with agencies, governments, and grassroots partners to raise awareness and share resources.
Website: https://www.orchidproject.org/
MADRE
MADRE works with women leaders in communities facing war and disaster to advocate for climate justice and end gender violence. They approach their mission through grantmaking, legal policy change, and training/tools for community activists and partners.
Website: https://www.madre.org/
