This is a list of women's organization by civics.

International

  • All India Democratic Women's Association – founded in 1981 to achieve women's emancipation in India
  • Yes Helping Hand – Founded in 2009 for empowerment and employment of Women, Disabled people of Nepal
  • 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 Management Development Network - founded 1984 in Brussels, Belgium.
  • 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-organization 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 – organization all around the world (famous ambassadors: Emma Watson, Meryl Streep, Millie Bobby Brown)
  • 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
  • League of African Women Philosophers (LAWP) - founded 2023

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

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

  • Aisha Buhari Foundation – founded 2014
  • 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
  • RuFI Uganda- Founded 2016

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
  • 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
  • Aliansi Perempuan Indonesia, or Indonesian Women's Alliance, a political activist group of 90 organisations
  • Gerakan Wanita Sosialis
  • Isteri-Sedar
  • Murba Women's Union
  • Perikatan Perempuan Indonesia, founded 1928, the first national women's organization
  • Wanita Indonesia
  • Working Women's Front

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

Oman

  • Omani Women's Association, founded 1970; first women's organization in Oman.

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
  • Gabriela Women's Party
  • Women's Legal and Human Rights Bureau
  • Philippine Business Coalition for Women Empowerment

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

Sri Lanka

  • Mannar Women's Development Federation, founded 1998
  • Women's Action Network, founded 2010

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

Andorra

  • Women's Association of Andorra, founded in 1994

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
  • The Coalition of Finnish Women´s Associations,

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) (), 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 , 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

Monaco

  • Union des Femmes Monégasques, founded in 1958

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)
  • Dolle Mina, movement started in 1970 and revitalised in 2025
  • 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

San Marino

  • Union of Sammarinese Women, founded 1972

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
  • Sade Giyinen Hanımlar Cemiyeti – founded 1918
  • 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
  • WIEGO, founded 1997
  • Socialist Women's Network
  • Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, established 1859
  • Society of Women Artists, founded
  • 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.
  • Dames of the Court of Honor, founded 1921
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, historical society, founded 1890
  • Daughters of Holland Dames, founded 1895
  • Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865, founded 1885
  • 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
  • Kappa Guild, charity founded in 1955
  • 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 Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, founded 1915
  • National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, founded 1891
  • National Society Daughters of the American Colonists, founded 1920
  • National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars, founded 1917
  • National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, founded 1898
  • National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865, founded 1912
  • 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
  • Southern Dames of America, founded 1962
  • 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
  • Australian Women's Suffrage Society, (1888–1898)
  • Catalysts (club), founded 1910
  • 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
  • Lyceum Club (Melbourne), founded 1912
  • 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
  • National Council of Women of Victoria, founded 1902
  • Union of Australian Women (1950–1995)
  • United Council for State Suffrage, (1894–1908)
  • Victorian Women's Franchise League, (1894–1908)
  • Woman's Anti-Franchise League of Victoria, (1900–1900)
  • Women's Cavalry Corps, (1940–1942)
  • Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria – Temperance organisation based in Australia, founded 1887
  • Women's Electoral Lobby, founded 1972
  • Women's National Emergency Legion (1938–1947)
  • Women's Peace Army, founded 1915
  • Women's Political Association of Victoria, (1903–1919)
  • 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

  • Ateneo 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
  • Centro Femenino del Paraguay, founded 1921
  • 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

References