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Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) - An international membership organization committed to gender equality and just sustainable development. In English, French, and Spanish.

CENIT - Center for the Working Girl - Nonprofit NGO in Quito, Ecuador providing a variety of educational, vocational, and health services to working girls and their families. Information on programs, longterm follow-up, and volunteering.

Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund - Statewide non-profit organization dedicated to empowering women, girls and their families to achieve equal opportunities in their personal and professional lives. Details of mission, programs, publications and membership.

Integrated Women Development Institute (IWDI) - Community organization for social action and development in the Dalit community in Tamil Nadu. Describes goals and programs.

International Women's Tribune Centre - Provides communication, information, education, and organizing support services to women's organizations and community groups in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

Jagriti Foundation - Facilitators of international cultural exchanges and cross-cultural learning. Includes testimonials from program participants, list of member organizations, and information on volunteer opportunities.

404 Mahila Samakhya - India. Literacy and practical education of girls and women, mobilising them to fight against social and gender injustice. Gives information on projects and organizational structure.
Meta Description: [ Lucknow based NGO dealing with Women Empowerment, Gender bias, girl child education, Women education, violence against women, gender equality in India ]

Passages Northwest - Seattle - Dedicated to educating and motivating girls and women to develop leadership and courage through the integrated exploration of the arts and the natural environment.

Street Girls Project - Non-profit organization based in Lusaka, Zambia explains its aims of promoting girls' rights and teaching them how to protect against HIV/AIDs.

TEWA - Aims to increase the self-reliance of Nepalis by reducing dependency on foreign donors, with special focus on women. Describes goals and lists board and staff.

United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) - Details the fund's activities plus resource packs and forthcoming events.
Meta Description: [ UNIFEM, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, is the women's fund at the United Nations. The fund provides assistance to innovative programmes and strategies to foster women's empowerment and gender equality. ]

Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW) - Works nationally and in its home community of Washington, DC to achieve economic independence and equality of opportunity for women and girls.

Women's Alliance for Development - Projects and publications from Bulgarian group working with women's organisations, informal groups or individual women for sustainable development of the society and its human resources. [English/Bulgarian]

Women's Housing Coalition - Baltimore. A non-profit organization provides transitional and permanent housing combined with supportive services for homeless, low-income, and at-risk women.
Meta Description: [ Women's Housing Coalition: a non-profit organization helping homeless, disabled, and low-income women and their children to become self-sufficient in Baltimore City, Maryland, USA ]

Women, Ink. - A project of the International Women's Tribune Center to market and distribute books on women and development in the Global South region.

Work Of Women (WOW) - A global organization within World Neighbors investing in the power and potential of women through funding health, education and micro-credit programs.
Meta Description: [ WOW! (Work of Women) is a global membership organization within World Neighbors, a not-for-profit community development organization working in partnership with the rural poor in hundreds of villages in Asia, Africa and Latin America. ]