National Council of Women's Organizations, Washington DC, USA
From the Global Women's Network
| National Council of Women's Organizations, Washington DC, USA | |
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| Logo: |  |
| Street address: | 714 G Street SE |
| City: | Washington |
| State or Province: | DC |
| Country: | United States |
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| Location coordinates: | 38° 52' 53" N, 76° 59' 43" WLatitude: 38.8814189 Longitude: -76.9953315 |
| Contact number: | (202) 293-4505 |
| Contact email: | ncwo@ncwo-online.org |
| Website: | http://www.womensorganizations.org/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/ncwo |
| Target: | Girls and Women |
| Organization type: | Women's network (network/coalition of people or organizations) |
| Sectors: | Economic Empowerment, Education, Empowerment, Gender Discrimination, Health |
| Year founded/registered: | 1983 |
Summary
The National Council of Women’s Organizations (NCWO) is a 501c3 nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition that represents over 11 million women across the United States.
About
The National Council of Women’s Organizations is the leading coalition that makes fighting for women’s rights more effective by working together. Every day, NCWO highlights and promotes the diverse work of our more than 200 member organizations representing 11 million women through our list serve, briefings, conferences and policy work.
NCWO grew out of an informal group of women's organizational leaders after defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment in 1983. NCWO has grown steadily and become stronger each year. Capitalizing on the energy and inspiration following the 1995 Beijing Conference, NCWO has taken an active, powerful rolein the policy arena, uniting women’s groups across the country to work together to advance a progressive women’s agenda.
NCWO member organizations work together to address a variety of issues, including workplace and economic equity, education and job training, affirmative action, Social Security, child care, political participation, health, reproductive freedom, and global progress for women’s equality. The strength of NCWO is that it provides a coalescing force uniting member organizations around a common agenda and a commitment to advancing the issues that impact women’s lives through both grassroots activism and substantive policy work. The NCWO agenda is dynamic and changes as issues become prominent in the national debate and priorities for women evolve.
NCWO membership is broad-based and diverse and includes organizations working on a wide spectrum of issues as well as the concerns of specific constituencies: mid-life and older women, girls and young women, women of color, religious women, business and professional women, lesbian women, homemakers and retired women.
Organizational members include nonprofit grassroots, research, service and legal advocacy groups. We invite individuals to join as Individual Supporting Members and international organizations to join as International Affiliate Organizations. Membership is not open to for-profit groups or those whose purpose is to elect candidates from a single party.
Activities
The National Council of Women’s Organizations is the leading coalition that makes fighting for women’s rights more effective by working together. Every day, NCWO highlights and promotes the diverse work of our more than 200 member organizations representing 11 million women through our list serve, briefings, conferences and policy work.
