organizations and groups

Advanced Women Professionals in the Jewish Community

http://www.advancingwomen.org

To promote the leadership of women professionals within the Jewish communal institutions.

American Baptist Women and Girls

http://www.abwministries.org

When women get involved in mission and service ministries, there are so many ways to serve God's world! Opportunities for women to serve the Lord can be encouraged through women's ministries in a congregation.

American Friends Service Committee¬ Nationwide Women's Program

http://www.afsc.org/locations/women.htm

A program to strengthen the capacity of the AFSC to recognize and act through its programs to eliminate sexism, a root cause of violence. This includes efforts to eliminate racism, homophobia, and class oppression.

Anglican Women's Empowerment and the UN Commission on the Status of Women

http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/uncsw.htm

Intends to be an effective and empowered Anglican voice for women at the United Nations (UN) and in the Anglican Communion and deepen our commitment to worldwide reconciliation, right relationships and shared work for peace and justice.

BAOBAB for Women's Human Rights

http://www.baobabwomen.org

The WLUML Africa and Middle East Coordination Office, BAOBAB works to promote and protect women's human rights principally via improving knowledge, exercise and development of rights under religious, customary and statutory laws.

BeliefNet/Women's Spirituality

http://www.beliefnet.com/boards/discussion_list.asp?boardID=9896

Our mission is to help people like you find, and walk, a spiritual path that will bring comfort, hope, clarity, strength, and happiness.

Black Women in Church and Society

http://www.itc.edu/pages/wsp/WSPHome.htm

The office of BWCS at The Interdenominational Theological Center was organized in 1981 to encourage and to facilitate the inclusion and full participation of women in the life and work of the church and the larger society. Using education as a tool, we s

California Institute for Integral Studies, Women's Spirituality Program

http://www.ciis.edu/academics/wse.html

Emphasizes the study of world religions, cultural history, philosophy, embodied wisdom, "submerged" beliefs of subaltern cultures, and the emergent chorus of women's voices from disparate orientations.

Care Net

http://www.care-net.org

Care Net pregnancy centers offer free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, peer counselling services, post-abortion support and other practical, emotional and spiritual help to empower women and men facing pregnancy-related concerns.

Catholic Network for Women's Equality

http://www.cnwe.org

Enable women to name their giftedness and from that awareness to effect structural change in the Church that reflects the mutuality and co-responsibility of women and men within that church

Catholics for Free Choice

http://www.catholicsforchoice.org

Serves as a voice for Catholics who believe that the Catholic tradition supports a woman's moral and legal right to follow her conscience in matters of sexuality and reproductive health.

Catholics Speak Out

http://www.quixote.org/cso

The project works towards equality and justice within the Church and dialogue between the laity and hierarchy on issues of sexuality, sexual orientation and reproduction

Centre for Gender & Religions Research

http://www.soas.ac.uk/Religions/grr

The aim of the Centre is to promote the cross-cultural study of gender and religion.

Christians for Biblical Equality

http://www.cbeinternational.org

A non-profit organization that seeks to further belief in the equality of women and men of all races, ethnic, economic, and age groups.

Church Women United

http://www.churchwomen.org

Founded in 1941, a racially, culturally, theologically inclusive Christian women's movement, celebrating unity in diversity and working for a world of peace and justice.