Top 5 Organizations Working to Reduce Gender Inequality

 

SDG 10: Reduced inequalities

 

5. Plan International

Plan International is a human rights organization working for child rights and equality for girls. It challenges discrimination against women, gender norms, stereotypes, and unlevelled power relations between genders. The organization runs on the principle of inclusion.

 

4. Centre for Reproductive Rights

The Centre for Reproductive Rights was established in 1992. Their aim is to use law to promote reproductive rights as fundamental human rights. It works to provide access to quality reproductive healthcare and allows women to make important decision in a coercion free environment.

 

3. Womankind Worldwide

Womankind Worldwide is an international organization that works in partnership with women rights organizations and movements with an aim to transform women’s lives and have their rights respected and realized. The organization works actively in Ethiopia, Kenya, Nepal, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.

 

2. Association for Women’s Rights in Development

AWID is an international organization with the vision of “a world where feminist realities flourish, where resources and power are shared in ways that enable everyone, and future generations, to thrive and realize their full potential with dignity, love and respect, and where Earth nurtures life in all its diversity”. Placed amid a unique ecosystem of feminist movements AWID works closely with activists and policymakers.

 

1. UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women is the official UN agency catered to promote women’s rights and help member states meet global standards of Gender Equality. Focusing on women leadership, economic autonomy, cases of violence and building resilience it works closely with social organizations and governments.