Here are OneWorld partner organizations focusing on gender issues. If your organization is not a OneWorld partner, click here for more information about joining the OneWorld community.

Advocacy Project
The Advocacy Project promotes social justice by strengthening human rights advocacy. AP puts this mission into practice by identifying disempowered communities and working for those who advocate on their behalf. AP pays particular attention to communities in war- or recovering from war; minorities and women's rights. For more information, contact Stacy Kosko at stacy[@]advocacynet.org or (202) 332-3900.

Amnesty International
Amnesty International is a grassroots activist organization that works on human rights issues. For more information, contact Milo Sybrant at MSybrant [@]aiusa.org or (202) 544-0200.

Centre for Development and Population Activities
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) improves the lives of women and girls worldwide. Our work is grounded in the belief that women are critical for advancing development and democracy. CEDPA's programs: increase educational opportunities for youth; ensure access to reproductive health and HIV/AIDS services; and strengthen women’s leadership and good governance. Our global training programs build leadership, technical expertise and management skills of women on a range of critical development issues. With a growing network of 5,000 alumni and partners in over 150 countries, CEDPA is building a groundswell of change agents for effective international development. For more information, contact Eva Cantrell at ecantrell[@]cedpa.org or (202) 667-1142.

Center for Health and Gender Equity
CHANGE is a US-based nonprofit reproductive health & rights organization that conducts research, analysis, advocacy & monitoring of US programs abroad. For more information, contact Healy Thompson at hthompson[@]genderheath.org or (301) 270-1182.

CODEPINK: Women for Peace
CODEPINK is a women initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement that seeks positive social change through proactive, creative protest and non-violent direct action. For more information, info[@]codepinkalert.org or (310) 827-3046.

CORE Group
The CORE Group is a membership association of international non-governmental organizations that promotes and improves the health and well-being of children and women in developing countries through collaborative NGO action and learning. Collectively, CORE’s 38 member organizations work in more than 140 countries.
For more information, contact Christine Chumble at cchumble[@]worldvision.org or (202) 572-6429.

The Feminist Majority Foundation
The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF) is dedicated to women's equality, reproductive health, and non-violence. For more information, contact Erin Carmany at ecarmany[@]feminist.org or (703) 522-2214.

Global Partners for Development
Global Partners works with community leaders to create sustainable development programs in the East African countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Since 1989, we have built clean water systems; increased access to health care; improved children's nutrition; empowered women's economic development; and supported primary education especially for girls upon whose future the development of Africa depends.
For more information, contact Catherine Kirby at CKirby[@]gpfd.orgorg or (707) 588-0550.

International Rescue Committee
IRC provides assistance in the form of relief, shelter and resettlement to refugees and other victims fleeing from or affected by oppression, epidemics, armed conflict, war, and other complex humanitarian emergencies worldwide. For more information, contact Tim Costello at taram[@]theIRC.org or (212) 551-3000.

MADRE
MADRE is an international women's human rights organization that works in partnership with women's community-based groups in conflict areas worldwide. For more information, contact Irene Schneeweis, Media Coordinator at media[@]madre.org and (212) 627-0444.

Peace X Peace
PEACE X PEACE is a unique organization that helps women organize and connect across cultural and religious divides via the Internet. Founded on the belief that achieving sustainable peace requires women to come into their full potential as leaders alongside men, it is dedicated to creating a world where women are powerful and effective decision makers in building peace for all. PEACE X PEACE fulfills this mission principally through its internet-based Global Network that connects Circles of women in the United States, one-on-one, in supported connections with Circles outside the country. For more information, contact Sohini Baliga at sohini[@]peacexpeace.org or (312) 339-9037.

Polaris Project
Polaris Project is a Washington, DC-based non-profit that strengthens the anti-trafficking movement, especially at the grassroots level, and conducts direct intervention programs in partnership with government and community organizations. For more information, contact Derek Ellerman at DEllerman[@]PolarisProject.org or (202) 547-7909.

Population Action International
PAI informs U.S. and international policy by using research and strategic advocacy that firmly links population, reproductive health, the environment and development - working to strengthen political and financial support worldwide for population programs grounded in individual rights. For more information, contact Jennifer Johnson at jjohnson[@]popact.org or (202) 557-3400.

Population Media Center
PMC uses entertainment serial dramas to promote elevation of women's status and reproductive health. For more information, contact Bill Ryerson at ryerson[@]populationmedia.org or (802) 985-8156.

Project HOPE International
Project HOPE International (PHI) is a nonprofit organization based in the greater Washington, DC region dedicated to counter human trafficking. PHI is founded and run entirely by a dynamic core of committed young professionals, activists and university students, all of whom have strong career and academic orientations toward matters of human security. Many members have either lived in, or traveled to, Southeast Asia, providing an invaluable regional knowledge and cultural sensitivity that is unique in the field of anti-trafficking initiatives. For more information, contact Christina Arnold at christina[@]phi-ngo.org or (202) 330-2800.

Women's Edge Coalition
A coalition of individuals and organizations working to increase the United States' support for the world's poorest women. It also works to ensure that complex international trade agreements do not harm people living in developing countries. For more information, contact Anugraha Palan at apalan[@]womensedge.org or (202) 884-8396.

Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace
WLP is an international NGO that works to empower women and girls in the Global South and strengthen their ability to take leadership roles in their families, communities, and nations. WLP conducts its work in cooperation with partner organizations based in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. WLP's programs include leadership training and capacity-building for women's human rights, democracy advocacy, and social justice. For more information, contact Siobhan Hayes at shayes[@]learningpartnership.org or (301) 654-2774.