Women’s organisations are an important part of current affairs for the UPSC civil services exam. This is important from the prelims point of view and also to enhance your answers in the mains papers, especially in topics related to social issues. Women empowerment is a current topic and one that has reverberations across different domains. Issues of health, labour laws, education, employment, sexual harassment issues, safety concerns, women’s representation in politics and Parliament are all related to women empowerment the and equal rights movement. There is the issue of feminism and the pros and cons of it. There are many organisations that work in this sphere in India and internationally also. Some of them are very old and have origins in the pre-independence era.
The following table gives a list of major women’s organisations across the world.
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Important international organization exclusively for Women empowerment |
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| Associations of Junior Leagues International | Relief Society |
| Christian Women in Media Association | Soroptimist International |
| Council of Women World Leaders | St. Joan’s International Alliance |
| Ellevate Network | Third World Organization for Women in Science |
| Equality Now | UN Women |
| International Alliance of Women | UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| International Association of Women Police | Woman’s Christian Temperance Union |
| International Council of Women | Women’s Commission For Refugee Women |
| International Federation of Business and Professional Women | Women’s Environment & Development Organization |
| International Federation of University Women | Women’s International Democratic Federation |
| International Inner Wheel | Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) |
| International Women’s Suffrage Alliance | Women’s International Zionist Organization |
| National Women’s Political Caucus | Women’s World Wide Web (W4) |
| Nobel Women’s Initiative | World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts |
| P.E.O. Sisterhood | Young Women’s Christian Association |
| Quota International |
Zonta International |
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