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AMANITARE
Amanitare is a partnership of national & local organizations based in Africa working to improve the lives of African women & girls.

Family Care International
Family Care International (FCI) was established in 1987 and is dedicated to making pregnancy and childbirth safer around the world.

American College of Nurse-Midwives
The mission of ACNM is to promote the health and well-being of women and infants within their families and communities through the development and support of the profession of midwifery as practiced by certified nurse-midwives, and certified midwives.

Family Health International
Family Health International (FHI) is among the largest and most established nonprofit organizations active in international public health with a mission to improve lives worldwide through research, education, and services in family health.

AWID
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is an international, multi-generational, feminist, creative, future-orientated membership organization committed to achieving gender equality, sustainable development and women's human rights.

Center for Health and Gender Equity
The Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) is a U.S.-based nongovernmental organization whose mission is to ensure that U.S. international policies and programs promote sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and girls worldwide.

International Confederation of Midwives
The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) supports and advises associations of midwives. The ICM is an accredited non-governmental organization and works closely with the WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF and other organizations worldwide to achieve common goals in the care of mothers and children.

DisAbled Women's Network, Canada (DAWN)
DAWN is a progressive feminist organization that promotes social justice, human rights, and the advancement of equality rights through education, coalition-building, resource development and information technology.

Global Fund for Women
The Global Fund for Women is an international network of women and men committed to a world of equality and social justice. They advocate for and defend women's human rights by making grants to support women's groups around the world.

International Planned Parenthood Federation
IPPF is a global service provider and a leading advocate of sexual and reproductive health and rights for all.

International Women's Health Coalition
IWHC has uniquely positioned itself to bridge global movements for women's and young people's health and human rights, and governments and global institutions that control health policies and budgets.

ISIS International
ISIS International is a feminist NGO committed to creating spaces within information and communications structures and systems that promote the many voices of women, particularly those from the South.

Midwives Alliance of North America
MANA is a professional organization for all midwives whose goal is to unify and strengthen the profession of midwifery, thereby improving the quality of health care for women, babies, and communities.

Our Bodies Our Selves
OBOS is a nonprofit, public interest women’s health education, advocacy, and consulting organization.

Population Council
An international, nonprofit, nongovernmental organization, that seeks to improve the well-being and reproductive health of current and future generations around the world and to help achieve a humane, equitable, and sustainable balance between people and resources./p> Royal College of Midwives
The RCM is a maternity service committed to truly meeting women's and babies' needs throughout pregnancy, labor and the postnatal period.

Trickle Up
Trickle Up empowers people living on less than $1 a day to take the first steps out of poverty, providing them with resources to build micro-enterprises for a better quality of life.

Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights
The Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights is a network of more than 1,000 autonomous organizations and individuals in 157 countries that since 1984 has aimed to achieve and support reproductive and sexual health and rights (RSHR) for women.

 
 

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