Our MISSION is to raise public awareness of the benefits of gender equality, regardless of age, race, class or sexual orientation, through education and advocacy.
  1. We believe Gender Equality is a Human Rights issue.
  2. We believe what are called “women’s issues” not only affects women, but also affects men and families as a whole.
  3. We believe that gender expectations are not only placed on women and girls, they are also placed on boys, men, gays, bisexuals and transgendered.
  4. We believe the United States needs a national conversation about gender INequality that still exists in this country.
  5. We believe in partnership and that working together we are stronger.
  6. We believe that to achieve full gender equality, men, as well as women, should be engaged in advancing the rights, health and well-being of all.
  7. We believe in our collective power.
We are committed to changing public opinion regarding women’s role in society, in media, in government, in the workplace, and in the home and to educate the public about the sexism and misogyny that still exists in our society.

We have partnered with key individuals and organizations to achieve our mission. Our current partners are:
  • * Feminist Majority Foundation: petition to rescind the 2006 changes to the Title IX regulation.
  • * Media Education Foundation: women experience about 4.8 million intimate partner-related physical assaults and  rapes every year. To better understand why order documentary films
  • * National Women's History Museum: recognize women's successes -  tell your Representative to pass The National Women's History Museum Act now.
  • * University of California, Santa Cruz Feminist Studies Professor Bettina Aptheker: order DVD set "Introduction to Feminisms". To achieve Gender Equality we must first understand how sexism, racism, classism, and homophobia are interconnected.
  • * WomenCount: petition to call for a Presidential Commission on Women


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UN Poised to Close Gender Gap and Create Women's Agency

The UN is poised to create a powerful new department for women who say they have been sidelined for decades, to rectify a glaring omission in the world body.

Advocates for women's rights are looking for a fully-fledged agency with a budget of $1bn (£639m) on a par with other high-profile UN departments, to address crucial areas such as violence against women, property rights and HIV/Aids.

"The UN record on women has been abysmal," said Stephen Lewis, co-director of Aids-Free World, and an advocate of gender equality. "It has neglected the rights and needs of women everywhere. It's clear to everyone that the marginalisation of women over decades is unacceptable and the best way to correct it is a UN agency like Unicef for children."

Although the UN has poured billions of pounds into agencies for refugees (UNHCR) and for children (Unicef), no equivalent exists for women. Women's issues are currently dealt with by several small departments that lack the resources and clout of a fully-fledged agency....

"This is all about the struggle for gender equality," Lewis said. "A UN women's agency will give meaning and force to that struggle. The UN cannot continue to marginalise 52% of the world's population. It's unacceptable." READ MORE