Category Archives: Women

City and County of San Francisco – Dept on the Status of Women

City and County of San Francisco - Dept on the Status of Women

The Department primarily focuses on 4 program areas: Women’s Human Rights, Violence Against Women, Women in the Workplace, and Girls. Women’s Human Rights Women’s rights are human rights. The Department is committed to advancing women’s human rights in San Francisco …
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Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic

Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic

The Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic is a community of dedicated women volunteers who have diverse skills and experiences. We are healthcare practitioners and healthcare advocates; we are community organizers; we are lesbians and straight women. We are unified in our …
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Building Futures with Women and Children

Building Futures with Women and Children

The mission of Building Futures with Women and Children is to help women and children in crisis become safely and supportively housed, free from homelessness and family violence. Our programs include two emergency homeless shelters (55 beds); a domestic violence …
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1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence

1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence

1,000 Mothers to Prevent Violence is a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to alleviating the detrimental impact of violence through direct, practical and compassionate outreach services to victim-survivor families in the San Francisco Bay Area. “1000 Mothers to Prevent Violence” is a …
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The Women’s Community Clinic

The Women's Community Clinic

The mission of the Women’s Community Clinic is to improve the health and well-being of women and girls. We believe preventive, educational care is essential to lifelong health and that all women deserve excellent health care, regardless of their ability …
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The Women’s Building

The Women's Building

Since 1971, San Francisco Women’s Centers has represented, and been guided by, the belief that all women and girls have the right to safe, joyous and creative lives. In 1979, the organization purchased The Women’s Building, creating one of the …
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Rising International

Rising International

Rising promotes ownership of craft-based businesses by women in both impoverished areas of developed nations as well as in developing nations. Our focus is primarily on women in high risk environments such as those in refugee camps, those living with …
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Family Violence Law Center

Family Violence Law Center

FVLC seeks to end family violence in Alameda County by providing support and advocacy for survivors of domestic violence, changing individual and community perceptions about relationship abuse, and advocating for change within the legal, health, education, and criminal justice systems. …
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Narika

Narika

Narika’s mission is to promote the empowerment of women in our community to confront and overcome the cycles of domestic violence and exploitation. We work to build a movement to end violence against women and to actively support women’s rights …
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Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment

Women's Initiative for Self-Employment

Since 1988, Women’s Initiative has been assisting high-potential low-income women who dream of business ownership. Through an intensive 20 session program — in English or Spanish — women are enabled to start, or expand their business. Inspiring High-Potential, Low-Income Women …
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