Global Fund for Women
International Violence Against Women
#1 Top Nonprofit
The Global Fund for Women plays a leading role in advancing women’s rights by making grants that support and strengthen women’s groups around the world. We mobilize and redistribute resources that enable women to develop creative solutions to local, regional,…

UN Women
International Violence Against Women
#2 Top Nonprofit
The main roles of UN Women are: To support inter-governmental bodies, such as the Commission on the Status of Women, in their formulation of policies, global standards and norms. To help Member States to implement these standards, standing ready to…

V-Day
International Violence Against Women
#3 Top Nonprofit
V-Day is an organized response against violence toward women. V-Day is a vision: We see a world where women live safely and freely. V-Day is a demand: Rape, incest, battery, genital mutilation and sexual slavery must end now. V-Day is…

International Rescue Committee (IRC)
International Violence Against Women
#4 Top Nonprofit
Founded in 1933, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is a global leader in emergency relief, rehabilitation, protection of human rights, post-conflict development, resettlement services and advocacy for those uprooted or affected by violent conflict and oppression. The IRC is a…

Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL)
International Violence Against Women
#5 Top Nonprofit
The Center for Women's Global Leadership (CWGL) develops and facilitates women's leadership for women's human rights and social justice worldwide.

ICRW (International Center for Research on Women)
International Violence Against Women
#6 Top Nonprofit
ICRW's mission is to empower women, advance gender equality and fight poverty in the developing world. To accomplish this, ICRW works with partners to conduct empirical research, build capacity and advocate for evidence-based, practical ways to change policies and programs.

Promundo
International Violence Against Women
#7 Top Nonprofit
Promundo’s mission is to promote gender equality and prevent violence against women, children and youth in Brazil and around the world.

Women's Refugee Commission
International Violence Against Women
#8 Top Nonprofit
The Women's Refugee Commission advocates for laws, policies and programs to improve the lives and protect the rights of refugee and internally displaced women, children and young people, including those seeking asylum—bringing about lasting, measurable change.

Equality Now
International Violence Against Women
#9 Top Nonprofit
Equality Now works for the protection and promotion of the human rights of women and girls around the world. Working with grassroots women’s and human rights organizations and individual activists since 1992, Equality Now documents violence and discrimination against women…

Women for Women International
International Violence Against Women
#10 Top Nonprofit
Women for Women International provides women survivors of war, civil strife and other conflicts with the tools and resources to move from crisis and poverty to stability and self-sufficiency, thereby promoting viable civil societies. We're changing the world one woman…

Raising Voices
International Violence Against Women
#11 Top Nonprofit
Raising Voices works to prevent violence against women by addressing the root causes such as traditional gender roles and the imbalance of power between women and men. We focus on primary prevention approaches that attempt to change the attitudes and…

Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML)
International Violence Against Women
#12 Top Nonprofit
Women Living Under Muslim Laws is an international solidarity network that provides information, support and a collective space for women whose lives are shaped, conditioned or governed by laws and customs said to derive from Islam.

Sonke Gender Justice Network
International Violence Against Women
#13 Top Nonprofit
Sonke’s vision is a world in which men, women and children can enjoy equitable, healthy and happy relationships that contribute to the development of just and democratic societies. “Sonke” is an Nguni word meaning “all of us” or “together”, to…

Women Against Violence Europe (WAVE)
International Violence Against Women
#14 Top Nonprofit
WAVE is a network of European women's non-governmental organisations working in the field of combating violence against women and children (women's refuges, counselling centres, SOS hotlines/helplines, organisations focusing on prevention and training, etc.).