Favourite charities and organisations - I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours!!!

[ISNT]

I wanted to take a moment to plug one of my favourite charities - the fistula foundation



I know that lots of people haven't heard of them - they do vital work operating on women who have fistulas as a result of childbirth or sexual violence, in Africa and elsewhere.

So what's your favourite charity/organisation? Come and tell me all about it

[hester]

The Poppy Project.

[ISNT]

I'd never heard of that one Hester, thank you for posting it.

Keep em coming

[ISNT]

And of course thanks SGM as well

[justabit]

the Fawcett Society www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/

Fawcett campaigns for equality between women and men in the UK on pay, pensions, poverty, justice and politics.


Womankind
WOMANKIND has helped millions of women and their families, in 71 countries, but there's a long way to go: 70% of the world's poorest people are women and girls; one in three women is beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused; and women account for just 17% of all parliamentarians worldwide.

www.womankind.org.uk/


Forward
The Foundation for Women's Health, Research and Development - FORWARD - is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) that works to advance and protect the sexual and reproductive health and human rights of African girls and women.

FORWARD works to promote action to bring about positive social change to enhance the well being and protect the dignity of African girls and women globally. FORWARD is committed to eliminating harmful gender-based discriminatory practices that violate the sexual and reproductive health and rights of girls and women, such as female genital mutilation (FGM) and child marriage.

FORWARD was established in 1983 in the UK, in response to the emerging problems caused by female genital mutilation being seen by health professionals. Since this time FORWARD has been working to eliminate the practice and provide support to women affected by FGM. At our twenty year review FORWARD formally incorporated into its mandate other issues allied to Female Genital Mutilation, in particular vesico-vagina and recto-vagina fistulae and child and forced marriage.
www.forwarduk.org.uk

[ISNT]

fawcett

womankind

forward uk



Thanks justa, another set I hadn't heard of, apart from fawcett.

[hester]

Sorry, I meant to post a link: Poppy Project is (so far as I'm aware) part of Eaves Housing. It provides shelter, advocacy and campaigning for women trafficked into prostitution.

[justabit]

you're so good at the link thing. I will now learn how to do it (goes to look it up)

[ISNT]

This thread has given me a thought

How about

We do one charity every month, and ask MN to sticky it at the top of the feminism topic? And we can call it "charity of the month" and outline what it does and then if people want to donate they can... I can never choose which charities to give to and I would be very happy to give a few quid every month to a different organisation - of course people can give or not as they choose. But the idea that an organisation might get a bit of a bump in their donations as a result - espeically the smaller ones - it could make a real difference!

We could just work down the list on the thread!

What does everyone think? We are always saying "what can we do?" - well this would be doing something!

Do people like it?
Would MN support it / allow it / sticky it for us?

[justabit]

I really like this idea. And how about you can give but also (or instead) you have to commit to learning about the charity and what they do and telling ten other people about it during the month. Or does that just sound too worthy?

[ISNT]

Really? You like it? I like it

We can do it like this:

We will work down the list on the thread, if it is possible to donate then we will highlight that organisation.

The organisation has to help at least one woman somewhere so if eg someone put up the RSPCA, worthy as they are, they would not be eligible. But hardly any charities don't help women at some point IYSWIM. Just thinking that people might come and think it's hilarious to put up charities which don't help women in any way, and I think that although they might be worthy they shouldn't be featured.

And that's the rules. Or is that too restrictive?

[justabit]

No not too restrictive. I would say that the organisation has to prioritise assistance to women and girls while recognising that, in some cases, the whole community may benefit.

[IseeGraceAhead]

Just watched a documentary and a film about domestic slaves in Britain (est. 5,000). This agency helps them:
www.kalayaan.org.uk/

If I could support only one charity, it would be Amnesty.

[ISNT]

Aw Len. I have asked them anyway and said that it could be disclaimered that it's not an official MN thing, just a dungaree-people who happen to be here thing.

The worst they can say is no?

No harm in asking...

justa I would agree with your restriction too, that was my first thought. But then I am conscious of the fact that it could end up in arguments about what is a "qualifying" charity IYSWIM. And there having to be people deciding. And then it all going a bit pear shaped

So far all of the suggestions have been fabulous though.

[ISNT]

poppy project

for hester

[justabit]

you can decide which one qualifies!