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The Jerusalem Center for Women (JCW) is a feminist organization, established in 1994 as a part of a collaborative feminist effort with Bat Shalom known as the Jerusalem Link. [1] : 42 The Jerusalem Center for Women aims to reduce hostilities between Palestine and Israel, as well as advocacy for women's rights in both areas.
Washington Corrections Center for Women. / 47.34722°N 122.61306°W / 47.34722; -122.61306. Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW, originally the Purdy Treatment Center for Women) is a Washington State Department of Corrections women's prison located in Gig Harbor, Washington. [1] With an operating capacity of 740, it is the ...
The Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW) is a nexus of feminist thought, activism, and collaboration for scholars and activists. Since its founding in 1971, BCRW has promoted women's and social justice issues to its local communities at Barnard College and within New York City. It is a member organization of The National Council for ...
The Women of Color Resource Center was founded in 1990 by Linda Burnham and Miriam Ching Yoon Louie, who met at U.N. World Conference on Women in Nairobi, Kenya in 1985. [1] They were joined at the WCRC by Caroline Guilartes, Jung Hee Choi, Angela Davis, Derethia DuVal, Chris Lymbertos, Genevieve Negron-Gonzales, Margo Okazawa-Rey and Cindy ...
As of the end of fiscal year 2010, the center had an annual budget expenditure of US$68,111,000. As of the end of fiscal year 2008, the center had 1,119 employees, 587 residents and an annual cost per resident of $175,844. The Shapiro Center was generating and submitting to the state treasury, 65% of its total operational costs.
March 1, 1985. The Women's Building is a women-led non-profit arts and education community center located in San Francisco, California. The center advocates self-determination, gender equality and social justice. [2] The four-story building rents to multiple tenants and serves more than 20,000 women a year.
Paul A. Shapiro. Paul A. Shapiro is director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies. In 2010, he was presented with the Cross of the Order of Merit by the German Ambassador to the United States, Klaus Scharioth, at the German Embassy in Washington, D.C. The cross is Germany's highest civilian award.
The Center for American Women in politics was the first organization to actually identify the disparity in women's representation. [4] The first directors of the center were Dr. Ruth B. Mandel [5] and Ida F.S. Schmertz. [6] Dr. Mandel was the director of the center for 20 years.