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History First cases and approach to changing the system. The Center for Women's Justice (CWJ) was founded in Jerusalem in 2004, by attorney Susan Weiss. CWJ initiated the practice of suing recalcitrant husbands (men who refuse to divorce their wives under the authority of Jewish law) for financial damages in Israel's civil courts.
Center was founded in 1902. [6] The city was named from its location near the geographical center of Oliver County. [7] Coincidentally, it has also been calculated to be the geographical center of North America. [8] The town is somewhat notable for the blizzard-related death of Hazel Miner, who would go on to be the subject of a song and memorials.
The Center for the Advancement of Women was a New York City nonprofit institution dedicated to research-based education and advocacy for women. In 1995 the organization was founded and led by Faye Wattleton , formerly the president of Planned Parenthood with the objective of working for the advancement of women. [2]
CWGCS, founded in 1978, is the first university-affiliated research center dedicated to women's issues in the United States. [4] Linda Tarr-Whelan, former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and former deputy assistant to United States President Jimmy Carter, co-founded CWGCS with Nancy Perlman, CWGCS' first executive director.
The Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women was established in 1981 at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, as an interdisciplinary research center focused on gender and women. In addition to research, the center is home to archives of feminist theory and women's history as well as Brown's undergraduate Gender and Sexuality ...
The Center for Women's Global Leadership, [1] [2] [3] based at Rutgers University, was founded in 1989 by Charlotte Bunch, [4] the former executive director and an internationally renowned activist for women's human rights.
After Bismarck left office in 1890, further social legislation regulated working time and conditions and sought to protect more vulnerable workers (women and children) and establish a system to allow redress for employer abuse. [citation needed]
Warner was most recently the founding CEO for WREN, a nonprofit network advancing the health, economic well-being, and rights of South Carolina’s women, girls, and their families, for eight years. From 2008 to 2015, Ann held multiple leadership positions at the International Center for Research on Women.