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Equal Rights Advocates
> equalrights.org
1663 Mission Street, Suite 550
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 621-0672
Toll-free Advice & Counseling Line: 800-839-4ERA, info@equalrights.org
Based in San Francisco, ERA works to achieve women's economic security through litigation, public education, legislative advocacy, public policy analysis and advice & counseling. ERA works in coalition with other organizations to achieve public policy goals that reflect the concerns and needs of diverse communities.


Equality Now
> equalitynow.org
P.O. Box 20646
Columbus Circle Station
New York, NY 10023
(212) 586-0906, info@equalitynow.org
EQUALITY NOW is an international human rights organization dedicated to action for the civil, political, economic and social rights of girls and women.


Feminist Majority Foundation Online
> feminist.org
1600 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 801
Arlington, VA 22209
703-522-2214, femmaj@feminist.org
The Feminist Majority Foundation views feminism as a global movement dedicated to equality and seeks to eliminate discrimination of all kinds-- sex, race, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, disability, and marital status. The Feminist Majority Foundation advocates non-violence and works to eliminate social and economic injustice.


Gender Education and Advocacy
>gender.org
P.O. Box 33724
Decatur, GA 30033-0724
GEA is committed to the civil rights, health and well-being of all members of its diverse community. Accordingly, GEA is dedicated to providing an array of information services, educational materials, advocacy training and technical assistance of the highest quality. GEA pledges compassionate support and passionate advocacy on behalf of transsexual and transgendered persons in their journeys toward health of body and mind and in their pursuit of personal freedom, including the freedom to alter their bodies and change their gender roles.


GenderPAC
> gpac.org
1638 R Street, NW
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20009-6446
202-462-6610, gpac@gpac.org
GenderPAC is the national advocacy organization working to ensure Americans right to their gender free from stereotypes, discrimination and violence, regardless of how they look, act or dress or how others perceive their sex or sexual orientation.


National Association of Working Women
> 9to5.org
231 West Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 900
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203-2308
(414) 274-0925, NAWW9to5@execpc.com
9to5, National Association of Working Women is a national, grassroots membership organization that strengthens women's ability to work for economic justice. Founded in1973, 9to5 has activists in more than 200 cities and members in every state.


National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE)
> feminist.com/fairpay
1126 16th Street, NW, Suite 411
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 331-7343, fairpay@aol.com
The National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE), founded in 1979, is the national membership coalition of over 180 organizations, including labor unions, women's and civil rights organizations, religious, professional, education and legal associations, commissions on women, state and local pay equity coalitions and individual women and men working to eliminate sex- and race-based wage discrimination and to acheive pay equity.


National Organization for Women
> now.org
733 15th St NW, 2nd floor
Washington DC 20005
(202) 628-8669 (628-8NOW), now@now.org
NOW is dedicated to making legal, political, social and economic change in our society in order to eliminate sexism and end all oppression.


Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)
> rainn.org
635-B Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20003
800-656-HOPE, http://www.rainn.org/form.html

The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C., operates America's only national hotline for survivors of sexual assault. The hotline 1-800.656.HOPE offers free, confidential counseling and support 24 hours a day, from anywhere in the country.


Women Leaders Online
> wlo.org
PO Box 11019
Washington, DC 20008, http://www.wlo.org/feedback.html
The Women Leaders Online is the first and largest women's advocacy group created on the internet, concerned with empowering women in politics, society, the economy, the media and cyberspace, building a network of one million women (and sympathetic men), publishing regular action alerts on crucial issues, organizing non-partisan grassroots lobbying and voter education, and encouraging pro-woman candidates.






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