CFUW

Founded in 1919, CFUW is a non-profit network based in Ottawa, Canada working on gender equality, human rights, education +2 more.

CFUW is a non-partisan, voluntary, self-funded national federation founded in 1919, with over 6,700 members and around 90 clubs across every province in Canada. It works to improve the status of women in all their diversity and to promote human rights, public education, social justice and peace in Canada and abroad. Its clubs grant more than one million dollars a year in scholarships and awards. The federation holds special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, is the largest affiliate of Graduate Women International, and is governed by a national Board of Directors supported by regional directors and provincial councils. It holds an annual general meeting and conference each year, usually in mid-July.