10 Women's Rights Organizations Worth Your Donation Right Now
The good news is there are plenty of women's rights organizations you can donate to right now. The problem is, where do you start? We've previously covered how you can make charitable giving a part of your normal budget, but figuring out which organizations to donate to can be tricky.
Pick any issue, and there's certainly an organization already doing worthwhile work to further it. Given the political climate, the lingering impact of the #MeToo movement, and the persistent gender wage gap, we've decided to focus this list on groups dedicated to helping women and girls.
Here's a list of some of our favorite organizations and nonprofits dedicated to empowering women and girls across a variety of industries.
Women's rights organizations you can support right now
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Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code was founded with the single mission of closing the gender gap in technology by creating a pipeline for future female engineers. The organization has now reached more than 860,000 girls, women, and non-binary coders worldwide through its clubs, summer immersion programs, and campus partnerships. -
Kode With Klossy
Founded by Karlie Kloss, Kode With Klossy runs free, two-week coding camps and scholarship programs for girls and young women ages 13 to 18. Since launching, it's built a scholar community focused specifically on getting more girls into computer science before college. -
WriteGirl
WriteGirl is a Los Angeles-based program that matches girls with writing mentors to develop their creative writing abilities. In 2013, the program received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Award, the highest national honor available to programs like it, and continues to run mentoring and workshop programming today. -
She Should Run
Ever wondered why there aren't more women running for office? That's what She Should Run is trying to change. According to the organization's 2025 Impact Report, more than 58,000 women took first steps toward leadership through its programs that year alone, with 18,500 joining its newer She Will Fight initiative to prepare women for the campaign process. -
CARE's Work for Women and Girls
CARE accepts donations to help fund a variety of international women's empowerment programs. The organization has worked toward equality for women and girls for more than 30 years and has set a goal of empowering 50 million women and girls with greater equality by 2030, focused on ending violence, amplifying women's leadership, and expanding access to education. -
Heifer International
Heifer International works on furthering economic opportunities across the globe. Its programs help local, small-scale farmers, many of them women, earn a stable income that lets them support their families. -
National Organization for Women
Since its founding in 1966, the National Organization for Women has focused on grassroots efforts to further women's rights issues like "feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life." Think: eliminating harassment in society, protecting reproductive rights, and ending violence against women. -
Association for Women's Rights in Development
The Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID) is a membership organization committed to strengthening the visibility of women's issues on the international stage. It advocates for and presents policy proposals for women's rights to help connect different interest groups working on the same causes. -
UN Women
As part of the United Nations, UN Women serves as a global champion for women's causes. It works to ensure the equal participation of women in governing systems and the economy, to end violence against women, and to make sure women are part of the conversation around building sustainable peace. -
Center for Reproductive Rights
The Center for Reproductive Rights focuses on using the legal system to champion reproductive rights as fundamental human rights. It takes on court cases that go before national courts and works with policymakers to promote progressive measures.
Pick one from this list, set a monthly amount, and start there. Get the Girlboss Daily for more ways to put your money where your values are.
