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    - Head of State: 

Queen Elizabeth II

- Women's suffrage: 

1918 (for women over age 30); 1928 this right was extended to women over age 21; 1969 this age limit was dropped to 18

- Equal Rights: 

Sex Discrimination Act (1975) bans sex-discrimination in employment, education, and housing; The Employment Equality Act (1977) makes discrimination on the basis of sex or marital status in employment or training illegal (except in the military).
 

WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS

Akina Mama Wa Africka
Chenzira Mutasa
4, Wild court WC2B
Œ5A London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 405 06 78
F:  0044 71 831 39 47

Akina Mama Wa Afrika
Gloria Ogunbadejo
4, Wild Court WC2B
5AY London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 405 06 78
F:  0044 71 831 39 47

AMARC Women's Network Europe
Mary Ruddy
15 Paternoster Row 51
2BX Sheffield, United Kingdom
T:  0044 742 796 219
F:  0044 742 798 976

Amnesty International
Mel James
1, Easton Street WC1X
8DJ London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 413 5739
F:  0044 71 956 1157

Amnesty International
Susanne Reichinger
1, Easton Street WC1X
8DJ London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 413 5739
F:  0044 71 956 1157

Anti-Slavery International
Joan Higman Davies
The Stableyard
Broomgrove Road
SW9 9TL London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 924 9555
F:  0044 71 738 4110

Anti-Slavery International
Lesley Roberts
The Stableyard
Broomgrove Road 
SW9 9TL London, Untied
Kingdom
T:  0040 71 924 9555
F:  0044 71 738 4110

Associated Country Women of the World
ŒAileen Kritzinger
Vincent House
SW1P 2NB London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 834 8635
F:  0044 71 233 6205

Association of Iranian Women in Britain
M. Stokes
170 Dore RdS17
3HA Sheffield, United Kingdom
T:  0044 114 360 746
F:  0044 114 360 746

Babaylan Phillipine Women's Network in Europe
Jacinto Jaylo Barker
12, Picardy Place EH 1
3JT Edinburgh, United Kingdom
T:  0044 31 557 4010
F:  0044 31 558 3532

Baha'i International Community
Guy's Hospital 
Sepideh Taheri
Department of Paediatrics
St. Thomas Street
SEI 9RT London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 955 5000
F:  0044 71 357 6037

Baha'i National Women's Committee
Lois Hainsworth
The Middle House
Morants Court
TN14 6HD Sevenoaks England,
United Kingdom
T:  0044 732 462 328
F:  0044 732 462 849

Black Women & Europe Network (BWEN)
Martha Osamor
P.O. Box 3073N15
5NO London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 81 808 14 20
F:  0044 81 809 70 78

Brama Kumaris World Spiritual University
Maureen Goodman
Global Cooperation HouseŒ65, Pound Lane
NW10 2HH London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 81 459 1400
F:  0044 81 451 6480

Caritas Internationalis
Maura O'Donahue
CAFOD
2, Romero Close, Stockwell
Road
SW9 9TZ London, United Kingdom

Change
Georgina Ashworth
P.O. Box 824
SE24 9JS
London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 277 6187
F:  0044 71 277 6187

Charity Know How
Raphaelle Sadler
114-118 Southampton Row
WC1B
5AA London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 831 77 98
F:  0044 71 404 13 31

Commonwealth Medical Association
Marianne Haslegrave
BMA House
Tavistock Square
WC1H 9JP London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 383 6095
F:  0044 71 383 6195

European Baha'i Business Forum
Wendi Momen JP
Wixamtree, Sand Lane
Northill, Nr Biggleswade
SG18 9AD Beds, United
Kingdom
T:  44 767 627 626
F:  44 767 627 626

European Blind Union
Jill Allen-King
Œc/o RNIB
224, Gt. Portland Street
WIN 6AA London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 388 1266
F:  0044 71 383 0508

EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR WOMENS RIGHTS TO ABORTION AND CONTRACEPTION
Contact: Anja Hohmeyer
c/o NAC, Wesley House
4 Wild Court
London WC2B 5AU, U.K.
T: 44-71-405-4801
F: 44-71-430-2036

European Union of Women
Margaret Williams
Porch Cottage 
SO24 OLN Bramdean
Hamshire,
United Kingdom
T:  0044 962 771 524

Faucett Society
Valerie Evans
40-46 Harleyford Road 
SE11 5AY London, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 587 1287
F:  0044 71 793 0451

Fawcett Society
Jennifer Owen
40-46 Harleyford Road SE11
5AY London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 587 1287
F:  0044 71 793 0451

FEMVISION
Clare Baggott
17, Plover Close
Wokingham
RG11 2YX Wakshine, United
Kingdom

Gender Team Oxfamuki
Alison Farrell
274 Banbury Road ŒOX2 7DZ Oxford, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 865 312 368
F:  0044 865 312 600

International Council of Jewish Women
June Jacobs
13, Modbury Gardens 
NW5 3QG London, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 485 6027
F:  0044 71 284 2809

International Council of Jewish Women
Gwen Montagu
171 Iffley Road 
OX 4 1EL Oxford, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 865 726 037

International Council of Wise Women
Global Women's Network
Elionore N. Detiger©Huber
APA Business Center, 
Le Meridien
21 Piccadilly
W1 London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 71 287 1421
F:  0044 71 493 7533

International Federation of Business and Professional Women
Pamela Mary Radge
6, Maer Vale
Cyprus Road
EX8 2DX Exmouth Devon,
United Kingdom
T:  0044 395 263 688

International Federation of Business and Professional Women
Margaret Stokes
6, Maer Vale
Cyprus RoadEX8 2DX Exmouth
Devon, United Kingdom
T:  0044 395 26 36 88

International Humanist and Ethical Women
Robbi Robson
23, Station Ave
KT12 1NF Wallon-on-Thames
Surney, United KIngdomŒT:  0044 71 409 33 33
F:  0044 71 495 61 04

INTERNATIONAL PLANNED 
PARENTHOOD FEDERATION
Contact: Karen Newman
Regent's College
Inner Circle
Regent's Park
London NW1 4NS
England
T: 44-71-486-0741
F: 44-71-487-7950

International Wages for Housework Campaign
Niki Adams
King's Cross Women's Centre
71, Tonbridge Street
WC1H 9D2 London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 837 7509
F:  0044 71 833 4817

International Wages for Housework Campaign
Christel Amiss
King's Cross Women's Centre
71, Tonbridge Street
WC1H 9D2 London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 837 7509
F:  0044 71 833 4817

International Wages for Housework Campaign
Wilmette Brown
King's Cross Women's Centre
71, Tonbridge Street
WC1H 9D2 London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 837 7509
F:  0044 71 833 4817

International Wages for Housework Campaign
Patricia Juno
Box 14 1, Newton Street
United Kingdom
T:  0044 61 344 0758
F:  0044 61 344 0758

International Wages for Housework Campaign
Anne Neale
ŒKin's Cross Wmen's Centre
71, Tonbridge Street
WC1H 9D2 London, United 
Kingdom
Tel  0044 71 837 7509
F:  0044 71 833 4817

KINGS CROSS WOMEN'S CENTRE
Contact person: Ms. Wilmette Brown
P.O. Box 287
London NW 6 5QU
England, U.K.

MANANMAL
Ruth Ingram
90, bankside Street
LS8 5AD Leeds, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 532 406 977
F:  0044 532 348 620

Medical Women's International Association
Dorothy Ward
3, Montgomery Drive 
G46  6PY Giffnock
Glasgow, United Kingdom
T:  44 41 638 2995
F:  44 41 638 2995

National Alliance for Women of Afrikan Descent
Mary Dowdye
Wally Foster Community Centre
Marsh Hill, Homerton High
Street
E9 OBL Hackney, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 81 986 8471

National Council of Women
Elizabeth Sidney
25, Ellington Street 
N7 8PN London, 
United Kingdom
T:  44 71 607 6592
F:  44 71 609 9447

Northern Ireland's Women's European Platform - NIWEP
Bonagh Hinds
127, Ormeau Road 
BT7 15H Belfast, ŒUnited Kingdom
T:  0044 232 321 224
F:  004 232 438 350

Older Women's Network - Europe
Henrietta Dodd
72, Longton Grove 
SE26 6QH London, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 51 778 4794
F:  0044 81 778 4794

Older Women's Network - Europe
Mary Hobson
72, Longton Grove 
SE26 6QH London, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 81 778 4794
F:  0044 81 778 4794

Older Women's Network - Europe
Maria Teresa Marziali
72, Longton Grove 
SE 26 6QH London, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 81 778 4794
F:  0044 81 778 4794

Older Women's Network - Europe
Eliszabeth Sclatter
72, Longton Grove SE26
6QH London, United Kingdom
T:  0044 81 778 4794
F:  0044 81 778 4794

School of Advanced Urban Studies Bristol University
Margaret Page
Rodney Lodge, Grange Road
Saus
BS8 4EA Bristol, England,
United Kingdom
T:  0044 272 741 117
F:  0044 272 737 308

Scottish Joint Action Group
Grace Franklin
Glascow, Scotland, United
Kingdom
F:  0044 41 332 12 57

ŒSoroptimists International
Judi Chaddolk
707, Russell Court
Lisburn Road
BT9 6JW Belfast, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 232 524 431
F:  0044 232 524 973

Soroptimist International
Kathleen M. Manning
117, Whitton Road, Fairfield
TS19
7DN Stockton-on-Tees,
Cleveland, United Kingdom
T:  0044 642 582 814
F:  0044 642 612 176

Soroptimist International
Gilda Wells
Chapel House, Plumland CA5
2HA
Aspatria Cumbria, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 6973 214 80
F:  0044 6973 217 75

WAGGGS
Eldrid Kvamen Midttun
World Bureau, Olave Centre
12c Lyndhurst Road
NW3 SPQ London, United
Kingdom
T:  0044 71 794 1181
F:  0044 71 431 3704

WIZO
Rosalind Preston
7, Woodside Close HA7
3A5 Stanmore, United Kingdom
T:  0044 81 954 1411
F:  0044 81 954 6898

Wales Assembly of Women
Audrey Jones
2, Little Orchard CF64
4NH Dinas Powys
S. Glam Wales, United Kingdom
T:  0044 222 512 452
F:  0044 222 512 452Œ™Wales Assembly of Women
Nan Jones
27 Heol Pantyrhym
Whitchurch
CF4 7DA Cardiff
S. Glam. Wales, United Kingdom
T:  0044 222 62 62 31
F:  0044 222 62 62 31

Wales Assembly of Women
Elizabeth Rhodes
47, Summerland Park
Upper Killay
SA2 7HX Swansea, Wales,
United Kingdom
T:  0044 792 201 172
F:  0044 792 295 701

Women Environmental Network 
A. Mawe
22 Highbury Grove 
N5 2EA London, 
United Kingdom

Women Environmental Network 
Sue Tibbals
22 Highbury Grove 
N5 2EA London, 
United Kingdom

WOMEN INTO PUBLIC LIFE CAMPAIGN (WIPL) 
c/o The 300 Group 
Phone:  01-4372728 
9 Poland Street 
London W1V 3DG 
England, U.K 

- exists to ensure more women are appointed to public bodies.  Public
  bodies are committees such as regional health authorities, transport
  commiettes, consumer watchdogs, the Arts Council and Regional Arts
  Associations, the Sports Council, industrial tribunals. Some of them
  control very large budgets. Their decisions affect the daily lives of the
  population, including the 59% who are women. 

- WIPL has collected and analyzed the curricular vitae of 700 women;  is
  lobbying nominating bodies, like the Public Appointment Unit, the
  Confederation of British Indsutry, the Trade Unions Congress to encourage
  them to put women forward; is training women with appropriate qualities
  but without appropriate experience; is examining the criteria for
  appointment; and is monitoring what happens to nominations when they are
  sent in; is monitoring how women fare when they are appointed. 

WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL STUDIES EUROPE (WISE)
Contact person: Dr. Eileen Green
ŒWome's Research and Resource Center
Applied Social Studies Department
Sheffield City Polytechnic
36 Collegiate Crescent
Sheffield S-10
England, U.K.
Phone:  742-665 274

Women's National Commission
Maureen Rooney
84, Goodhart Way
West Wickham
BR4 OEY Bromley Kent, 
United Kingdom
T:  44 71 703 4231 342
F:  44 71 701 7862

Women's Network of the Methodist Church
Elizabeth Dunn Wilson
63, Alexandra Road South 
M16 8GH Manchester, 
United Kingdom
T:  0044 61 881 7391

WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN IRAN
Contact person: Ms. Jaleh Shahmanesh
119 Audley Rd.
London NW4 3EN
England, U.K.

World Federation of Methodist Women
Rosemary Wass
The Green 
YO6 6HY Fadmoor
York, United Kingdom
T:  044 751 431 558

YWCA
Felicia Gray
120, Hinton Rd SE 24
OHG London, United Kingdom

THE 300 GROUP
9 Poland Street
London W1V 3DG
England, U.K.
Phone:  01-734 3457
- Although women have had the vote for 70 years and constitute 
  approximately 52% of the population, they are still only present in very 
  low numbers in both Houses of Parliament and al areas of public life.
- aims: work towards a minimum of 300 women members of parliaments; 
  encourage women to seek and hold public office; encourage women to 
  participate in the public decision-making processes at all levels
- works to equip women with appropriate skills for public offices; 
  increases public awareness of the need for greater participation by women 
  in public life; and provides an information and resource bank