The African Gender Institute (AGI) is a department in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town.

The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation is a professional organization in the field of international gender studies.

The International Center for Research on Women concentrates on the roles of women in society and their potential for eliminating poverty in developing countries.

The Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies focuses its activities on programs to strengthen social contribution, education, leadership and peace for and by women.

The International Women's Rights Action Watch (IWRAW) promotes recognition of women’s human rights under the United Nation’s Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW Convention).

Women's Learning Partnership for rights, development and peace is a network working with 20 autonomous and independent partner organizations particularly in Muslim-majority societies to empower women to transform their families, communities, and societies.

The Sisterhood is Global Institute is a think tank of international feminism.

UN Women is the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, which was created in 2010. It merges the work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system: Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW), International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW), Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI) and United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).

WEDO is a global women's advocacy organization to protect women's rights, economic and environmental justice as well as sustainable development.

Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO) is a global action-research-policy network that seeks to improve the status of the working poor, especially women, in the informal economy.