Global Rights for Women

What Global Rights for Women does

Global Rights for Women is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2014 and headquartered in Minneapolis, focused on ending gender-based violence through legal reform, institutional change, survivor-centered programming, and training/education. Its core programs span four pillars: Listening to Survivors, Nonviolence, Legal/Policy Reform, and Training/Education. The organization delivers services through a small team of 12 employees and works via partnerships with domestic violence coalitions and international collaborators, including co-production of a Western-African feminist guide. Public endorsements include Anita Hill, and the organization claims a ten-year reach impacting 100 million women and girls.

The organization's business model is donation-funded nonprofit advocacy rather than a commercial revenue model. There are no disclosed pricing or contract mechanics; support flows from charitable contributions, grants, and partner relationships. In 2024, GRW merged with the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP) to form the Center on Global Rights for Women, consolidating legal reform and survivor-advocacy capacity under a single entity. The combined organization extends its intellectual output through publications and cross-border collaborations, and relies on reputational capital and coalition partnerships as its principal distribution mechanisms rather than proprietary technology or commercial channels.

Name

Global Rights for Women

Legal name

Global Rights for Women

Website

https://globalrightsforwomen.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Rights for Women is a Minneapolis-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2014 that works to end gender-based violence through legal reform, survivor-centered programs, training, and international partnerships, now operating as the Center on Global Rights for Women following its 2024 merger with BWJP.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Women's rights and gender-based violence advocacy services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAD), Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF), Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• Women's rights advocacy
• Gender-based violence prevention
• Legal reform services
• Survivor support programs
• Human rights training

Headquarters

HQ city

Minneapolis, Minnesota

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: As a 501(3)(C) nonprofit organization, Global Rights for Women operates primarily through donations from individuals, foundations, and institutional donors who support its mission to end gender-based violence against women and girls.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Global Rights for Women is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works with leaders around the world to advance women and girls' human right to live free from violence through legal reform and institutional and social change. It delivers this mission through four core programmatic areas—Listening to Survivors, Nonviolence Programs, Legal and Policy Reform, and Training and Education—alongside events (annual events, Valiant Voices, webinars, CLE programs) and publications such as impact reports and collaboration guides.

Product overview

Global Rights for Women operates as a unified nonprofit organization with integrated programs rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization's offerings center on four core programmatic areas: Listening to Survivors, Nonviolence Programs, Legal and Policy Reform, and Training and Education. These programs work together to advance women and girls' human right to live free from violence through legal reform and institutional and social change. The organization also provides Events (including annual conferences, webinars, and CLE programs) and Publications/Reports as knowledge resources. In 2025, the organization merged with the Battered Women's Justice Project to become the Center on Global Rights for Women under the BWJP umbrella.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Listening to Survivors Programs

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal Rights for Women has officially merged with the Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP), becoming the Center on Global Rights for Women. This strategic alignment strengthens the collective mission to end gender-based violence and enhances the capacity to support survivors both domestically and globally. The merger creates a unified organization under the BWJP umbrella as a specialized center.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• International Justice Mission: International Justice Mission is a global organization that protects people in poverty from violence, including gender-based violence, through legal accountability—a partial-overlap peer in international legal reform and survivor protection.
• Tahirih Justice Center: Tahirih Justice Center provides legal services and advocacy for women and girls fleeing violence, sharing Global Rights for Women's legal-services-for-women focus but with a primarily US service delivery model.
• International Center for Research on Women (ICRW): ICRW is a global research institution focused on advancing gender equality and ending violence against women, overlapping on Global Rights for Women's policy research and advocacy workstreams.

Regional players

• National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV): NNEDV is a US-focused domestic violence advocacy and policy organization covering overlapping programming on legal reform, training, and survivor support, but its operations are largely confined to the United States.

Direct peers

• Equality Now: Equality Now is an international legal advocacy organization working to end violence against women and girls through legal reform, similar in mission to Global Rights for Women. They directly overlap on global advocacy, legal reform strategy, and operating across multiple geographies.
• Women for Women International: Women for Women International supports women survivors of war and conflict through training and advocacy, with a comparable global gender-based violence prevention and survivor-support model.
• MADRE: MADRE is an international women's rights organization partnering with grassroots groups on gender justice, including ending gender-based violence. They share Global Rights for Women's advocacy focus and small-team operating model.
• Vital Voices Global Partnership: Vital Voices is a global nonprofit that invests in women leaders addressing issues including gender-based violence, mirroring Global Rights for Women's training, advocacy, and global mission orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Human Rights Watch: Human Rights Watch is a global human rights organization that documents violence against women and advocates for legal reform, serving as a broader incumbent in the human rights space where Global Rights for Women operates.
• UN Women: UN Women is the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, with global mandates that overlap Global Rights for Women's work but operate at vastly larger scale with government backing.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/GRforWomen
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCd-h8-DFD0nCPFCnK8vAjJw
• Facebookfacebook.com/GlobalRightsForWomen
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-rights-for-women
• Instagraminstagram.com/globalrightsforwomen

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