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Kinda like that issue of Time Magazine where they said "the person of the year is everyone", only less cheesy. (photo via Flickr, taken by user Jessica E Sideways. Shared under a Creative Commons license.)<\/p><\/div>You see, so far this collection of posts has centred on exceptional individuals who\u2019ve done unique things and make for fascinating stories. However, whilst it\u2019s great to give these figures the attention they deserve, and maybe to take some inspiration from their stories, the flow of events rarely rests on the actions of just one person. Lasting change is brought about by the ongoing work of countless people fighting for it on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

This post, then, is about those people; people who are getting on with the everyday business of making change happen. That ranges from people who work in charities, NGOs, and support organisations; people who lobby and campaign; and people who are acting on the change they\u2019d like to see in their interactions with the people around them.<\/p>\n

So here, then, are just some of the many organisations run by awesome people, doing awesome things on a daily basis.<\/p>\n

\n African Feminist Forum<\/a> \u2013 They run biennial conferences for feminist activists in Africa, and make efforts to include the voices of groups often marginalised within African feminism (and arguably feminist movements in many countries) \u2013 commercial sex workers, women with disabilities, and bisexual rights activists.<\/li>\n

\n Central American Women\u2019s Network<\/a> \u2013 They\u2019re working to improve the political, social and cultural rights of women in Central America through advocacy and campaigning, and raising awareness in the UK and US. Freedoms in Honduras have been a particular issue since the coup d\u2019etat of 2009.<\/li>\n

Women\u2019s Budget Group<\/a>\u00a0 – Based in the UK, they’re bringing gender analysis to economic policy, because it\u2019s hard to work for an equal society when the vast impact of government expenditure is skewed in favour of one portion of the population.<\/li>\n

\n British Insitute of Human Rights<\/a> \u2013 Because human rights for everyone is very much a feminist issue, and the BIHR are one of several fantastic groups supporting that. (See also: Liberty<\/a>, Amnesty International<\/a>)\n\t<\/li>\n

Race On The Agenda<\/a> \u2013 Too often the history of feminist discussion has been marred by an unfortunate exclusion of the voices from often-marginalised groups such as the Black and Asian communities. ROTA are one of the organisations helping to keep things more inclusive.<\/li>\n

\n Powerhouse<\/a> \u2013 Women with disabilities are another group that\u2019s been too often pushed to one side or rendered invisible. Run “by and for women with learning disabilities”, Powerhouse bring focus to this.\n<\/li>\n

The Feminist Library<\/a> \u2013 Libraries are basically the most awesome things ever, and this one carries a huge stock of feminist literature. It should hardly need explaining why this is an entire industrial-sized vat of pure brilliance.<\/li>\n

\nThe Survivor Project \u2013 I want to include these folk, because judging from what I’ve read they\u2019re awesome, but unfortunately they seem to be without a website currently, so, er, you’ll have to find them yourselves later. They\u2019re a non-profit working against domestic and sexual violence against anyone, but with a particular focus on trans* and intersex survivors. It\u2019s an issue that\u2019s all too often ignored in the mainstream. (If in the future a website becomes available, hopefully we’ll be able to draw attention to it.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
This list isn\u2019t even remotely exhaustive, and couldn\u2019t possibly hope to be. There are more people out there working to support good ideas than I have any chance of adequately enumerating here. The fact that I can only post a tiny, miniscule example of some of the many groups and organisations involved in this is, honestly, brilliant. It\u2019d be a worrying sign if every beneficial organisation could be summed up in the space of one post. For more comprehensive overviews of the groups out there though, do check the members list for the Women\u2019s Resource Centre<\/a> and the National Alliance of Women\u2019s Organisations<\/a>. (Of course, that only covers groups based at least partially in the UK. The list gets even longer when we go global.)<\/p>\n

And then of course there\u2019s the fact that the above list has only covered organisations, groups, and charities. We\u2019ve yet to even touch on the vast array of feminist bloggers, writers, artists, and others out there making their ideas visible. Or the yet wider group who don\u2019t have a public podium from which to spread their message but are engaged in thinking about, discussing and living with this as a part of their daily world view. <\/p>\n

What I\u2019m saying is that there\u2019s a lot of us, and the collective weight behind this set of ideas is formidable. And that\u2019s seven shades of kickass.<\/p>\n
- Unsung Heroes: spotlighting fascinating people we never learned about at school. Rob Mulligan also blogs at Stuttering Demagogue.<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>Stay tuned for future Heroes, or send your own in to badrepeditors@gmail.com<\/strong><\/a>!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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