The Women’s International Democratic Federation (WIDF), one of the biggest women’s non-governmental organisations in the world, was founded on 1st December 1945 from the struggles of the democratic women’s movement against fascism in the Second World War for a world of peace without arms race.

The Asean Confederation of Women’s Organisations (ACWO) is one of the largest regional non-governmental women’s organization. ACWO was established on 20 November 1981 in Jakarka (Indonesia) by the participation of the 5 founding organization members in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA) founded in 1985 and based in Melbourne, Australia is one of the first Australian women’s non-governmental development organizations established partnership with the Vietnam Women’s Union.

The Marie Schlei Association, a non-governmental organisation, was founded in 1984 in memory of Madame Marie Schlei, former German minister for Development policy who first integrated women’s needs into development.

The Maastricht School of Management (MSM) of the Netherlands was founded in 1952.