Organizations
Groups, nonprofits, and communities supporting older women.
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Art Against Ageism
An alliance and media platform that identifies, amplifies, and creates artistic endeavors that confront damaging stereotypes and misperceptions about age and older adults. Co-founded by…
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Centre for Ageing Better
An independent charitable foundation working to make the UK a great place to grow older. Uses evidence and influencing to tackle ageism, improve employment prospects…
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Changing the Narrative
Denver, CO
Changing the Narrative is a national initiative to end ageism by changing the way we think, talk, and act about aging. Founded by Janine Vanderburg,…
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Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Conducts groundbreaking research and collaborates with the entertainment and media industry to reinvent, transform, and inspire how stories are told through authentic representation — with…
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Grandmother Collective
Builds and connects a world community to elevate, support, and activate elder women as a powerful positive force. Envisions a world where the power of…
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Gray Panthers NYC
An intergenerational activist organization envisioning a world where old and young together work to make society more just and humane. The NYC chapter of the…
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HelpAge International
A global network of organizations promoting the rights and wellbeing of older people worldwide. Works to ensure older people lead dignified, active, and secure lives…
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National Center to Reframe Aging
Works to shift public thinking about aging by changing the narratives, images, and language used to describe older people. Develops messaging tools and communications research…
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Noon
United Kingdom
Noon exists to change the story of midlife for women. Founded by journalist Eleanor Mills, it builds community and content for “queenagers” — women in…
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OLOC — Old Lesbians Organizing for Change
Represents Lesbian Elders in a spirit of inclusiveness to promote Lesbian visibility. Comes together to preserve herstory, confront social injustice, and give and receive support…
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Openly Gray
A nonprofit dedicated to addressing age discrimination by encouraging older adults to embrace, enjoy, and celebrate growing older. Works to shift both individual mindsets and…
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Raging Grannies
An international “disorganization” of women of a certain age who use satirical songs and street theater for political protest. More than sixty autonomous local gaggles;…
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Sibylline Press
Publishes the work of brilliant women over 50, exclusively — fiction, narrative nonfiction/memoir, romance, and business titles. Founded by Vicki DeArmon to give older women’s…
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The Women’s Age Lab
A global first: a research centre dedicated to understanding and improving the health and lives of older women. Led by Dr. Paula Rochon at Women’s…
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The Writer’s Lab
Amplifies the voices of women and non-binary screenwriters and storytellers in their prime whose stories have not been told, working toward a landscape where the…
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Top Sixty Over Sixty
Canada
Advances longevity literacy by providing tools and training to eliminate age bias and promote age diversity. Founded by Helen Hirsh Spence to help organizations reset…
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