Independent Women's Forum
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The Independent Women's Forum (IWF) is an American conservative, non-profit organization focused on economic policy issues of concern to women.[4][5] IWF was founded by activist Rosalie Silberman to promote a "conservative alternative to feminist tenets" following the controversial Supreme Court nomination of Clarence Thomas in 1992.[6] IWF's sister organization is the Independent Women's Voice (IWV), a 501(c)(4) organization.
Founded | 1992 |
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Founder | Rosalie Silberman, Barbara Olson, Anita K. Blair |
Type | 501(c)(3)[1] |
Focus | Women's rights, equity feminism, property rights, free markets, democracy, foreign policy,[1] domestic violence, campus issues, health care, labor policy[2] |
Location |
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Coordinates | 38.9018°N 77.0428°W / 38.9018; -77.0428 |
Area served | United States, Iraq, Afghanistan |
Method | Educational programs, awards, grants, political commentary |
Key people | Sabrina Schaeffer, Carrie Lukas, Heather Higgins, Christina Hoff Sommers, Lynne V. Cheney, Wendy Lee Gramm, Midge Decter, Kate O'Beirne |
Revenue (2013) | $5,680,509[3] |
Website | iwf |
The group advocates "equity feminism", a term first used by IWF author Christina Hoff Sommers to distinguish "traditional, classically liberal, humanistic feminism" from "gender feminism", which she says opposes gender roles and patriarchy.[7] According to Sommers, the gender feminist view is "the prevailing ideology among contemporary feminist philosophers and leaders",[7] and "thrives on the myth that American women are the oppressed 'second sex.'"[8] Sommers' equity feminism has been described as anti-feminist by critics.[9]