UMAR (women's organization)

UMAR, an acronym which stands for Alternative and Answer Women's Union in Portuguese (União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta), is a Portuguese women's rights organization founded in 1976.

UMAR – Alternative and Answer Women's Union

UMAR – União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta
Abbreviation	UMAR
Formation	September 12, 1976 (1976-09-12)
Type	Non-governmental organization
Purpose	Activism for women's rights
Headquarters	Lisbon
Official language	Portuguese
Website	umarfeminismos.org
Formerly called	Antifascist and Revolutionary Women's Union (1976-1989) Movement for the Emancipation of the Portuguese Women (1989-1999)

From 1976 to 1989, the acronym originally stood for Antifascist and Revolutionary Women's Union (União de Mulheres Antifascistas e Revolucionárias). In 1989, the organization changed its name to Movement for the Social Emancipation of the Portuguese Women (Movimento para a Emancipação Social das Mulheres Portuguesas) and again, in 1999, to the name it currently holds.

The organization was founded by members of the far-left party People's Democratic Union (nowadays part of the Left Bloc), but was always completely autonomous from the party.[1][2]

See also

• Women in Portugal
• List of women's organizations

References

1. Almeida, São José (12 September 2016). "A conquista dos direitos das mulheres nunca é definitiva". Público (in Portuguese). Retrieved 25 June 2018.
2. "Quem Somos". UMAR. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2018.