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The Memphis Area Women's Council is here to take care of what matters to women in Greater Memphis.

We are a non-profit organization, with individual and organization members. We are not service providers and we do not raise funds to support social services.

We connect research with activists who raise a collective voice to make change in local policies and practices that limit success of women and girls.

We celebrate five years of action:

  • To end corporal punishment in city schools.
  • To secure a Living Wage for Memphis and Shelby County employees.
  • To lead a new awareness campaign to connect victims and volunteers to domestic resources via www.erasedomesticcrime.com.
  • To document needs in the Orders of Protection hearing room via our court watch.
  • To foster a local Unified Family Court that wraps services and justice around troubled families.
  • To champion a Family Safety Center that rescues those damaged by domestic crime.
  • To increase services, shelter and to advocate for victims of domestic crime.
  • To equip girls to use data and lead policy change that enforces sexual harassment law and makes schools safer. (read more)















Offering support for women's issues in Memphis and Shelby County.


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Memphis Area Women's Council :: c/o Center for Research on Women :: 2574 Sam Cooper Blvd :: Memphis, TN 38112