NB: Some organisations whose names were
all in capital letters do not appear to have been abbreviations.
In the interests of clarity, however, these organisations
appear in this list with the purpose or longer name
of the organisation in parenthesis.
| AFFIRM |
Alliance For Fair Images
and Representation in the Media |
| ALRA |
Abortion Law Reform Association |
| ASA |
American Sociological Association |
| AWARE |
Action for Women's Advice, Research
and Education |
| BSA |
British Sociological Association |
| BUSWAG |
Bradford Union of Students Women's
Action Group |
| CHE |
Campaign for Homosexual Equality |
| CLAN |
Committee for Lesbian Action Now |
| CP |
Communist Party |
| DHSS |
Department of Health and Social
Security |
| FAST |
Feminists Against Sexual Terrorism |
| GLF |
Gay Liberation Front |
| IMG |
International Marxist Group |
| IS |
International Socialists (later
the SWP) |
| ISIS |
(An International Women's Newsletter/Bulletin/Collective) |
| LAAG |
London Abortion Action Group (becomes
WACC) |
| MAMA |
(Women Artists Together) |
| NAC |
National Abortion Campaign |
| NALGO |
National And Local Government Officers
Association |
| NCCL |
National Council of Civil Liberties |
| NOOL |
National Organisation Of Lesbians |
| NOW |
National Organisation for Women |
| NF |
the National Front |
| NWAF |
National Women's Aid Federation
(becomes WAF(E), Scottish Women's Aid and Welsh
Women's Aid) |
| OHP |
Oral History Project (of The Feminist
Archive North) |
| PROS |
Programme for the Reform Of Soliciting
laws |
| POW |
Power of Women (also known as WFH) |
| ROW |
Rights of Women |
| SEQUEL |
(A contact service for isolated
lesbians) |
| SPUC |
Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child |
| SWAT |
So What's Alternative Theatre? |
| SWP |
Socialist Workers Party |
| UWL |
Union of Women for Liberation |
| WA |
Women's Aid |
| WAF(E) |
Women's Aid Federation (England) |
| WAMM |
Women Against Media Myths |
| WAR |
Women Against Rape |
| YBA |
Why Be A Wife? Campaign |
| WEA |
Worker's Educational Association |
| WERC |
(Campaign against discrimination
in education) |
| WFH |
Wages For Housework |
| WIN |
Women's International Network |
| WINS |
Women's Information and Newsletter
Service |
| WL |
Women's Liberation |
| WLM |
Women's Liberation Movement (Britain) |
| WLW |
Women's Liberation Workshop |
| WNCC |
Women's National Co-ordinating Committee |
| WRRC |
Women's Research and Resources Centre |
| WWC(C) |
Working Women's Charter (Campaign) |
