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With more than 47,000 members and supporters, the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is a nonsectarian organization that advances human rights and social justice in the United States and worldwide. Established in 1940, it supports programs and policies that promote workers' rights, defend civil liberties and preserve the rights of those affected by humanitarian crises. The organization organizes JustWorks camps, which are short-term experiential learning projects that help volunteers to examine and understand the causes and damaging effects of injustice. Its Economic Justice Program strengthens the rights of workers to earn a living wage with dignity and supports workers around the world to organize to defend those rights. Unitarian Universalist Service is located in CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

Barakat Inc., based in Cambridge, MA, has been dedicated to empowering girls and women through education since 1993. Their mission focuses on providing exemplary basic education in Pakistan and Afghanistan to advance literacy and increase access to secondary education. In India, they support programs aimed at preventing and ending violence against girls and women. Recognizing that the issue of violence against girls and women is intertwined with limited opportunities, Barakat emphasizes the importance of education in enabling females to assess their circumstances and effect change. While investing in long-term educational solutions, the organization also implements immediate programs to protect women from violence, particularly in regions like Attock, Punjab, in Pakistan. In addition to their work in Pakistan and India, Barakat has established schools and educational programs in Afghanistan since 2003, with a special focus on the Northern Provinces of Faryab and Jowzjan. They support female teachers and educational initiatives for girls and women in Afghanistan, collaborating closely with local communities and co-funders to ensure sustainable educational impact. Generated from the website content