Women on Waves

Dutch pro-choice non-profit organization
Organization women_s_organization Q1716735
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Summary

Women on Waves is a women's organization[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of women_s_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Women on Waves's field of work was abortion[3].
  • Women on Waves's field of work was birth control[4].
  • Women on Waves is in the country of Netherlands[5].
  • Women on Waves's instance of is recorded as women's organization[6].
  • Women on Waves's instance of is recorded as non-governmental organization[7].
  • Women on Waves's founder is recorded as Rebecca Gomperts[8].
  • Women on Waves's headquarters location is recorded as Amsterdam[9].
  • Women on Waves's archives at is recorded as Atria Institute on gender equality and women's history[10].
  • 1999 marks the founding of Women on Waves[11].
  • Women on Waves's official website is recorded as https://www.womenonwaves.org/[12].
  • Women on Waves's described by source is recorded as Tactical Media Files[13].
  • Women on Waves's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Women on Waves'}[14].
  • Women on Waves's different from is recorded as Wow[15].
  • Women on Waves's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Art+Feminism[16].
  • Women on Waves's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[17].
  • Women on Waves's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as NADD Wikidata project[18].

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Founding

Women on Waves's founder is recorded as Rebecca Gomperts[8]. 1999 marks the founding of it[11].

Operations

Women on Waves's headquarters location is recorded as Amsterdam[9].

Industry

Fields of work include abortion[3], a cause of death[19] and birth control[4].

Why It Matters

Women on Waves ranks in the top 9% of women_s_organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. Retrieved . hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . tacticalmediafiles.net. Retrieved . tacticalmediafiles.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . tacticalmediafiles.net. Retrieved . tacticalmediafiles.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · ArthurPSmith · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 22w ago · Lmerice · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Tactical Media Files
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