Women's interests: Women have as wide a range of interests as any other other social group. Women's interests often, but not always, include both gender and gender equality interests.

Gender interests: This term denotes interests that women have because they are women. These include issues related to pregnancy and childbirth, nourishing and educating children, and building a safe community environment.

Gender equality interests: These are interests derived from an analysis of inequality based on gender differences, and aim for a lasting transformation of gender relations in order to ensure full achievement of women's rights.

Women's movements: This term describes the collectivity of women's organisations and their allies in a particular context. Women's civil society activism makes significant demands on their time and resources, and therefore in many contexts the proportion of women in civil society organisations can be low. While women's movements have at times acted with marked determination and shared purpose, the term 'women's movement' in the singular can also exaggerate the level of solidarity and cohesion within and between women's organisations. For this reason, the term 'women's movements' is used in this report to indicate the plurality of women's mobilizing.

Women's Groups: Membership Varies Greatly Across Regions