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The Gender Progress Consortium represents a new approach to advancing public policy. Instead of operating as an activist organization itself, it represents activist organizations around the world by creating a single representative body for organizations which share the value of gender progress, empowerment and the advancement of humanity as a whole. The GPC is a global "umbrella" organization, encapsulating the vast range of NGOs, government agencies, corporations, university departments, and think-tanks, as well as individual experts, academics, campaigners, businesspeople, development practitioners, policy-makers, leaders, activists, funders, researchers, as well as many others. In this sense, it is a membership and network organization committed to achieving women's empowerment and thus gender progress, sustainable lifestyles, and human rights. It has attracted immediate and widespread attention, and activated a powerful global network of advocates, organizations, and movements from around the world. Founded in 2011, the Gender Progress Consortium is the world's first and only global platform for women's issues, advancing networking, cooperation and exchange between advocates, governments, organizations, and movements.