Surrogacy360 collaborates with organizations, scholars, and advocates around the world to address the myriad questions raised by international commercial surrogacy. These networks and organizations have played key roles in Surrogacy360’s development.

Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) Working Group (Global)

The ART Working Group, facilitated by the Center for Genetics and Society and the Pro-Choice Alliance for Responsible Research, is an invitational group that brings together more than 100 advocates and scholars from around the world to assess developments in ART, share resources, and promote public policies regarding ART that are consistent with social and reproductive justice. The ART Working Group provides a venue for extended discussion and collaboration among reproductive health, rights, and justice leaders, and focuses on how reproductive and genetic technologies intersect with reproductive, disability, racial, and LGBTQ justice.

Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida (Information Group on Reproductive Choice)

The Grupo de Información en Reproducción Elegida (GIRE) was founded in 1992. GIRE’s initial goal was to disseminate scientific, objective and secular information on abortion in Mexico to position it as a public health and social justice issue. For the last 25 years, GIRE has established itself as a leading reproductive rights organization. Since 2011, in addition to abortion, GIRE has worked to put priority issues such as contraception, obstetric violence, maternal mortality, assisted reproduction and work-life balance at the forefront of the debate, from a perspective that takes women’s human rights into account. GIRE is a feminist organization whose mission is to achieve a social and cultural transformation in Mexico by demanding reproductive justice from a human rights perspective. To reach this goal, GIRE incorporates comprehensive strategies that involve advocacy and legal casework, as well as communications and research on the status of reproductive rights in Mexico.

National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders (NAWHRD)

National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders (NAWHRD), established in 2007, is a vibrant, strong and active women’s network working from a feminist perspective. It is one of the largest existing loose networks in Nepal, and guided by human rights principles and democratic values and practices. The recognition of the work, body, and identity of women; protection of women’s rights to live with dignity; and creating and advocating for safety mechanisms for Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) are the key principles of NAWHRD. The network has members in all 75 districts of Nepal. The overall goal of this network is to advocate for the recognition and security of WHRDs, and the key working themes are identity, body and work.

National Center for Lesbian Rights

The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) was the first national LGBTQ legal organization founded by women and brings a fierce, longstanding commitment to racial and economic justice and our community’s most vulnerable. Since 1977, NCLR has been at the forefront of advancing the civil and human rights of our full LGBTQ community and their families through impact litigation, public policy, and public education. NCLR litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting the LGBT community; provides free legal assistance to LGBT people and their legal advocates; and conducts community education on LGBT issues.

Our Bodies Ourselves

Our Bodies Ourselves (OBOS) is a nonprofit organization that develops and promotes evidence-based information on girls’ and women’s reproductive health and sexuality. OBOS also addresses the social, economic, and political conditions that affect health care access and quality of care. The organization’s signature publication, Our Bodies, Ourselves, is one of 88 books included in the Library of Congress exhibit Books That Shaped America.

The OBOS Global Initiative works with women’s organizations around the world that have translated and adapted Our Bodies, Ourselves to their countries’ unique cultural needs. Many of these groups are addressing assisted reproductive technologies via their own work and in collaboration with OBOS.

Tarangini Mahila Adhikar Prashikshyen Kendra (Tarangini Foundation)

Tarangini Mahila Adhikar Prashikshyen Kendra (Tarangini Foundation), established in 2017, is a non-profit organization working on women’s rights in Nepal. The Sanskrit word Tarangini means ‘wave’ in English. This term is chosen for the institute as it best represents the harmonious relationship among women engaged in the feminist movement of Nepal. Tarangini Foundation was established to reclaim and sustain feminist gains by accelerating the documentation process. The organization aims to create an environment for feminists and their movement to be understood, accepted, and recognized in Nepal. The key working areas of Tarangini Foundation are self-care, feminist mentoring, and feminist documentation.

We Are Egg Donors

We Are Egg Donors (WAED) is a volunteer-run organization, founded and run by egg donors. Today WAED is an active global community of 2,000+ egg donors in 13 countries. WAED provides an honest platform for egg donors around the world to connect, support each other, and advocate for issues that matter most to egg donors. WAED also partners internationally with researchers, nonprofits, filmmakers, and top tier media outlets to contribute to the growing transparency of donors’ diverse perspectives and experiences.