| LC control no. | no2017008739 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Women on Waves (Organization) |
| Variant(s) | WoW (Organization : Amsterdam, Netherlands) |
| See also | Founder: Gomperts, Rebecca, 1966- |
| Beginning date | 1999 |
| Located | Amsterdam (Netherlands) |
| Address | P.O. Box 15683, 1001 ND Amsterdam Netherlands info@womenonwaves.org |
| Field of activity | Reproductive health services |
| Found in | Vessel (Motion picture : 2014). Vessel, 2016: title frame (Women on Waves) Wikipedia, viewed January 23, 2017 (Women on Waves (WoW) is a Dutch pro-choice non-profit organization created in 1999 by Dutch physician Rebecca Gomperts, in order to bring reproductive health services, particularly non-surgical abortion services, to women in countries with restrictive abortion laws. Other services offered by WoW include contraception and reproductive counseling. Services are provided on a commissioned ship that contains a specially constructed mobile clinic. When WoW visits a country, women make appointments, and are taken on board the ship. The ship then sails out to international waters (where Dutch laws are in effect on board the ship) to perform the medical abortions.) OCLC, January 23, 2017 (headings: Women on Waves; Women on Waves (Amsterdam); Women on Waves (Organization)) |
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