UMAR (women's organization)

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| formation = {{start date and age|1976|9|12}}

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| type = Non-governmental organization

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| purpose = Activism for women's rights

| headquarters = Lisbon

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| language = Portuguese

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| formerly = *Antifascist and Revolutionary Women's Union (1976-1989)

• Movement for the Emancipation of the Portuguese Women (1989-1999)

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| name = UMAR – Alternative and Answer Women's Union

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| native_name = UMAR – União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta

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| abbreviation = UMAR

| founder = Isabel Lhano

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UMAR, an acronym which stands for Alternative and Answer Women's Union in Portuguese (União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta), is a Portuguese women's rights organization founded in 1976.

From 1976 to 1989, the acronym originally stood for Antifascist and Revolutionary Women's Union (União de Mulheres Antifascistas e Revolucionárias). In 1989, the organization changed its name to Movement for the Social Emancipation of the Portuguese Women (Movimento para a Emancipação Social das Mulheres Portuguesas) and again, in 1999, to the name it currently holds.

The organization was founded by members of the far-left party People's Democratic Union (nowadays part of the Left Bloc), but was always completely autonomous from the party.{{Cite news|url=https://www.publico.pt/2016/09/12/sociedade/noticia/neoconservadorismo-pode-fazer-recuar-conquistas-diz-manuela-tavares-1743562|title=A conquista dos direitos das mulheres nunca é definitiva|last=Almeida|first=São José|date=12 September 2016|work=Público|access-date=25 June 2018|language=Portuguese}}{{Cite web |title=Quem Somos |url=https://feminismos.umar.pt/index.php/quemsomos |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925050403/http://www.umarfeminismos.org/index.php/quemsomos |archive-date=25 September 2017 |access-date=25 June 2018 |website=UMAR}}