| Type: | Non-governmental organization |
| Purpose: | Activism for women's rights |
| Headquarters: | Lisbon |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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| UMAR – Alternative and Answer Women's Union | |
| Native Name: | UMAR – União de Mulheres Alternativa e Resposta |
| Native Name Lang: | por |
| Abbreviation: | UMAR |
| Founder: | Isabel Lhano |
| Vat Id: | (for European organizations) --> |
| Owners: | --> |
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.[1] [2]