1.   According to polling, they were mostly disadvantaged women who are religious and concerned about crime, health care, education and political stability.

2.   Equality Now, a private organization, has been at the forefront of campaigns to help immigrant women in the United States and disadvantaged women in developing countries.

3.   He signed an executive order banning use of federal funds by international organizations to counsel and advise disadvantaged women on family planning and abortion.

4.   Proceeds raised by the nonprofit corporation help disadvantaged women in India improve theirlives.

5.   The foundation is printing a basic pregnancy book written at a lower literacy level for disadvantaged women.

6.   The nonprofit More Than Conquerors organization seeks to encourage economically disadvantaged women to improve their lives by providing support.

7.   They were meeting under the auspices of Dress for Success, the national group that outfits economically disadvantaged women in donated business suits.

8.   Discrimination also occurred through legislation, she said, citing how the laws on marriage, labor and social and health services still disadvantaged women.

9.   Sister Larkin, who runs a shelter for disadvantaged women, has compared experiences with friends working in the impoverished African country of Zambia.