Envisioning a liberated South Carolina where women and girls can shape their own futures

We advocate, educate, research, and convene community in service to women and girls for a more equitable South Carolina.

Our Legislative Agenda

WREN’s policy priorities include economic dignity, workplace rights and the freedom to make decisions for ourselves and our bodies.

Advocate With Us

Find policy briefs, fact sheets, and guides for contacting representatives on core issues like pay equity, reproductive health, and paid leave. Get details on upcoming events, rallies, and campaigns to join. Whether new to activism or a seasoned advocate, these tools will help make your voice heard.

Our Impact

Through steadfast advocacy, community education initiatives, capacity-building efforts, and coalition support, WREN champions transformative policies to drive systemic, statewide change.

The Status of Women & Girls in South Carolina

In 2025, WREN undertook a statewide and county-specific research project to assess obstacles facing women and girls in South Carolina. The research revealed challenges that many of us know too well: gaps in healthcare access, unequal pay for equal work, limited childcare, and entire communities left without the resources they deserve.

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Your tax-deductible donations power our work to advocate for inclusive policies that promote gender justice and racial equity across South Carolina. 

We hereby proclaim:

The land which we occupy today is the traditional ancestral home of the Edisto Kusso-Natchez, Santee, Pee Dee, Waccamaw, Catawba, Lower Cherokee, Sumter Band of Cheraw, Santee, Beaver Creek, Chickasaw, Wassamasaw, Uchee, Westoe, Yemassee, Wimbee, Combahee, Sissipahaw, Ashepoo, Escamacu, Stono, Etiwan, Kiawah, Wando, Sewee, Winyah, Wateree, Eno, Shakori, Sugaree, Chicora, Waxhaw, and many other Indigenous peoples of South Carolina, past and present.

Without them, we would not have access to this space. We take this opportunity to thank the original caretakers, and we honor with gratitude the beings of the land and water, as well. We do not claim to be those who came first, for it was our siblings, the Four Legs, Winged, Swimming, and Standing Relatives who were the first inhabitants, and our first Ancestors. They were created first, to be our teachers and our guides. This calls us to commit to continuing in the ways of our ancestors, to remember how to be better relatives to the land we inhabit, as well as protectors of the water and air; all that is crucial to life.