Editing Gillian Anderson (section)

===Women's rights===
Anderson is a supporter of various women's organizations and social movements. She has been a long-time supporter of the [[Feminist Majority Foundation]]. In 1996, Anderson became the Feminist Majority Foundation's spokesperson and participated as a team leader in the Feminist Majority Foundation's ''Million4Roe'' campaign. In March 1999, she attended a Feminist Majority Foundation event to stop gender apartheid in [[Afghanistan]] and in April 2002, she appeared on ''[[Hollywood Squares]]'' to benefit the Feminist Majority Foundation's campaign to aid Afghan women and girls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gilliananderson.ws/charities/other.shtml#fmf|title=The Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF)}}</ref> Anderson participated in [[Eve Ensler]]'s ''[[Vagina Monologues]]'', including a stage performance on February 14, 1999.<ref name="VagMon" /> Anderson is a supporter of Ensler's [[V-Day (movement)|V-Day]] movement aiming to end violence against women and girls.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powertodogood.com/TheOfficialGillianAndersonWebsite_BedeliaDuMaurierStore_s/1873.htm|title=Power To Do Good – Benefit V-Day: A Global Movement to End Violence Against Women and Girls Worldwide|access-date=July 28, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721043542/http://www.powertodogood.com/TheOfficialGillianAndersonWebsite_BedeliaDuMaurierStore_s/1873.htm|archive-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

Anderson is an advocate for [[reproductive rights]]. In 2001, she emceed the [[Rock for Choice]] concert fundraiser, featuring musicians [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Paula Cole]], and [[Melissa Etheridge]] as well as actresses [[Helen Hunt]], [[Ellen DeGeneres]], [[Portia de Rossi]], and [[Kathy Najimy]]. The concert supported reproductive options for unplanned pregnancies, including the [[morning-after pill]].<ref>{{cite web| url= https://feminist.org/news/newsbyte/uswirestory.asp?id=5426|title=Sold Out Rock for Choice Concert Sends a Powerful Message: We Won't Go Back!|date=April 9, 2001|work=feminist.org|access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> For [[International Women's Day]] 2014, Anderson was one of the artist signatories of [[Amnesty International]]'s letter to UK Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] campaigning for [[women's rights in Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/stars-write-cameron-about-afghan-women-international-womens-day|title= Stars write to Cameron about Afghan women for International Women's Day|date= March 7, 2014|work=amnesty.org.uk|access-date=September 14, 2015}}</ref> In March 2015, Anderson backed the Women at the Well drop-in centre for vulnerable women in London, which is supported financially by [[Comic Relief]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-31824884|title=Gillian Anderson backs Comic Relief charity Women at the Well|date=March 11, 2015|work=BBC|access-date=September 9, 2015}}</ref> Anderson supports the [[Refuge (United Kingdom charity)|Refuge]], a United Kingdom charity providing specialist support for women and children experiencing [[domestic violence]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.powertodogood.com/TheOfficialGillianAndersonWebsite_StellaGibsonStore_s/1872.htm|title=Power To Do Good – Benefit Refuge|access-date=July 28, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716012309/http://www.powertodogood.com/TheOfficialGillianAndersonWebsite_StellaGibsonStore_s/1872.htm|archive-date=July 16, 2015}}</ref> For International Women's Day 2016, Anderson was one of the high-profile women that signed [[Burma Campaign UK]]'s pledge to end and investigate crimes of [[sexual violence]] against girls and women in [[Myanmar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://burmacampaign.org.uk/take-action/stand-with-the-women-of-burma-to-end-rape-and-sexual-violence|title=Stand with the women of Burma to end rape and sexual violence|date=October 9, 2015|work=[[Burma Campaign UK]]|access-date=March 12, 2016}}</ref> Anderson is a speaker for [[Thomson Reuters Foundation]]'s Trust Women Conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trustwomenconf.com/profile/index2.html?id=a73f5cad-7a72-4c48-a8b9-fa7bf5c42b07|title=Trust Women Conference – speakers|work=trustwomenconf.com|access-date=December 8, 2016}}</ref>