Ralph Nader's organizational network in the United States is part of an emerging global web of INGOs whose members believe that people at the grassroots can change the present neoliberal course of globalization. Today, there exist thousands of these organizations in all parts of the world. Some consist only of a handful of activists, while others attract a much larger membership. For example, the Third World Network is a non-profit international network of organizations based in Malaysia with regional offices on all five continents. Its objectives are to conduct research on development issues pertaining t the South and to provide a platform for antiglobalist perspectives at international meetings. The International Forum on Globalization is a global alliance of activists, scholars, economists, researchers, and writers formed to stimulate a universalist-protectionist response to globalism. Finally, transnational women's networks draw on women's groups from countries around the world to develop common policy initiatives typically proposals pertaining to women's rights. Given the fact that many victims of neoliberal structural adjustment programmes are women in the global South, it is not surprising to observe the rapid growth of these organizations.