IWF
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IWF is an abbreviation with multiple uses:
A number of wrestling organizations use the abbreviation, including:
- IWF PromotionsIWF PromotionsIWF Promotions is an independent professional wrestling company based in Denver, Colorado that was founded in 2001 by Tamera Halbeisen. IWF is the only known wrestling company in the United States that is owned by a Hispanic Woman...
, AKA IWF Premier Pro Wrestling, an independent professional wrestling promotion based in Denver, Colorado - Independent Women's ForumIndependent Women's ForumThe Independent Women's Forum is an American conservative, non-profit, non-partisan research and educational institution focused on domestic and foreign policy issues of concern to women...
, an equity feminist non-profit organization - International Weightlifting FederationInternational Weightlifting FederationThe International Weightlifting Federation , headquartered in Budapest, is the international governing body for the sport of Olympic weightlifting.The IWF was founded in 1905, and has 187 member nations. The IWF president is Dr...
, the international governing body for the sport of weightlifting - Internet Watch FoundationInternet Watch FoundationThe Internet Watch Foundation is a non-governmental charitable body based in the United Kingdom. It states that its remit is "to minimise the availability of 'potentially criminal' Internet content, specifically images of child sexual abuse hosted anywhere, and criminally obscene adult content in...
, an online policing organization in the United Kingdom - iShares Russell 1000 Growth IndexIShares Russell 1000iShares Russell 1000 Index Fund is an exchange-traded fund of US stocks.The ticker is IWB.The fund tracks the Russell 1000 index.IWB was commenced on May 15, 2000;there are also...
, an exchange-traded fund with ticker symbol IWF - Inter-working FunctionInter-working FunctionThe Inter-working Function is a method for interfacing a wireless telecommunication network with the PSTN. The IWF converts the data transmitted over the air interface in to a format suitable for the PSTN....
, a conversion interface between wireless and telephone networks
A number of wrestling organizations use the abbreviation, including:
- Independent Wrestling Federation (Russia), a professional wrestling promotion based in Moscow, Russia.
- Independent Wrestling Federation (United Kingdom), a professional wrestling promotion based in the North East of England, which has produced such stars as PacBen SatterlyBenjamin "Ben" Satterly is an English professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Pac , who is currently working for Dragon Gate, and Dragon Gate USA. He is noted for his exceptional high flying style which has earned him the nickname "The Man That Gravity Forgot"...