Recent meetings
| Date | Commissioner / Cabinet | Topic | File |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04 Mar 2024 | Dubravka Šuica Vice-President | Democracy and demography portfolio. Women in public office worldwide. Gender equality. | — |
| 04 Mar 2024 | Dubravka Šuica Vice-President | Democracy and demography portfolio. Women in public office worldwide. Gender equality. | SRC |
Mission & Goals
IWDU is an association dedicated to the advancement of women and the promotion of important women-related issues inside the global centre-right party family. The association consists of female members of likeminded parties. IWDU provides female leaders with possibilities for networking, empowerment, enhanced visibility and encourage women to take political offices.
EU Legislative Interests
The IWDU is mainly concerned with the EU Commission's Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025, as well as with the following E.U. Commission proposals and policies: -Push for the adoption of the 2012 proposal for a Directive on improving the gender balance on corporate boards, which set the aim of a minimum of 40% of non-executive members of the under-represented sex on company boards; -Promote the participation of women as voters and candidates in the 2024 European Parliament elections; -Promote EU Platform of Diversity Charters in all sectors; -Reach gender parity (50%) at all levels of Commission's management by the end of 2024 and increase efforts towards reaching a larger share of female managers in EU agencies.
Communication Activities
The IWDU sometimes organizes delegation of female parliamentarians in Brussels for meetings with MEPs and European functionaries.
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
The IWDU is a member organization of the International Democracy Union (IDU), a global alliance of centre-right political parties. Link - https://www.idu.org/ I, the person who is completing this form, work for the IDU as Director of Communications. As parent organization to the IWDU, we are helping them with maintaining the registration updated.
Organisation Members
The IWDU is a member organization of the International Democracy Union (IDU), a global alliance of centre-right political parties. Link - https://www.idu.org/ I, the person who is completing this form, work for the IDU as Director of Communications. As parent organization to the IWDU, we are helping them with maintaining the registration updated.
Additional Information
The IWDU receives funding from its parent organization, the International Democracy Union (IDU).