Women's Network for Change
Budget
€6,000
EP Access
4
accredited persons
Staff
8
1.25 FTE
EU Grants
None
Mission & Goals
1-Build a global network of women to support the women's equality movement and women's efforts and achievements in all areas. 2- Promote better understanding and cooperation between men and women who reject the patriarchal culture and believe in gender equality. 3- To be the voice of women in the world who are victims of repression, violence, misogyny, discrimination and social injustice and to promote education for all. 4- Broadly support commitment to parity and participation of women in decision-making and at levels of economic and political leadership. 5- Hold conferences, events, workshops, exhibitions, and publish books, brochures and other information materials and spread a culture of tolerance and gender equality. Do press interviews and articles in women's newspapers and magazines. 6- Cooperate with international women's human rights organizations and participate in international forums to improve the status of women.
EU Legislative Interests
Our main focus is on: - EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025 - Gender Mainstreaming and Spotlight Initiative to eliminate Violence against Women and Girls - Sustainable Development Goals provided by UN Women in NY (gender parity 50/50 by 2030) and coordinate this with activities and work of the EP's FEMM committee. - Strategy on gender equality - Istanbul Convention - European Pact for Gender Equality 2021-2030 In recent years we helped campaign for the adoption of the following EP resolutions regarding women’s rights: - European Parliament resolution of 21 January 2021 on the EU Strategy for Gender Equality https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2021-0025_EN.html - European Parliament resolution of 10 March 2022 on gender mainstreaming in the European Parliament – annual report 2020 https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0072_EN.html#ref_1_14 - https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2023-0047_EN.html
Communication Activities
- With the inputs of our volunteers, we have been able to study the situation, challenges and advancement of women in different countries and covered such issues on our website. - We co-sponsored an event in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November 2016, with the initiative of the International Federation of Women in Legal Careers on Women's Body and Fundamental Rights, new challenges. - On July 1 2017, several inspiring members of our burgeoning international network convened in Paris, France for a meeting. The session launched into a timely discussion about the role of women’s leadership at this important juncture in history. - A member of our network was invited to S Asian Regional Workshop -“Together We Can ” launched by SANWED- S Asian Network for Widows’ Empowerment in Development from July 16-19, 2017 and represented a report on rural widows provided/prepared by our colleagues in Spain who focus on the situation rural women in Spain. - We were invited to a two-day event on the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women on November 22 -23, 2017 in Palermo Italy. Ms. Concetta Giallombardo, a member of the WNC and the head of the Women’s Jurist Association in Palermo held a meeting in the presence of the city's Mayor. The event consisted a theatrical show and a musical program on this particular issue of violence against women following a discussion. - We met with four members of the EP in Brussels at the end of December 2017 to speak to them about our activities and exchange ideas. - We have sent delegations consisting of young volunteers to the UN CSW meetings every year for them to learn about the advances and to promote gender equality in Europe. - We held a round-table meeting in Paris on February 17, 2018 to discuss 50/50 parity, what achievements have been made and where have we gone in our countries. A focus on the role of women in political leadership, the challenges of rural women and the role of women in media. We studied these topics in ten countries. - WNC participated in the inauguration of La Place en Hommage aux Femmes Victimes de Violences on 25 November 2021 in Paris 13. - We have met with numerous MEPs in 2021 and 2022 to speak about safeguarding and promoting the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence (Istanbul Convention). - Zoom meeting in May 2021 with members to discuss the effects of the Covid-19 on women to find solutions against gender-based violence during the pandemic. - WNC joined Joint Public Hearing by LIBE and FEMM Committees on 21.04.2022 about women refugees from Ukraine. - US Supreme Court decision to overturn abortion rights in the United States and the need to safeguard abortion rights and Women’s health in the EU https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2022-0289_EN.html - A member was a speaker at a meeting, “Europe and the gender gap in employment: where to start again?” held by MEP Gancia and MEP Baldassarre on 8 June 2022 at EP in Strasbourg - WNC participated in International Conference on Future of Human Rights, held on 16 and 17 June 2022 in the library reading room of the European Parliament to promote and discuss about women’s human rights by sharing comments with the EU Special Representative for HR and Former UN Deputy HCHR and HR activist and former Peace Negotiator. - Speaker at meeting with women cancer survivors at EP March 2023 on initiative and in cooperation with MEP Gancia. - IWD Conference was held on March 4, 2023 in Brussels with participation of dozens of prominent female policymakers, former ministers, experts, and rights activists. - Exhibition on occasion of World Day against the Death Penalty at the EP in Strasbourg from October 16-19, 2023 in cooperation with MEP Sarvamaa. - Sponsored event held on April 9, 2024 with MEP Radka Maxova, Vice-Chair FEMM with representatives of various EU women’s &youth associations. - VAW event with MEP Tomasic on Nov 20, 2024
Interests Represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Member Of
Our association is not member of any other organization. We come together on honorary basis for our common goals (https://www.womennetworkforchange.org/board-of-directors/).
Organisation Members
- Les femmes, la force du changement ONG (France) - https://aamcj.home.blog/ (Argentina) - https://www.csrindia.org/ (India) - https://wncri.org/ - Women's Human Rights International (WHRIA) (France) - https://www.facebook.com/uawshoqata/ (Albania) - https://internationalcouncilofhumanrights.wordpress.com/ (Spain)
Additional Information
Our members and their activities are based on volunteer work. We don't have any employed staff. All our members and activists work as volunteers based on their availability.
Commissioner Meetings
No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.