Lobbying
& Advocacy
Collectively
we lobby in accordance with the nothing about us without us principle.
Transformation can only be achieved if gender equality and women's rights
activists have access to funding and social and political participation. We
support activists and organisations that fight for greater control in the
social, political and financial domain. We want to ensure that international
standards are maintained.
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WO=MEN
develops and deepens knowledge
Gender
equality and women's rights organisations are forced to perform their work in a
rapidly shrinking social, political and financial space. This is due to the
ebbing sense of urgency among allies, but also due to suppression by
traditional political, religious and violent regimes. We observe this
worldwide, as well as in the Netherlands, Europe and the US. Therefore, we monitor
women’s rights violations, and disseminate studies and publications of our
members and partners. Also, we write position papers and organise meetings focussing
on different forms of support.
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WO=MEN
initiates and coordinates working groups
Political
Lobbying working group
Too often
the 'add women and stir' principle is adopted, which assumes that by doing
'something' that involves women's participation, economic equality or peace
processes will automatically improve. This simplistic way of thinking does not
contribute to gender equality and is actually detrimental to public support.
The
Political Lobbying working group strives for ‘transformative justice’:
sustainably tackling underlying causes of injustice in the world. Unequal power
relations between people based on sex, class, ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation, skin colour, disability and/or age result in structural exclusion.
In order to improve gender equality and women's rights a shift in power
relations is needed, wherein both men and women play a role.
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Commission
on the Status of Women (CSW) working group
Every year,
the UN convenes to discuss gender equality and women's rights during the
Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
- WO=MEN coordinates the Dutch
input from Civil Society: we facilitate exchanges, strategy development
and cooperation between members of the CSW platform.
- We are the contact point for
Dutch civil society before, during and after the CSW.
- We are the contact point and
constructive and critical partner for the government delegation. We fulfil
this role in cooperation with Atria, Institute on gender equality
and women's history, by means of substantive analyses and clearcut recommendations
for policy and implementation.
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