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The National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO) is an alliance of diverse membership organisations and individuals working for and passionate about women’s empowerment.
We have decades of unique expertise, beginning in the 1970s, in enabling women, girls and women’s organisations to understand the laws and processes that ensure their human rights at all levels. All of our work is underpinned by the values and implementation of UN gender equality mechanisms
https://nawo.org.uk/Working%20Together
NAWO is an alliance of diverse membership organisations and individuals working for and passionate about women’s empowerment. We work to represent the needs and interests of women at a national and international level.
https://nawo.org.uk/Amplifying%20Voices
We amplify the voices of women of all ages in various UN level processes. We employ our ECOSOC status at the UN by annually participating in and presenting side events at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
https://nawo.org.uk/Young%20Women's%20Alliance
A safe platform to demand our human rights, equality and justice. We collectively bring our lived experiences to impact gender policy and legislation at government level. Unite! Act! Amplify! Your voice is the voice of tomorrow: book your place at our table TODAY
https://nawo.org.uk/Working%20In%20Europe
NAWO recognises the vital importance of working UK-wide to further women’s equality, and works with sister organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to represent UK women to the European Women’s Lobby.
https://nawo.org.uk/Join%20the%20Alliance
NAWO’s membership varies from very large to very small; from service level and grass roots to international campaigning organisations. It is this membership that ensures we are well-qualified to contribute in a meaningful way to policy-making processes.
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16 Days of Activism 2023 – Parliamentary Reception

NAWO YWA and The Phoenix Pledge in collaboration with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association UK would like to invite you to join the 16 Days Parliamentary Reception on 29th November at 6.30pm GMT.
Media Matters for Women CSW67

Media Matters for Women (MMW) at CSW67 NGO Forum

NAWO Member - Media Matters for Women (MMW) hosted an event at the United Nations’ 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women NGO Forum in New York City on March 10. Two members of the team from Sierra Leone were able to obtain visas and attend the conference.
NAWO YWA - Understanding the New Bill of Rights

Understanding the New Bill of Rights

Join NAWO YWA on April 25th for a facilitated discussion on the new UK Bill of Rights!
Our speaker, Paridhi Singh, will help us better understand the current human rights regime and what might change as a result of the new legislative developments.
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Rural Widowhood: Culture, Covid, Conflicts and Climate Crisis - #CSW67

Widows for Peace #CSW67 Event

Become part of the global action to bring rural widows out of the shadows
March 14th 10.30am EST - 2.30pm UK
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Justina Mutale Foundation #CSW67

Empowering women and girls to shape the digital age #CSW67

Female Leadership in Technology, Innovation and Education
March 10th 9:30am EST - 2.30pm UK
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Young Voices #CSW67

Young Voices: technology, rural girls and interesting emergencies #CSW67

The voices of young women #CSW67
March 8th 9.45–11.00 EST
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The #ClimateAction we take today will shape the world our children will inherit.

Let us show succeeding generations that when they needed us to fight for their future, we did. #COP28
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⏳We've launched a new report on FGM/C in Ethiopia! Make sure you don't miss out on our launch event where we'll dive into the findings with our expert panel! This event will be in the format of a webinar on the 28th November 2023; 2pm EAT (6am EST; 11am UK ; 1pm WAT; 7pm MYT).
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Lets continue to carry on our discussions introduced during our Feminist Internet event! Thanks to our panel of speakers, we learned ways that we all can challenge current gender-discriminatory power structures of the internet, and facilitate the co-creation of digital technologies that are more accessible, respond to lived experiences, and help develop skills and lives of women and girls.

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Let's continue to carry on our discussions introduced during our "Feminist Internet" event! Thanks to our panel of speakers, we learned ways that we all can challenge current gender-discriminatory power structures of the internet, and facilitate the co-creation of digital technologies that are more accessible, respond to lived experiences, and help develop skills and lives of women and girls.

In which way do you plan on helping to build a feminist internet? Comment down below!
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