Dutch-speaking Women's Council
De Women's Council is the umbrella organization for associations and organizations that work on equal opportunities and rights for all women*. We are a unique composition of 35 diverse member organizations, from socio-cultural associations to trade unions and political women's networks.
As umbrella organization our role is threefold:
- We represent the interests of women* in all their diversity together with our members and we put their needs on the political and social agenda.
- We are the mouthpiece for our member organisations and are the point of contact for policy makers and international networks. This is based on jointly adopted positions and recommendations.
- We ensure a flow of information to our members and the general public. Service provision through information dissemination and knowledge sharing are inherent to our operation.
Decided Feminist
The Women's Council is an umbrella organization for Dutch-speaking associations that work on equal opportunities and rights for all women and men. As an umbrella organization, we bundle the strengths of our members, so they strengthen each other in their work. In this capacity, the Women's Council also forms a critical discussion partner for the government.
We are a:
- connected connector: open meeting space (bonding) + bridge builder (bonding)
- alert expert: gender point (feelers in society) + study center
- mobilizing change agent: activating and empowering work + structural change agent
The Women's Council is committed to banning violence on girls and women; making stereotyping and sexism visible and combating it; supporting the transition to a caring economy.
Our organization exists to meeting and connection to offer to member organizations; to represent the voice of women direction policy; expertise to build and disseminate on equal opportunities and rights for women and men; to question the status quo and structural change to facilitate: banning violence, making stereotyping and sexism visible and combating it, supporting the transition to a caring economyWe do this through lobbying, our newsletter, podcast and social media contributions, workshops, participation in panel discussions and debates, development and coordination of relevant projects.