Membership
EBU works towards an accessible and inclusive society with equal opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to fully participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life.
The Bulgarian Platform of the EWL was formed in 2005 and brings together women’s organisations and non-governmental organisations in Bulgaria, including small rural organisations.
Business and Professional Women Europe is the European branch of BPW International. It has grown to an international network of 30,000 members in 100 countries. Europe is the strongest region with approximately 20,000 members in nearly 30 countries.
Management of a library, elaboration and management of cultural and socio-political projects and the promotion of equal rights. A place for anyone interested in feminism, gender issues and equality between women and men who oppose stereotypical gender roles.
The Conseil des Femmes Francophones de Belgique (CFFB) is an umbrella organisation of around fifty women’s organisations and individual members.
Created in 1905, the CFFB is pluralist, intercultural and intergenerational, and works mainly on a voluntary basis.
Established in 1990, the Greek Coordination was one of the first national coordinations to join EWL. The Coordination represents more than 50 Greek Women Organizations (NGOs) with a long history in the women’s movement.
The Cyprus Women’s Lobby, an umbrella network of 16 women’s organisations and non-governmental organisations, was formed in September 2008 and brings together a wide range of women’s organisations and NGOs throughout Cyprus.
The Czech Women’s Lobby (CWL) is an umbrella organisation that defends the rights of women in the Czech Republic. Their mission is to take on real problems women face and raise them to a political level as well as to improve the situation of women in society.
The Dutch Council of Women ‘Nederlandse Vrouwen Raad (NVR)’ is an umbrella organisation by and for women’s organisations which was founded in 1898. NVR has over 50 member organisations and together they count over 1 million women.
The Estonian Women’s Associations Roundtable (EWAR) is an open and democratic women’s organizations network based on co-operation. Its aim is to form common positions among women on questions important to society, to advance participatory democracy and equality between women and men.
EBU works towards an accessible and inclusive society with equal opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to fully participate in all aspects of social, economic, cultural and political life.
ECICW is the European Centre of the International Council of Women (ICW), which was founded in 1888 with the themes Equality, Development and Peace. ECICW, a non-governmental organisation, founded in Switzerland in 1961 and registered in Finland, has followed these concepts consistently.
The European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions (CESI) is a confederation of 37 trade union organisations and 4 European trade union organisations, with a total of more than 6 million individual members.
The European Council of WIZO Federations (ECWF) was established and registered as a non-profit NGO in Paris in 1994. The aim of its founders was to establish an European WIZO organization, which would have a say on issues of women’s equality, discrimination and anti-Semitism in European bodies.
The European Disability Forum (EDF) is an umbrella organisation of persons with disabilities that defends the interests of over 100 million persons with disabilities in Europe.
EDF is an independent non-governmental organisation (NGO) that brings together representative organisations of persons with disabilities from across Europe. We are run by persons with disabilities and their families. We are a strong united voice of persons with disabilities in Europe.
The European Federation of Parents and Carers at Home | Fédération Européenne des femmes Actives en Familles (FEFAF) represents European
at-home Parents and Carers at European Union level and at the UN.
The European Network of Migrant Women is a young migrant-women led platform of NGOs that works, in the spirit of intersectional feminism, for the rights of migrant women in Europe.
The ETUC exists to speak with a single voice, on behalf of the common interests of workers, at European level. Founded in 1973, it now represents 83 trade union organisations in 36 European countries, plus 12 industry-based federations.
The vision of the European YWCA is of a fully inclusive world where justice, peace, health, human dignity, freedom and care for the environment are promoted and sustained through women’s leadership, with a special focus on young women.
Avrupa Kadın Lobisi Türkiye Koordinasyonu (EWL Coordination for Turkey) is a nationwide women’s platform with members from diverse stances and parts of Turkey. Avrupa Kadın Lobisi Türkiye Koordinasyonu is a national coordination tied to the European Women’s Lobby.
The French Coordination for the European Women’s Lobby was created in France by French women’s organizations to ensure their proper representation both nationally and internationally, and to ensure implementation of the objectives of the European Women’s Lobby.
The Hungarian Women’s Lobby was established on 3 October 2003 in Budapest. Currently, the HWL has 19 member organisations from all over Hungary. On 12 October 2003 HWL became the Hungarian National Coordination of the European Women’s Lobby.
Kvenréttindafélag Íslands, the Icelandic Women’s Rights Association, was founded in 1907. The objective of Kvenréttindafélag Íslands is to work on women’s rights and the equal status of all genders in all areas of society.
The International Alliance of Women (IAW) is an international NGO comprising of 50 member organizations involved in the promotion of women’s human rights, of equality and of the empowerment of women.
Established in 1912, the International Council of Jewish Women (ICJW) is an umbrella organization representing Jewish women and women’s organizations in 35 countries around the world, including in Europe.
The International Federation of Women in Legal Careers is a Non Governmental Organization of women jurists founded in Paris in 1928 with the aim of fighting for the eradication of all forms of discrimination against women and promoting their Human Rights.
The Italian Coordination of the European Women’s Lobby represents Italy on the Board of the European Women’s Lobby. It contributes, together with the EWL, to improving gender equality policies in Europe and Italy. It is a founding member of EWL.
The Kosovo Women’s Network (KWN) is a network of approximately 158 diverse women’s rights organisations in Kosovo, founded in 1996. Its mission is to support, protect and promote the rights and the interests of women and girls throughout Kosovo.
The Lithuanian Women’s Lobby is made up of NGOs in Lithuania working on promoting gender equality, combating violence against women, promoting women’s entrepreneurship and public education.
LEM España is a non-profit platform of Spanish women’s associations, set up in July 2016. Its objective is to promote the empowerment of women in all their diversity, to advance gender equality, to fight against all forms of discrimination and violence against women and to guarantee their full access to all their rights.
The Macedonian Women’s Lobby (MWL) unites a multi-ethnic, cross-party and interfaith coalition of women representing civil society, political parties, the Parliament, local authorities, trade union, media, as well as individual committed to improving the position of women.
The Malta Women’s Lobby (MWL) represents the concerns, needs and interests of women from all walks of life in Malta through dialogue and networking at a national, European and international level.
The Medical Women’s International Association (MWIA) is an association of medical women and students representing women doctors from six continents and eight regions. Founded in 1919, MWIA is one of the oldest professional international bodies and is non-sectarian and non-profit making.
The National Alliance of Women’s Organisations (NAWO, founded 1989) is an umbrella organisation for over 100 organisations and individuals based in England. All members are concerned to ensure women gain access to their human rights, and to make equality between women and men a reality.
The Deutscher Frauenrat (National Council of German Women’s Organizations) is an umbrella organization of 60 nation-wide women’s associations and organizations. Its members are professional and religious associations, women’s groups of political parties, trade unions and the German Sports Federation, as well as non-partisan organizations with a diverse array of social and political objectives. The Deutscher Frauenrat is recognised as a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has special advisor status at the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and is a founding member of the European Women’s Lobby (EWL).
The CNFL is made up of 12 member associations who are committed to active citizenship and working towards a society of equality between women and men. The purpose of the CNFL is to defend and promote the interests of women and men.
The National Council of Women provides a forum for women of different backgrounds and experiences to come together as individuals and as representatives of affiliated organizations to exchange information and ideas, formulate policy, educate and promote change in society.
The National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) is the leading national women’s membership organisation in Ireland seeking equality between women and men, founded in 1973. They represent their membership which includes 170 member groups as well as a wide range of individual members.
The Vrouwenraad is the Dutch-speaking umbrella organisation for associations working towards equal opportunities and rights for all women* in Belgium. It is a unique coalition of 35 diverse member organisations, ranging from sociocultural associations to labour unions and political women’s networks. We recognise the importance of a diverse and inclusive network and believe in the power of this diversity.
Network of East-West Women/NEWW-Polska was founded in 1999 as an independent organization. In 2004 it became the International Secretariat of The Network of East-West Women. NEWW-Polska has the status of an organization working for the public benefit.
Women’s Platform provides women in Northern Ireland with a platform to make their voices heard on domestic, European and international social, economic, cultural and political affairs.
The Norwegian Women’s Lobby (NWL) is a feminist policy and advocacy organization in Norway, established in 2014. It works for the human rights of girls and women in all their diversity, aiming to eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote a gender-equal society. As an umbrella organization, NWL comprises ten member organizations, including the Norwegian Association for Women’s Rights and the Norwegian Women’s Public Health Association. NWL plays a key role in monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in Norway.
The objectives of NYTKIS are to achieve equality between women and men, to end discrimination towards women and to the promote realisation of human rights. NYTKIS brings together women´s associations from several key sectors of society, e.g. from the political and research sectors.
Austria’s biggest umbrella organisation of women’s associations. Its members include representatives of political parties, women’s organisations of trade unions and professional representatives, catholic and protestant women’s organisations, as well as autonomous and independent women’s groups.
The Portuguese Platform for Women’s Rights (PpDM) is a social, cultural and humanist non-governmental organisation, independent from political parties, religious institutions or governmental structures, whose members are women’s rights NGOs.
The Romanian Women’s Lobby (RoWL) is an umbrella association representing the national co-ordination for the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) at Romanian national level, and includes Romanian NGOs dedicated to support women in all aspects of life.
Engender is Scotland’s feminist membership organisation. We have a vision for a Scotland in which women and men have equal opportunities in life, equal access to resources and power, and are equally safe and secure from harm.
The Serbian Network for EWL is a network of women’s organizations founded in 2009 with the aim of promoting and improving the state of women’s human rights and gender equality in Serbia.
EWL currently does not have a National Coordination in Slovakia – for more information, please contact Stephanie Yates at EWL at yates[at]womenlobby.org
Soroptimists are women in professions and business who work together at local, national and international levels to educate, empower and enable women and girls with an aim to improving their lives.
The Swedish Women’s Lobby (SWL) is a politically and religiously independent umbrella organization for women’s organizations in Sweden. Their work is to achieve full human rights for women and a gender equal society within Sweden, the EU and internationally.
The University Women of Europe (UWE) was founded in 1981 in order to enable UWE to participate in the progressive development of European society. Its aim is to work towards an achievement of the goals of the Council of Europe but also to cooperate with all other European organisations.
WEN Wales aims to provide clarity and a united voice on the serious issues facing women in Wales. They have a small, dedicated team of staff and trustees who deliver consultations, events and research, and represent women in Wales at national and international levels.
The Women’s Council Denmark is an umbrella organization for 49 organizations with a total of more than one million members. The member organizations include professional women’s groups, political parties from across the political spectrum, trade unions, and civil society organizations, all of which promote women’s rights and gender equality in different ways.
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) is an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) with National Sections covering every continent, an International Secretariat based in Geneva, and a New York office focused on the work of the United Nations (UN).
The Women’s Lobby of Slovenia brings together eight non-governmental organizations from various fields and more than ten prominent academics and prominent initiators of equal opportunities for women and men in Slovenia.
Women’s Network Croatia unites organizations, groups and initiatives that recognize discrimination against women who are often economically and politically marginalized; it opposes all sorts of gender discrimination.
The Women’s NGOs Cooperation Network of Latvia was established in 2003 to coordinate participation of women’s organisations at a national and EU level. It is the leading women’s human rights network in Latvia, uniting 37 not-for-profits and 7000 individual members.
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts is a global organization of 10 million girls. The Europe Region is one of five regions of WAGGGS and is the platform of Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting Associations in Europe.
