Women's Council NRW
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| legal form | non-profit registered association |
| founding | September 30, 1970 |
| founder | Anneliese Becker, Dr. Gertrud Erle, Lilly Marx, Vera Rüchel, Doris Wiese |
| Seat | Dusseldorf |
| main emphasis | Women's rights , women's politics |
| method | Media work and specialist conferences on topics relevant to women, networking of member associations |
| Action space | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Members | around 70 member associations |
| Website | www.frauenrat-nrw.de |
The FrauenRat NRW is an amalgamation of around 70 women's associations and women's working groups from mixed associations at the level of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia ; he represents around 4 million women from different social areas. The FrauenRat NRW eV is a non-profit registered association , it is non-partisan and non- denominational according to its statutes .
In accordance with this claim, the member associations include trade union and party- affiliated organizations, denominational and non-denominational professional associations , social entitlement and social performance associations , sports associations , associations from the fields of church and culture as well as ideational support associations.
Any association which, according to its statutes, is dedicated to “specific women's work” can become a member. Mixed associations must have at least 70% women.
Goals and way of working
The association wants to "support and promote the concerns of women in all areas of life - in family, work and society". He actively interferes in women's politics through public relations work ( resolutions , media presence and specialist conferences on topics relevant to women) . He makes the results of his substantive work available to the state politicians, and he submits demands of national importance to the parliamentary groups , the federal government and the German Women's Council .
As an umbrella organization, it has also set itself the task of networking its member associations and pooling the interests of its members at state level.
Committees
The content work takes place in the technical committees. These are currently:
- Education, Culture, Media Committee
- Family, Health, Social Affairs Committee
- Committee on Women and Work
- Environment and Research / Building, Urban Development, Transport Committee
- State working group of the municipal working groups of women's associations
history
The origins of the association go back to 1969 , when representatives of the German Women's Ring , the Catholic German Women's Association , Evangelical Women's Work in the Rhineland and the Jewish Women's Association met with the aim of "organizing a loose union of women's groups while maintaining their independence and respect for one's own work goals ”. In 1970 then took place with the participation of 40 representatives of associations, already founded the association "Women's Council North Rhine-Westphalia - State Association of women's associations and women's groups of mixed associations".
Until 2011 the association was called "FrauenRat NW". After the abbreviation NRW (officially: NW) for "North Rhine-Westphalia" became generally accepted, it was renamed "FrauenRat NRW".
Member associations
(Selection)
- AG of working women in the CDA
- Working group of social democratic women ARSP
- Association of Catholic German Women Academics
- Alliance 90 / The Greens , LAG Women's Policy
- German Civil Service Federation (Landesbund Nordrhein-Westfalen)
- German Evangelical Women's Association (regional associations North Rhine and Westphalia)
- Deutscher Frauenring (regional associations North Rhine and Westphalia)
- German Federation of Trade Unions (State Association of North Rhine-Westphalia)
- german female engineers association
- German Association of Women Lawyers
- Protestant academics in Germany (regional associations North Rhine and Westphalia)
- Evangelical women's aid in Germany (regional associations Rhineland and Westphalia)
- Women's Council of the State Sports Association of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Women's Union of the CDU-NRW
- State working group for lesbians in NRW
- Catholic German Women's Federation (regional associations Rhineland and Westphalia)
- Kolping Society (State Association of North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Liberal women (North Rhine-Westphalia regional association)
- Catholic Women's Social Service
- Social Association Germany North Rhine-Westphalia
- Association of Working Mothers
- Zonta International
membership
As the State Women's Council , the NRW Women's Council is itself a member of the Conference of State Women's Councils (KLFR).
Individual evidence
- ↑ FrauenRat NRW - Who we are. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2014 ; Retrieved March 17, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ FrauenRat NRW - committees. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 17, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ FrauenRat NRW - History of the FrauenRat NW. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 10, 2014 ; Retrieved March 17, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ FrauenRat NRW - members. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 17, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- www.frauenrat-nrw.de - official website