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5WCWS | Registration & Call for Abstracts are now open!
1 August 2024 Registration and Call for Abstracts are now open for the 5th World Conference of Women’s Shelters (5WCWS)…
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PRESS RELEASE | Sydney, Australia to host the 5th World Conference Of Women’s Shelters
18 March 2024 Last week the host city for the 5th World Conference of Women’s Shelters was announced and will…
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Read the GNWS Newsletter #5
Click here for our latest newsletter! The Global Network of Women’s Shelters has exciting news and announcements to share with…
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What we do
Networking
Networking is a key aspect of the work of GNWS to unite women and the women's shelter movement globally.
World Conferences
5th World Conference will be held in Sydney Australia from 15-18 September '25. Registration and Call for Abstracts now open.
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To be a strong and active global network with a recognized international voice.
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To ensure global awareness of violence against women and their children.
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To support and strengthen the women’s shelter movement.
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To promote effective policies and their implementation in order to prevent violence and protect and empower women and their children.
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To promote social change that ends violence and oppression against women and their children. Join our shelter networks
Continental/regional networks and a network of First Nations Women’s Shelters form the heart of the Global Network of Women’s Shelters.
These networks differ in their stage of development: some of them are established networks, others just started. All networks had a continental meeting at the 3rd World Conference of Women’s Shelters in November 2015. The Asian and European Network had their (pre)conference a day before the World Conference in the Hague. The MENA network and the First nations Women’s shelters network joined GNWS during the conference in 2015.
