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5WCWS PRE AND POST CONFERENCE WORKSHOP ANNOUNCEMENTS!
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN As part of the 5th World Conference of Women’s Shelters, we’re excited to announce a series of exclusive Pre…
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GNWS Foundation 2024 Annual Report is Released!
Click to access our 2024 Annual Report The Global Network of Women’s Shelters (GNWS) Foundation was established in 2014 in…
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5WCWS INTERNATIONAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENTS!
We are excited to announce two international keynote speakers who will be presenting at the highly anticipated 5th World Conference of Women’s…
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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.
