The Global Network of Women’s Shelters

We are a global voice for survivors and the shelters that serve them. We work to strengthen and unite the women's shelter movement globally to end violence against women and their children.

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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.
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World Conferences

The fourth World Conference was organized by the Garden of Hope in Kaohsiung (Taiwan) in November 2019.
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Webinars

Join the Global Network of Women’s Shelters (GNWS) for two upcoming webinars.
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Women’s helplines project

Help us organize international and national strategies to create, support and secure women’s helplines.
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Goals

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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.

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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.

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