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GNWS webinars for Coronavirus
Previous Webinars Missed an earlier webinar? Watch previous GNWS webinars on COVID-19 by clicking the links below. 02 September 2020:…
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News – Coming up: 5th Webinar Global Network of Women’s Shelters
Global Network of Women’s Shelters Webinar Series The next webinar will be on April 22, 11amET: Serving survivors with COVID-19…
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Needed: National Helpline Information
Needed: National Helpline Information Is your country grey on this worldmap? That means we do not have information about the…
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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
The fourth World Conference was organized by the Garden of Hope in Kaohsiung (Taiwan) in November 2019.
Women’s helplines project
Help us organize international and national strategies to create, support and secure women’s helplines.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. 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.
