Partners - Women's NGOs Cooperation Network of Latvia

Mission and Objectives: 

According to the Statutes the aim of NGO is to unite women’s organisations of Latvia in a common cooperation network to promote women’s rights and equality between men and women and ensure full access for all women to their human rights.
Continue operation, activities of the informal original association of organisations of Women’s NGOs Cooperation Network of Latvia (National Coordination of European Women’s Lobby) that was established on 24 September, 2003 under the terms of a Protocol of Co-operation, and its tasks are
Promote solidarity and confidence of the women of Latvia; Represent interests of the women in dialogue with national, European and international institutions; Perform effective lobbying for the promotion of the equality of gender, integration of its principles in all the spheres of the action policy, on the level of the adoption of the decision in Parliament (Saeima), government and local governments, quickly respond to the events in Latvia and issues and laws to be reviewed in the Cabinet of Ministers, Parliament (Saeima) and European Union; Develop capacity of NGO and promote institutional and capacity development of its member organisations etc.

Main Projects / Activities: 

Informal network exists from 2003
Gender equality award since 2006
Women’s NGOs forum organized annually
Full member of European Women’s Lobby and only full member from Latvia from 2009
Member of Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation and Civic Alliance
Mentoring project for young women in partnership with EU Representation in Latvia (European Successful women academy)
Position papers and opinions from gender perspective and lobbying for gender equality at Parliament (Saeima) and municipality level in all sphere – health, economics, environment etc. Members of National Gender Equality Committee, Latvian Representatives at European Gender Equality Institute Expert Forum, EC Advisory Committee on Equal Opportunities between Men and Women, Gender Training Task Force at European Gender Equality Institute etc

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