Influences the sector’s approach to increasing women’s participation, leadership, and influence in decision-making.

The Women's Participation and Leadership Working Group shares information and best practice, and seeks to influence the sector's approach to increasing women's participation, leadership, influence and decision making.

The Women’s Participation and Leadership Working Group:

  • Learns from each other and other organisations to increase the quality and impact of INGO programme and policy work.

  • Works on cross-agency projects to influence sectoral thinking, practice and resourcing.

  • Pools experience and expertise, contributing policy advice to GADN members, the UK Government and other stakeholders.

Co-chairs

Sophia Fernandes, Individual member

Emily Brown, Individual member

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Working Groups are open to all members. You can join as many groups as you wish.

To join the Women's Participation and Leadership Working Group, or find out more, email coordinator@gadnetwork.org (specify Women's Participation and Leadership Working Group).

About the issue

Learn about women’s participation and leadership and see resources from GADN members and others.

Women’s Participation and Leadership Working Group resources

Featured
COVID-19 & women's equal participation and leadership

June 2020

Briefing: During the COVID-19 pandemic, as in previous crises, women and women’s rights organisations are frequently essential frontline responders, and have invaluable knowledge of what works. If responses to COVID-19 are to be appropriate and effective, then women and their organisations will have to participate, and share leadership, in decision-making over their design and implementation. This briefing, written by the Women's political participation & leadership working group, proposes specific recommendations on how this can be achieved.

Putting gender in political economy analysis: why it matters and how to do it
Putting gender in political economy analysis: why it matters and how to do it

May 2018

Briefing: Political economy analysis ignores one of the most pervasive systems of power in society – gender. A gendered political economy analysis examines how gender and other social inequalities shape people’s access to power and resources, and ensures that women’s perspectives inform the process, content and use of the analysis.

GADN responds to DFID's Strategic Vision on Women and Girls

July 2017

GADN was invited to comment on the way forward for the UK Department for International Development's (DFID) Strategic Vision for Women and Girls.

Measuring progress on women’s participation and influence in decision-making in the SDGs: Recommendations to the Inter-agency and Expert Group and UN Member States
Measuring progress on women’s participation and influence in decision-making in the SDGs: Recommendations to the Inter-agency and Expert Group and UN Member States

July 2015

The GADN Women’s Participation and Leadership Working Group has published a paper setting out recommendations on global indicators on women’s participation and leadership. The paper is intended to inform the process for developing a global indicator list for the Sustainable Development Goals.

Turning Promises into Progress

Gender equality and rights for women and girls - lessons learnt and actions needed. A joint report with Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS UK) and the UK Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Network.

📷 GADN Members Meeting on worker’s rights and women’s rights (April 2019)