NCW Policy Archive: Resolutions
July 20172020 Resolution: Overseas Aid
2020 Resolution: OVERSEAS AID NCW urges the government to live up to its commitment to overseas aid with reducing gender inequality a key priority within it. NCW calls for renewed effort in tackling poverty through support for girls’ education, women’s livelihoods and...
2020 Resolution: Research, development and innovation in the Care Sector
Title of 2020 Resolution: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION IN THE CARE SECTOR NCW calls on the government to invest in research, development and innovation in the care sector to build a robust infrastructure for high standards of care. The priority should be to...
2020 Resolution: Urgent UK Ratification of the Istanbul Convention
Title of Resolution: URGENT UK RATIFICATION OF THE ISTANBUL CONVENTION The NCW in conference assembled calls for the government to take all necessary steps to facilitate urgent ratification of the Council of Europe Convention on Combatting Violence Against Women and...
2020 Resolution: Climate Change
Title of 2020 Resolution: CLIMATE CHANGE The National Council of Women calls on the members of the UN to co-operate to strengthen action to protect the planet from climate change. We urge the international community not to return to pre Covid emission levels and...
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND WATERWAYS, 1972
PRESERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF INLAND WATERWAYS, 1972 Submitted by: Home Counties South Region The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to separate canals and rivers from the control of the proposed new Regional Water...
‘NOVICE’ DRIVER STATUS, 1972
'NOVICE' DRIVER STATUS, 1972 Submitted by: Medway Branch The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, requests the Government in the interest of road safety, to require persons who have just passed their MOT Driving Test to display for an...
FAMILY BREADWINNER, 1972
FAMILY BREADWINNER, 1972 Submitted by: Social Welfare Special Committee The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, calls upon her Majesty’s Government to amend the National Insurance Act 1965 and the Family Income Supplements Act 1970, to...
RURAL TRANSPORT, 1971
RURAL TRANSPORT, 1971 Submitted by: Minehead Branch The National Council of Women of Great Britain, in Conference assembled, requests Her Majesty’s Government, as a matter of urgency, to review the closure of Branch Railway lines and substitution of bus services which...
STREET OFFENCES ACT, 1971
STREET OFFENCES ACT, 1971 Submitted by: Committee of Management The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, perturbed by the rejection in the House of Lords of Bills to amend the Street Offences Act 1959, urges Her Majesty’s Government to introduce amending...
AGE OF CONSENT, 1971
AGE OF CONSENT, 1971 Submitted by: Committee of Management The National Council of Women of Great Britain in Conference assembled, views with grave concern recent suggestions that the legal age of consent be lowered and urges Her Majesty’s Government to maintain the...