Change
We work to change the lives of everyone
We work to change and improve the lives of everyone. Important topics relating to women and wider society become the subject of resolutions.
Our campaigning work, underpinned by robust research, aims to shape and change legislation and to fight to end discrimination and improve the quality of life for all.
Our members and associates use recognised statistics and sources of information to make sure that our communications and resolutions are accurate and avoid the trap of ‘fake news’.
Resolutions are debated and passed at our NCW Annual Conference and then put to the Government to call for change.
Resolutions are often presented jointly by NCW members and associated organisations, such as the Prison Reform Trust and Methodist Women in Britain. Each resolution represents our proud history of campaigning and challenging local, national and international decision makers.
The earliest resolution in 1919 addressed income tax and called on the Government to separately assess husbands and wives. This resolution was re-affirmed in 1920 and 1981 before it finally became law in 1990. As we add our voices to those of other groups, we can influence policy makers to improve the lives of all our citizens. Change can take a long time and NCW is in it for the long haul.
Latest resolutions passed by the NCWGB at the annual conference November 2023
Each year NCW members discuss and pass resolutions relating to areas of concern affecting the lives of women. In 2023 members passed two key resolutions and reaffirmed two others.
In the lead up to the United Nation’s 2024 Commission on the Status of Women, which will focus on poverty, NCWGB urges the UK Government and international community to make accessible education a key policy aim.
NCWGB calls on the international community to co-operate, to radically strengthen climate action plans on both demand and supply for urgent and transformative action.
Reaffirmation: Our 2006 Resolution which calls upon Her Majesty’s Government to work towards the achievement of gender parity at all levels of decision-making in the United Kingdom, including Parliamentary representation.
Reaffirmation: Our 2018 Resolution which urges the government to improve the new statutory guidance for Relationships and Sex Education, to ensure the sexual safety and wellbeing of future students and indirectly decrease gendered violence by tackling the power dynamics at the root of gendered abuse.
You can search our bank of our resolutions by topic. Popular subjects are listed below.
- Women and Girls
- Ethnic Minorities, LGBT+ and Religion
- Older People, Vulnerable Adults and Children, Disability and Special Educational Needs
- Social Deprivation
- Children, Teenagers and Young Adults
- Health, Social Care and Safety
- Education and Training
- Tax, Work and Pensions
- Legislation, Justice, Family Law and Human Rights
- Food and Agriculture
- Environment
- Transport and Roads
- Science, Research and Technology
- Local Services and Housing
- Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
- War, International Affairs and Overseas Development
From the Archive
Heavy traffic and road safety, 1962
The National Council of Women in Conference assembled, urges Her Majesty’s Government to give more...
Experiment on animals, 1962
Submitted by: Universities Federation for Animal Welfare The National Council of Women...
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