Work of the WNC

Click on the links below to see current and past work of the WNC.

Equality

The Government is undertaking a number of consultations around the establishment of a single equalities body, equalities legislation and the root causes of inequality in Britain.

International

The WNC is involved in a numbers of ways to represent the UK in the international arena.

Migration & Asylum

The WNC has a Migration and Asylum Working Group which meets quarterly to progress a range of issues of concern to migrant women and asylum seekers.

Muslim Women

WNC support the Muslim Women group, who works toward influencing Government policy on issues that are critical to them as women as well as members of a minority faith.

Pay & Employment

This section contains information about women’s pay and employment in UK.

Pensions

The WNC developed a consultation Pension report in 2004, which was presented to the Government and can be accessed here. View the full Women and Pensions report (pdf 176Kb).

Public Appointments

This section gives you general information about Public Appointments across UK.

The DTI Europe and World Trade Directorate with support of the Women’s National Commission established a Gender Expert Group on Trade, but this has since been closed down. Information on their work is available here. Link

Violence Against Women

The Violence Against Women Working Group meets quarterly and also has two sub-groups: one dealing with sexual violence; and the other dealing with domestic violence.