Polish Womens Lobby

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Polish Womens Lobby

• Street Marszalkowska 140/ I floor
• Postal code 00-061
• City Warsaw
• Country Poland
• Telephone [phone]
• 0048713417143
• Fax [phone]
• 0048713417144
• Email krajowe.biuro.plk_at_wp.pl

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Polish Womens Lobby

• The Union of Organisations (Federation) was
  registered in the National Court Register on 15th
  May 2007 and received the number 0000280545.
• The authorities of PWL chosen at the General
  Assembly on 9th September 2007
• The Board
• President Renata Berent-Mieszczanowicz
• Vice President Alicja Wludarska
• Vice President Elzbieta Wozniakowa
• Secretary Janina Obwioslo
• Treasurer Boguslawa Nowaczyk
• Auditing Committee
• Grazyna Martula
• Anna Mackiewicz
• Jadwiga Zajecka

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The Mission

• The Polish Womens Lobby is a cooperation tool
  between womens organisations in aid of human
  rights and equal chances for women and men
  concerning family, professional, cultural, social
  and political life.
• It represents the concerns, needs and interests
  of women in dialogue with national, supernational
  and international institutions. It combats all
  forms of discrimination, violence and social
  inequality against women.
• In its actions the organisation refers to the
  ideas and achievements of the European Womens
  Lobby as the supernational representant on behalf
  of womens and non-governmental women
  organisations.

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The Aims

• active participation in creating regional,
  national and international policy of gender
  equality.
• initiating cooperation and exchange of experience
  between national, supernational and international
  womens organisations of non-governmental
  character
• giving opinion on legal acts of significance to
  the status of women
• represent Polish womens organisations in the
  European Womens Lobby (EWL)
• supporting the actions of the member
  organisations

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The Aims

• setting and popularising the acting standards of
  organisations acting in favour of women
• taking care of equal representation of women in
  decision assemblies
• putting forward members to representative
  authorities
• creating friendly cooperation with public
  administration and self-government units at all
  levels

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The Structure

• The Federation acts through its member
  organisations . The members of the Federation
  include
• common members,
• supporting members,
• honorary members.

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The Structure

• The organisational structure of the Federation
  is approved by the General Assembly. The
  authorities of PWL are
• The General Assembly (ordinary, extraordinary )
• The Board consisting of 5 9 members, elected
  from the representatives of member organisations
  (President, 2 Vice Presidents and other Board
  members). Invited guests, members of the Expert
  Committee and problem-solving teams, all having
  an advisory voice, may participate in the Boards
  sessions (at least once every three months)
• The Auditing Committee (a Chairperson and the
  members of the Auditing Committee) consists of 3
  people elected by the General Assembly for 3 years

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The Structure

• The authorities of the District Division, acting
  in the given district, are
• the General Assembly
• the Council of the District (shall elect a
  chairperson, treasurer and secretary)
• the Auditing Committee (shall elect a chairperson
  and a deputy)
• The Board may create a function of a Federations
  press secretary for promotional purposes.

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Member Organisations

• The Polish Womens Lobby is an organisation
  representative for women groups in Poland.
• The membership organisations of the Polish
  Womens Lobby include organisations of a
  national, regional and local range,
  representative for Polish women.

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Member Organisations

• Demokratyczna Unia Kobiet Krajowa Rada, ul.
  Marszalkowska 140,00-061 Warszawa, tel/afx
  022 827 63 01
• Demokratyczna Unia Kobiet Klub Wroclawski, ul.
  Ofiar Oswiecimskich 17, 50-069 Wroclaw, tel/fax
  071 34 17 143, e-mail duk-wroclaw_at_wp.pl
• Demokratyczna Unia Kobiet Klub w Poznaniu, Al.
  Niepodleglosci 8a/8, 61-875 Poznan, tel. 061 633
  11 88, fax [phone], e-mail
  dukcentrum_at_wp.pl
• Demokratyczna Unia Kobiet Klub w Gdansku, ul.
  Miszewskiego 17/201, 80-239 Gdansk, tel 058 345
  50 16, e-mail gukgd_at_poczta.onet.pl
• Dolnoslaskie Forum Stowarzyszen i Srodowisk
  Kobiecych, ul. Obornicka 99, Wroclaw, e-mail
  koalicja_europejska_at_tlen.pl
• Stowarzyszenie Kobiet Aktywnych i Twórczych
  (SKAiT), ul. Podwale 74a/33, 50-449 Wroclaw,
  tel/fax [phone], e-mail biuro_at_skat.org.pl
• Liga Kobiet Polskich oddzial terenowy w
  Elblagu, ul.Grunwaldzka 31, 82-300 Elblag, tel.
  055 233 49 23, fax [phone], e-mail
  lkp.elblag_at_wp.pl
• Stowarzyszenie Kujawsko Pomorskie Centrum
  Promocji Kobiet, ul.Kilinskiego 14/4, 87-100
  Torun, e-mail centrum_at_free.ngo.pl
• Centrum Pomocy Rodzinie, ul. Artyleryjska
  33,10-156 Olsztyn
• Fundacja Kobiet Polskich Zawsze Zdrowa i
  Aktywna, ul. Zelazna 29/15, 00-806 Warszawa,
  tel/fax [phone], info_at_zzia.pl

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Member Organisations

• Goldapskie Stowarzyszenie Kobiet Aktywnych, Pl.
  Zwyciestwa 16,19-500 Goldap, tel [phone],
  e-mail aktywne_at_wp.pl
• Slaskie Centrum Równych Szans, ul. Francuska
  70p.1313, 40-028 Katowice, tel/fax [phone],
  e-mail sc_rowneszanse_at_gazeta.pl
• Centrum Wspierania Dzieci i Doroslych Zaufanie,
  ul. Sobieskiego 5a/8, 41-800 Zabrze, tel 0605
  106 272
• Legnickie Stowarzyszenie Kobiet, ul. Jaworzynska
  47,59-220 Legnica
• Stowarzyszenie Aktywne Kobiety, Al. Zwyciestwa
  17, 41-200 Sosnowiec, tel/fax [phone],
  e-mail info_at_aktywnekobiety.org.pl
• Stowarzyszenie Antymobbingowe ul. Miszewskiego
  17/303, 80-239 Gdansk, tel. [phone]
• Stowarzyszenie Samopomocy Krag, ul. Olsztynska
  41, 80-239 Gdansk
• Stowarzyszenie Wspólpracy Kobiet Neww- Polska,
  ul. Miszewskiego 17/100, 80-749 Gdansk, tel/fax
  058 344 38 53, e-mail neww_at_neww.org.pl
• Stowarzyszenie Obrony Przed Przemoca
  VictoriaOs. ST. Zegrze 13/1, 61-249 Poznan,
  tel/fax [phone].

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Activities

• identifying problems, which require systemic
  solutions, and raising them on the national and
  European scene (including the EWL)
• implementing the Acting Rules Card of the Polish
  Womens Lobby
• providing access to the documents of the European
  Union and quick and smooth transfer of
  information between the members of the Federation
  and the EWL
• monitoring electoral programmes, actions and
  effects of the work of Polish MPs and Polish
  eurodeputies
• collecting information concerning the relations
  of non-governmental organisations with public
  administration and local government, crucial for
  authentic realisation of the help rule
• collecting information concerning the actual
  access of nongovernmental womens organisations
  to public finance and, in particular, to the
  structural funds of the European Union
• working out common position on conducting the
  equality policy by the Government of the Republic
  of Poland and the European Union and announcing
  its contents in national and foreign media
• doing scientific research, compiling and
  revealing the reports and export opinions
  thematically connected with the realisation of
  statutory aims

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Activities

• organising thematic trainings, actions and
  campaigns
• directing members to work in teams consulting and
  monitoring the implementation of European funds
• promoting Polish womens organisations in the
  European Womens Lobby and performing an expert
  role towards countries outside the European Union
  
• creating conditions enabling the members to
  exchange experience, establish international
  contacts and popularise the proven action models
  and accepted solutions, the so-called Good
  practices
• conducting actions in favour of legal
  regulations, which are of great importance to
  women, womens societies, non-governmental
  organisations, and monitoring the implementation
  of those regulations and their observance
• stimulating and animating civic activity among
  women and the Federation members
• encouraging the mass media to cooperate and
  promote the actions of the Federation

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Work plan for 2008

• The training of all the members of the
  Federation 4 workshops on the general NGO
  issues, the training of public announcements and
  discussion moderation
• Promotion and information in the media /drawing
  up Polish and English brochures and printing/
  the poster, website updating
• Improving news circulation information feedback
  
• Extending the Federation up to 50 organisations
• Creating working teams (task teams), dealing
  with international cooperation, inter-membership
  work, education, trainings, courses, public
  relations, research/ monitoring, and other
• Dissemination of the European Year of Equal
  Opportunities for All national conference in
  Warsaw Parliament

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Work plan for 2008

• Representatives of equality issues in the
  Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, EWL and
  other representative bodies
• Proposing motions of inclusion into the
  legislative process in the field of social
  policy, with a special emphasis on the human
  rights and the equality issues
• Preparing a draft version of THE CHART OF RULES
  FOR THE MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS in the
  Federation .
• Monitoring the Government activities in the field
  of Gender Mainstreaming implementation
• Gaining funds from NGO Fund mikro project
• Priority c development of institutional
  abilities of non-governmental organisations
  development of the non-governmental sector or
  another subsidy project
• Organisational matters office timetable, the
  on-duty hours of the Board members