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convention is a major focus for NKL, and it works to enhance the implementation, visibility and relevance of CEDAW within politics and society. It states that it "brings together both the key women’s organisations and the leading experts on women’s rights in Norway" and that it has a focus on being a
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NWL's expert committee is a permanent body of experts tasked with making policy recommendations in fields that affect women and girls and gender equality, and works under the sponsorship of the Norwegian Women's Lobby. Established in 2016, the expert committee was initially chaired by professor of
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In contemporary Scandinavian countries, civil society is structured around one main, national, umbrella organization for women's, respectively, LGBTI+ people's rights (...) These organizations are: Sveriges kvinnolobby (Swedish Women's Lobby), Norges kvinnelobby (Norwegian Women's Lobby), RFSL in
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of girls and women in all their diversity, to eliminate all forms of discrimination against all girls and women and to promote a gender equal society, on the basis of human rights instruments and policy frameworks related to women's rights and gender equality, such as the
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as "the very foundation of the efforts to promote women's rights in Norway." NWL is led by the executive board. The organisation is advised by an independent body of experts, the Expert Committee that includes some of Norway's main experts in this area, e.g. CEDAW expert
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From its establishment NWL worked to increase awareness and understanding of the CEDAW, promote the participation and influence of women’s organizations in political decision-making processes and address areas where gender equality efforts were lacking, such as
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Shadow Report to the CEDAW Committee, 2017: Supplementary information from the Norwegian Women’s Lobby to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in relation to the 9th Periodic Report of
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of girls and women in all their diversity, to eliminate all forms of discrimination against all girls and women and to promote a gender equal society." It is described as the country's "main, national,
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and other fundamental international agreements relating to women's human rights. It works to integrate women's perspectives into all political, economical and social processes.
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NWL has ten member organizations with a total of nearly 50,000 members and was founded in 2014 by the Norwegian women's organisations on the initiative of the
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The Norwegian Women's Lobby was founded on 27 January 2014 by eight nationwide women's rights organisations and several experts on the initiative of the
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and works to represent the interests of all those who identify as women and girls. NWL is funded by the government over the
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2011:18 "Struktur for likestilling" and Norwegian Official Report 2012:15 "Politikk for likestilling"
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and also corresponds to comparable umbrella organizations in other countries such as the
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Sweden, LGBT Denmark, FRI in Norway, and Kvinderådet i Danmark (Danish Women's Council).
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The founding organisations were described by the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud
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The member organizations include Norway's oldest women's rights organization, the
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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
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Feminist and LGBTI+ Activism across Russia, Scandinavia and Turkey
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Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
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was actively involved with NWL. Its founding president was
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The Norwegian Women's Lobby has a particular focus on the
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system and prepares shadow reports to the United Nations
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NGO
Human rights
gender equality
intersectional feminism
Oslo
Norway
Law reform
political advocacy
www.kvinnelobby.no
Norwegian
advocacy
Norway
human rights
umbrella organization
women's rights
intersectional perspective
national budget
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Beijing Platform for Action
CEDAW
Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
European Women's Lobby
German Women's Council
CEDAW Alliance Germany
National Women's Council of Ireland
Norwegian Association for Women's Rights
Norwegian Women's Public Health Association

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