The Coalition of Finnish Women´s Associations

NYTKIS - The Coalition of Finnish Women´s Associations

  • founded in 1988
  • co-operation forum for women´s associations
  • works for the advancement of women, de facto gender equality and social justice
  • watchdog for women´s righs: monitors legislation, decision making and research
  • responds to political decision making and social issues from women´s point of view

The objectives of NYTKIS are to achieve equality between women and men, to end women´s discrimination and to promote realisation of human rights. NYTKIS brings together women´s associations from several key sectors of society, e.g. from the political and research sectors.

NYTKIS has, as its members, the women´s associations of all the political parties represented in Parliament, as well as three politically unaffiliated women´s associations.

NYTKIS member organisations:

The Association for Women´s Studies in Finland
Christian Democratic Women in Finland
The Feminist Association Unioni
Finnish Social Democratic Women
The Green Women´s Association
Left Women
The National Council of Women of Finland
The Women of True Finns
The Women´s League of the Coalition Party
The Women´s Organisation of the Centre Party
The Women´s Organisation of the Swedish People´s Party


Organisation

The highest authority is vested in the biannual meetings of the association. The board, with representatives from all the NYTKIS member organisations, acts as the planning and executive body.

All decisions are reached through consensus. Desicions are based on a shared view of the importance of genger-equality objectives.

The Secretary General implements the board´s decisions and organises the activities.

NYTKIS receives an annual grant from the Ministry of Education, and, from time to time, additional governmental funding for specific projects.

Activities in Finland

  • participation in the Council for Equality
  • co-operation with the Network of Women Parliament Members
  • co-operation with various non-governmental organisations promoting women´s rights, human rights and international development co-operation
  • publications
  • awareness raising, training and education
  • seminars and other such events


International activities

  • UN World Conferences
  • participation in the European Women´s Lobby (www.womenlobby.org)
  • participation in NOKS, the Nordic platform for women´s co-operation
  • co-operation with Baltic and Russian women´s associations


NYTKIS - Coalition of Finnish Women´s Associations

Bulevardi 11 A 1
FIN-00120 Helsinki

Gsm +358 50 469 6242

www.nytkis.org

 

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