Role of Labour Women

Mission
"Labour Women (LW) works for the achievement of a genuinely Fair Society that supports and celebrates women's participation and contribution to society, towards the achievement of the strategic goals of Labour Women, the election of the Labour Party to local and national government and the enactment of the policies of the Labour Party."

LW works both within the Party and outside the party in the wider community, connecting particularly with women's groups and organizations.
LW aims to influence Party policy and strategy affecting women in partnership with Labour members, representatives and parliamentarians and in partnership with women in wider civil society. LW campaigns actively to increase women's political representation.

Values
LW believes that the socialist vision and the values of the Labour Party are key to the achievement of genuine equality between women and men.
LW works within the Labour Party to strengthen the party's commitment to tackle the systemic subordination of women across the economic, political, cultural and affective spheres of Irish society and to build commitment to gender-specific analysis of policy and practice within the Party.
LW aims to do this work in active partnership with the parliamentary Labour Party, with local Councillors, with other Labour sections including Equality and Youth, with the NEC and with the staff of the Labour Party.

Membership
All women party members are LW members. Those who wish to be actively involved are included in a mailing list which informs them of events, developments, networking opportunities and any other relevant information.

Women's Officers
Every Constituency appoints a Women's Officer. Women's Officer is the Constituency link for LW. She communicates information, liaises with the Party Women's Officer, engages women, promotes women and reports to her Constituency. Constituency Women's Officer organizes events in her constituency and connects with the wider community.

Labour Women and the Labour Party

Labour Women is represented on the NEC.
The Chair of LW sits on the executive of Labour Equality

International Links
LW is represented on the executive of PES Women which meets four times each year and is a member of Socialist Women International. The PES and International representative from the executive of LW represents LW in the International section of the Labour Party.

Aims

Article Two: Principles and Objectives

1. Labour Women is constituted under Article 7 (1) (d) of the Labour Party Constitution.
2. The objectives of Labour Women shall be:
(a) To secure support of women for the principles, objects and policies of the Labour Party and to encourage and facilitate women to join the party.
(b) To encourage the full participation of women in all Labour Party activities, including policy formation and the holding of positions within the party.
(c) To advise the Labour Party and all Sections and members thereof on matters affecting, or of interest to, Labour Women.
(d) To prepare and pursue a programme of work to deal with the problems, aspirations, interests and needs of women.
(e) To provide educational, training and social opportunities for women members of the Labour Party.
(f) To develop and maintain links with sister parties and their women's sections and with organisations whose objectives are congruent with those of Labour Women.