Women in Development Europe
Encyclopedia
WIDE is a Europe
an network of development NGOs, gender
specialists and human rights activists. It monitors and influences international economic and development policy and practice from a feminist
perspective. WIDE’s work is grounded on women's
rights as the basis for the development of a more just and democratic world order. WIDE strives for a world based on gender equality and social justice that ensures equal rights for all, as well as equal access to resources and opportunities in all spheres of political, social and economic life.
WIDE is one of the initiating networks of the European Feminist Forum
(EFF).
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an network of development NGOs, gender
Gender
Gender is a range of characteristics used to distinguish between males and females, particularly in the cases of men and women and the masculine and feminine attributes assigned to them. Depending on the context, the discriminating characteristics vary from sex to social role to gender identity...
specialists and human rights activists. It monitors and influences international economic and development policy and practice from a feminist
Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
perspective. WIDE’s work is grounded on women's
Woman
A woman , pl: women is a female human. The term woman is usually reserved for an adult, with the term girl being the usual term for a female child or adolescent...
rights as the basis for the development of a more just and democratic world order. WIDE strives for a world based on gender equality and social justice that ensures equal rights for all, as well as equal access to resources and opportunities in all spheres of political, social and economic life.
WIDE is one of the initiating networks of the European Feminist Forum
European Feminist Forum
The European Feminist Forum is a web-based space for dialogue for feminists in Europe. Launched in April 2007, the serves as an initiative to create dialogue and incite change in Europe by establishing a new feminist agenda...
(EFF).