Ethos

The ethos of the organisation is to highlight the poverty existing in women's lives at a social, psychological and economic level and to work towards the elimination of the social and economic disadvantages of women.

Vision Statement

Women of the North West exists to create a learning environment where women and men have the opportunity to explore, participate in and achieve equality of citizenship. This vision is underpinned by the principle that women as citizens have the right to participate equally with men in the economic and social structures of their community.

Aim

Women of the North West seek to develop a support infrastructure for the development of women, to encourage equal participation in decision-making and policy formulating bodies through education at a personal, group and community level.

Objectives

Women of the North West, the organisation acting as Moygownagh Community Development Project, seeks to promote the social, cultural and economic development of women by implementing education and training programmes suitable to the situational needs of rural women.

A  key objective of the organisation is to increase the capability of women to participate in decision-making structures at local, regional and national levels.

The organisation’s vision statement asserts that “Women of the North West exists to create a learning environment where women and men have the opportunity to explore, participate in and achieve equality of citizenship”