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The Women’s Lobby of Slovenia
Slovenia · Ljubljana · National · See the Slovenia profile
The Women’s Lobby of Slovenia brings together eight non-governmental organizations from various fields and more than ten prominent academics and prominent initiators of equal opportunities for women and men in Slovenia. The Slovenian Women’s Lobby is a member of the European Wome
Details
- Maturity
- Established
- Promoter
- Ženski lobi Slovenije - Ljubljana Slovenija — website
- Power domain
- Social Power
- Methods / tools
- Awareness-raising, Networking
- Region (NUTS)
SI04- Keywords
- policy and legislation on gender equality, public decision in society, employment, violence
Context
The Women's Lobby of Slovenia brings together eight non-governmental organisations and more than ten academics and gender-equality advocates. It is a member of the European Women's Lobby (EWL), the largest association of women's NGOs in the European Union.
Objectives
To empower women in all their diversity, promote gender equality, combat discrimination and violence against women, and ensure women's active participation in the development and implementation of equality policies at national level.
Activities
Advocacy and proposals on policy and legislation for gender equality, on women's participation in public decision-making, and on social policy and employment; engagement with governments and corporations, including through EWL, to strengthen the role of women in business.
Implementation
- Indicative cost
- Low (< €50k) — No budget or expenditure figures are given; cost_band inferred as low for a volunteer/coalition-based advocacy network with no described dedicated infrastructure.
- Time to results
- Long (> 3 years) — No launch date is stated; timeline_band inferred as long based on the 'established' maturity and ongoing EWL membership.
- Staffing & skills
- Eight member NGOs, More than ten academic experts and gender-equality advocates
Conditions for success
- Membership in a wider network (European Women's Lobby)
- Coalition of NGOs and academics acting together on shared advocacy priorities
Where it fits
- Governance type
- civil-society coalition
- Scale
- national
- Income level
- high-income (EU/Slovenia)
Commonly funded by
Philanthropic / foundation funding
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Data sources
Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.
- ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
- Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
- Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14
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