The Groups

For short descriptions of the networks conducting GWIA click here

For short descriptions of participating groups click here.

The following grassroots groups and partner organisations piloted the initial series of six week-long GWIAs, held at the Mother Center Salzgitter-Bad, an exponent of the Expo. Two preparatory European GWIAs were held in 1998 and 1999 and four global GWIAs were conducted as part of the Expo 2000 in Germany. 

  • Alianza de Mujeres, Costa Rica
  • Antillian Women’s Association, Netherlands
  • Area Relief Ministereis, USA
  • Association Colombians de Mujeres, Columbia
  • Bantay-Banay, Phillippines
  • Bogso Women´s Farmer Association, Cameroon
  • Cafsu Montreal, Canada
  • Centre for Natural Birth, Munich, Germany
  • Circle of Life Foundation, USA
  • Comite de Emergencia Garifuna, Honduras
  • Community Women’s Education Initiative, Ireland
  • Community Organisers Multiversity, Phillippines
  • De Doorzetters, Netherlands
  • EKIZ, Mother Center Stuttgart West, Germany
  • Emancipatie Bureau Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Everest Foundation, Nepal
  • Fenix, Bosnia
  • Forum of Women in Democracy, Uganda
  • Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work, Turkey
  • Foundation Mama, Netherlands
  • Foundation Our Children, Rumania
  • GROOTS Canada
  • Hindustan Women Vikaash, Netherlands
  • International Garden Göttingen, Germany
  • IRAV Moscow, Russia
  • Isfahan Medical University Nursing Midwiferies, Iran
  • League of Women Voters, Russia
  • Mahila Samakhya Karnataka, India
  • Mother Centre Charkov, Ukraine
  • Mother Centre Cooperatives, Canada
  • Mother Centre Initiative St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Mother Center Sarajevo, Bosnia
  • Mother Center Network, Czech Republic
  • Mütterforum Baden Württemberg, Germany
  • National Association of Mother Centers, USA
  • National Congress of Neighborhood Women, USA
  • Network of Dutch Mother Centers, Netherlands
  • Neighborhood Women’s Alliance, UK
  • Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress, Zimbabwe
  • OWEN, Germany
  • Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Prijateljice, Bosnia
  • Rosario Women’s Collective, Phillippines
  • Sama Sama, Phillippines
  • Self Employed Women’s Union, South Africa
  • Sinergii Bukarest, Rumania
  • Soldiers Mothers St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers, India
  • Solidarité Feminine, Marocco
  • Surinamese Women of Bijlmermeer, Netherlands
  • SOS Mother Center Salzgitter, Germany
  • Swayam Shikshan Prayog, India
  • Swiss Mother Centers, Switzerland
  • Tibetian Women’s Refugee Group
  • Unione de Vecinos, USA
  • VAC, Netherlands
  • Victoria 21, Bulgaria
  • Women’s Peace Network, Bosnia
  • WomanSpirit, USA
  • Women’s School Frankfurt, Germany

The following organisations took part in the GWIA Partner Dialogues:

  • Anglican Church of Canada, Toronto, Canada
  • Anstiftung, Germany
  • Cork Institute of Technology, Ireland
  • Ecological Magazine “Kraut & Rüben”, Germany
  • Ford Foundation, USA
  • Global Fund for Women, USA
  • Groots International, USA
  • Huairou Commission, USA
  • Kreisjugendring München, Germany
  • Kübel Foundation, Bensheim, Germany
  • Lehman College New York, USA
  • Manske Institute Hamburg, Germany
  • Municipality of Zavidovici, Bosnia
  • Parliamentarian, Germany
  • Ravensburg College, Germany
  • Regional Government Department: Women, Work and Social Affairs, Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Social Ministry of Hessen,  Germany
  • Society for Birth Preparation, Germany
  • SOS-Kinderdorf, SPI,Germany
  • University of California, Los Angeles, USA
  • University of Kassel, Germany
  • Ursulines, USA