Socialist International Women
# Socialist International Women

Socialist International Women is the international organization of the women's organizations of the socialist, social democratic and labour parties affiliated to the Socialist International.

## History

The Women's International Council of Socialist and Labour Organizations was established on August 17, 1907, at the First International Conference of Socialist Women held in Stuttgart. This body constituted the Women's International Secretariat of the Second International and was led by Clara Zetkin. The Socialist International Women trace their origins to this body, through a series of subsequent organisations.

It was named International Socialist Women's Committee founded in 1926 under Edith Kemmis as the women's section of the Labour and Socialist International. This organisation lasted until 1940, when its work came to a halt as a result of the Second World War.

The organisation was refounded in 1955 as the International Council of Social Democratic Women, based in London, following the foundation of the Socialist International in 1951. As the women's section of this organisation it then took on the name of the Socialist International Women in 1978.

## Members

The following organizations are Socialist International Women members:

| Country | Member | Party | Membership |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albania | Socialist Women's Forum | Socialist Party of Albania | Full |
| Algeria | National Secretariat for Women's Affairs | Socialist Forces Front | Full |
| Algeria | National Liberation Front | — | Consultative |
| Andorra | Secretariat for Gender Policies | Social Democratic Party of Andorra | Full |
| Angola | Organization of Angolan Women | Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola | Full |
| Argentina | Women's Secretariat | Socialist Party | Full |
| Argentina | Women's Council | Radical Civic Union | Full |
| Armenia | Women's Committee | Armenian Revolutionary Federation | Full |
| Austria | Austrian Social Democratic Women | Social Democratic Party of Austria | Full |
| Azerbaijan | Women's Organisation | Social Democratic Party of Azerbaijan | Full |
| Belarus | Belarusian Women's League | Belarusian Social Democratic Party | Consultative |
| Belarus | Women's Network | Belarusian Party of Labour | Observer |
| Belgium | Inter-Federal Women's Commission | Parti Socialiste | Full |
| Belgium | Zij-Kant | Parti Socialiste | Full |
| Belize | United Women's Group | People's United Party | Consultative |
| Benin | Women's Organisation | Social Democratic Party | Full |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Women's Forum | Social Democratic Party of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Full |
| Botswana | Women's Wing | Botswana Democratic Party | Consultative |
| Brazil | Labour Women Action | Democratic Labour Party | Full |
| Bulgaria | Social Democratic Women's Confederation | Bulgarian Social Democrats | Full |
| Bulgaria | Union of Socialist Women for Parity and Solidarity | Bulgarian Socialist Party | Full |
| Burkina Faso | Women's Organisation | People's Movement for Progress | Full |
| Cameroon | Social Democratic Front | — | Full |
| Canada | Participation of Women Committee | New Democratic Party | Full |
| Cape Verde | African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde | — | Full |
| Central African Republic | Movement for the Liberation of the Central African Women | Movement for the Liberation of the Central African People | Observer |
| Chad | Women's Union for Renewal | National Union for Democracy and Renewal | Consultative |
| Chile | National Women's Secretariat | Party for Democracy | Full |
| Chile | National Women's Organisation | Radical Social Democratic Party | Full |
| Chile | Union of Socialist Women of Chile | Socialist Party of Chile | Full |
| Colombia | National Organisation for Women | Liberal Party of Colombia | Full |
| Costa Rica | Women's Movement | National Liberation Party | Full |
| Croatia | Social Democratic Women's Forum | Social Democratic Party of Croatia | Full |
| Cyprus | Socialist Women's Movement | Movement for Social Democracy | Full |
| Cyprus | Women's Organisation | Republican Turkish Party | Full |
| Cyprus | Communal Democracy Party | — | Consultative |
| Czech Republic | Social Democratic Women | Czech Social Democratic Party | Full |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Union for Democracy and Social Progress | — | Observer |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Unified Lumumbist Party | — | Observer |
| Denmark | Commission for Equality | Social Democrats | Full |
| Dominican Republic | Dominican Federation of Social Democratic Women | Dominican Revolutionary Party | Full |
| Egypt | Women's Secretariat | Egyptian Social Democratic Party | Full |
| Equatorial Guinea | Convergence for Social Democracy Women's Organisation | Convergence for Social Democracy | Full |
| Estonia | Estonian Social Democratic Party | — | Observer |
| Eswatini | People's United Democratic Movement | — | Consultative |
| Eswatini | Women's Wing | Swazi Democratic Party | Observer |
| Finland | Social Democratic Women in Finland | Finnish Social Democratic Party | Full |
| France | National Secretariat for Women's Rights | Socialist Party | Full |
| Gabon | Progressive Women's Movement | Gabonese Progress Party | Consultative |
| The Gambia | United Democratic Party | — | Consultative |
| Georgia | Social Democratic Women's Organisation | Social Democrats for the Development of Georgia | Consultative |
| Germany | Federation of Social Democratic Women | Social Democratic Party of Germany | Full |
| Ghana | Women's Wing | National Democratic Congress | Full |
| Great Britain | Labour Party Women | Labour Party | Observer |
| Greece | Women's Department | PASOK | Full |
| Guatemala | Women's Secretariat | National Unity of Hope | Full |
| Guinea | Women's Organisation | Guinean People's Assembly | Full |
| Guinea-Bissau | African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde | — | Consultative |
| Haiti | Women's Commission | Union of Haitian Social Democrats | Full |
| Haiti | Organisation of the People in Struggle | — | Observer |
| Hungary | Women's Section | Hungarian Socialist Party | Full |
| India | Indian National Congress | — | Full |
| Iran | Kurdistan Democratic Women Union | Kurdistan Democratic Party | Full |
| Iran | Democratic Women's Union of Iranian Kurdistan | Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan | Consultative |
| Iran | Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan | — | Observer |
| Iran | Komalah | — | Observer |
| Iraq | Women's Union of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan | Full |
| Ireland | Labour Women's National Council | Labour Party | Full |
| Israel | Women's Section | Israel Labour Party | Full |
| Israel | Forum for Gender Equality | Meretz | Full |
| Italy | Women's Commission | Italian Socialist Party | Full |
| Jamaica | People's National Party Women's Movement | People's National Party | Full |
| Japan | Women's Department | Social Democratic Party | Full |
| Kazakhstan | Nationwide Social Democratic Party | — | Full |
| Kenya | Labour Party of Kenya | — | Observer |
| Latvia | Social Democratic Party "Harmony" | — | Consultative |
| Lebanon | Union of Progressive Women in Lebanon | Progressive Socialist Party | Full |
| Lesotho | Lesotho Congress for Democracy | — | Observer |
| Lithuania | Lithuanian Social Democratic Women's Union | Lithuanian Social Democratic Party | Full |
| Luxembourg | Socialist Women | Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party | Full |
| Malaysia | Women's Section | Democratic Action Party | Full |
| Mali | African Party for Solidarity and Justice | — | Full |
| Mali | Women's Union | Assembly for Mali | Full |
| Mauritania | Women's Commission | Assembly of Democratic Forces | Full |
| Mauritius | Women's League | Mauritius Labour Party | Full |
| Mauritius | Mauritius Militant Movement | — | Full |
| Mexico | Secretariat for Gender Equality | Party of Democratic Revolution | Full |
| Mexico | National Women's Organisation | Institutional Revolutionary Party | Full |
| Moldova | Women's Organisation | Democratic Party | Full |
| Mongolia | Social Democracy - Mongolian Women's Association | Mongolian People's Party | Full |
| Montenegro | Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro | — | Full |
| Montenegro | Women's Forum | Social Democratic Party of Montenegro | Full |
| Morocco | National Secretariat for Women | Socialist Union of Popular Forces | Full |
| Mozambique | Organisation of Mozambican Women | FRELIMO | Full |
| Namibia | Women's Council | SWAPO | Full |
| Nepal | Nepal Woman Association | Nepali Congress Party | Full |
| Nicaragua | Women's Commission | Sandinista National Liberation Front | Full |
| Niger | Tarayya Women's Organisation | Party for Democracy and Socialism of Niger | Full |
| Nigeria | All Progressives Congress | — | Consultative |
| Northern Ireland | Social Democratic and Labour Party Women | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Full |
| Norway | Women's Network | Norwegian Labour Party | Observer |
| Pakistan | Women's Wing | Pakistan People's Party | Full |
| Palestine | Fatah | — | Full |
| Palestine | Palestinian National Initiative | — | Consultative |
| Panama | Women's Front | Democratic Revolutionary Party | Full |
| Paraguay | Progressive Democratic Party | — | Full |
| Peru | Women's Political Action | Peruvian Aprista Party | Full |
| Poland | Democratic Left Alliance | — | Full |
| Portugal | National Department of Socialist Women | Socialist Party | Full |
| Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican Independence Party | — | Full |
| Romania | Social Democratic Women | Social Democratic Party | Full |
| Russia | Social Democratic Women of Russia | A Just Russia | Full |
| San Marino | Party of Socialists and Democrats | — | Full |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Platform for Human Rights and Gender Equality | Movement for the Liberation of São Tomé and Príncipe/Social Democratic Party | Consultative |
| Senegal | National Movement of Socialist Women | Socialist Party of Senegal | Full |
| Serbia | Women's Forum | Democratic Party | Full |
| Slovakia | Direction – Social Democracy | — | Full |
| South Africa | African National Congress Women's League | African National Congress | Full |
| Somaliland | Women's Organisation | Justice and Welfare Party | Observer |
| Spain | Secretariat for Equality | Spanish Socialist Workers' Party | Full |
| Sweden | National Federation of Social Democratic Women in Sweden | Swedish Social Democratic Party | Observer |
| Switzerland | Social Democratic Women of Switzerland | Social Democratic Party of Switzerland | Full |
| Syria | Democratic Union Party | — | Consultative |
| Tanzania | Chama Cha Mapinduzi | — | Full |
| Togo | Democratic Convention of African Peoples | — | Consultative |
| Tunisia | Democratic Forum for Labour and Liberties | — | Full |
| Turkey | Women's Branch | Republican People's Party | Full |
| Turkey | Women's Assembly | Peoples' Democratic Party | Consultative |
| Ukraine | Ukrainian Roses | Social Democratic Party of Ukraine | Consultative |
| United States | Feminist Commission | Democratic Socialists of America | Full |
| Uruguay | Commission for Gender and Equality | New Space | Full |
| Uruguay | Women's Organisation | Socialist Party of Uruguay | Full |
| Venezuela | National Women's Secretariat | Democratic Action | Full |
| Venezuela | Movement for Socialism | — | Full |
| Venezuela | Secretariat for Equality and Gender | A New Era | Full |
| Venezuela | Voluntad Popular | — | Full |
| Western Sahara | National Union of Sahrawi Women | Polisario Front | Consultative |
| Yemen | Women's Department | Yemeni Socialist Party | Full |
| Zambia | Patriotic Front | — | Consultative |
| Zimbabwe | Movement for Democratic Change | — | Full |
