Member organisations
The Norwegian Women's Lobby consists of nine member organizations:
The Legal Counselling for Women (JURK): Since its establishment in 1974, JURK has provided free legal counselling for over fifty thousand women. This experience provided the basis for developing women’s law. Further, it sparked a feminist analysis of the legal system. Women’s law was established as an academic discipline at the University of Oslo in 1974, as the first of its kind in Europe.
The Secretariat of the Shelter Movement is an umbrella organisation for women’s shelters, working for a future without violence against women, and strengthening shelter services. The Secretariat also hosts a free national helpline, phone and chat, for anyone experiencing violence or abuse. It also hosts a service assisting victims of human trafficking, providing them with a safe place and access to qualified legal counselling, health services, education and activities.
The foundation «Nordic Women’s University» was founded in 2011 with the aim to spread knowledge about feminist values and pedagogy in higher learning, through thought pieces, seminars and conferences, and collaboration with the broader women’s movement. It is not an accredited university as such, but is hosted by the Nord University.
The New Feminists emerged during the radical, «second wave» of feminsism in the 1970’s. The group today plays an important role as custodians of women’s history in Norway since that time, collecting and publishing testimonies through a dedicated website under the auspices of The Norwegian Research Council of Norway, kvinnehistorie.no.
The Norwegian Association for Women’s Rights (Norsk Kvinnesaksforening, NKF) is Norway’s oldest and preeminent women’s and girls’ rights organization, dedicated to eliminating attitudes, laws and regulations that are discriminatory towards women and girls. NKF was founded in 1884 and has successfully campaigned for women’s right to education, voting rights, the right to work and the establishment of the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud. The organization is non-partisan with branches in several Norwegian cities. NKF is a member of the International Alliance of Women (IAW).
The Norwegian Women’s Public Health Association (Norske kvinners sanitetsforening) is Norway’s largest women’s organization, with 44,000 active members in 550 local chapters. Since 1896 it has contributed to medical research, establishment of health services later made public, advocay and local volunteer services. It is at the forefront in advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights, improved women’s health services and more and better research for women’s health.
The Women’s Front (Kvinnefronten) is a radical feminist organization, founded in 1972. It has since worked within several fields and topics, such as the right to safe abortions, the fight against pornography and the fight for the Nordic model approach to prostitution. Internationally, the Women’s Front has cooperated with a large number of women’s organisations in several countries, including Tanzania, Portugal, Afghanistan, Serbia and India. It has chapters in several Norwegian cities.
The Feminist Group Ottar is an activist based radical feminist organization campaigning for the full liberation of women, often through non-orthodox stunts and protests. It has chapters in several Norwegian cities.
The Norwegian section of The International Women's League for Peace and Freedom – IKFF (WILPF), is part of a global membership-based feminist peacebuilding organisation, founded in 1915. The organization’s values and approach are feminist, pacifist and antimilitarist, promoting and amplifying the voices of women and allies who are advancing peaceful and sustainable alternatives to crises and conflicts. The Norwegian Section is active in several cities across the country.
