NUS Women's Campaign is one of the four autonomous liberation campaigns within NUS; the others being the Black Students' Campaign, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans Campaign, and the Students with Disabilities Campaign.
Facts & Stats
Women's Campaigns Womens Group
What these campaigns have in common is that they all seek to represent and empower individuals who experience disadvantage in terms of status and opportunity because they belong to, or are perceived as belonging to, a particular social group. As an autonomous campaign, NUS Women's Campaign has its own conference that only womencan attend.
This conference elects the National Women's Officer and decides the policy of the campaignfor the year ahead. The National Women's Officer and the Women's Committee (also elected at Women's Conference) then prioritises this policy. This year, policy was passed on:
Defending Women's Officers
Defending a Woman's Right to Choose
For Equal Pay
Cervical Screening
Mental Health
Tomlinson Report
'Don't Rape our Rights'(regarding the rape of Mukhtaran Bibi)
Women Candidates for Parliament
Women in Africa
Michael Howard's pledge to cut the legal timelimit for abortions Taken from NUS Handbook
Campaigns
Womens Group
Facts & Stats
Just the job campaign