Driving Women’s Health, Equality & Economic Empowerment Across the UK and Northern Ireland.

For over three decades, The Women’s Organisation has worked to design, shape and implement high-impact, innovative partnership programmes at local, national, and international levels. Today, we are recognised not only as a provider, but as a developer, unifier, and collaborator of social and economic development. We pride ourselves on bringing together partners, insight, and resources to design solutions that create lasting impact.

As a result, our work extends beyond gender-focused programmes to encompass large-scale partnership development across sectors and geographies. We have designed and delivered a number of women’s wellbeing programmes working from our strategic bases in England and Northern Ireland.  We work collaboratively with governments, development agencies, NGOs, private sector partners, philanthropic organisations, and education institutions to research, design, and test solutions to complex social and economic challenges. Notably, we have worked on multiple cross-border and international initiatives to provide expertise in joint-creation, systems thinking, and evidence-led innovation that will address entrenched inequalities and unlock inclusive growth.

The Heart of Our Work

At the heart of our work are women, their lived experiences, and the communities they are part of. This is why we work alongside policymakers, institutions, and communities to address the structural inequalities that shape opportunity and outcomes that supports women’s economic development. By combining robust evidence with lived experience, we ensure that the voices of those most affected are not only heard but actively shape the design, delivery, and evaluation of programmes and policy.

As both a women’s charity and a social enterprise, we design and deliver initiatives that strengthen communities, improve life chances, and support equal economic opportunities for everyone. Our approach recognises that economic outcomes are inseparable from wider social realities such as health, poverty, care responsibilities, and inequality. Women’s economic development is always at the heart of what we do.

Alongside our gender-focused work, we operate across several interconnected areas. These include enterprise and entrepreneurship support, employability and skills development, education, technology adoption, health and wellbeing, social value and impact measurement, and policy and research. Through these strands, we support individuals, organisations, and therefore systems to become stronger, more inclusive, and more effective.

While the scale and reach of our work continues to grow, our purpose remains clear: to unlock potential, amplify voices, and drive systemic change that leads to a more inclusive and equitable society and economy.

“Women are more likely than men to live in poverty, especially single mothers and older women.”

 — Joseph Rowntree Foundation, 2026