BWV is a powerful voice representing women's voices in Bristol. Our vision is to ensure that women’s equity is a reality in Bristol. We are a membership body, open to all women living, working or volunteering in Bristol.
BWV’s mission is:
To provide ways for women in Bristol to come together, decide on important issues facing them, and work together to tackle them.
To provide a platform for women to influence the public authorities in how they meet women’s needs and promote women’s equality.
To ensure that when key decisions are taken in Bristol, women’s voices have been listened to and their ideas and concerns acted on.
To provide a mechanism for women across the city to find out how to access services, support one another, join local organisations and set up new ones, find and promote events and services for women, and share ideas and issues
Our current activities include:
- Community organising, empowering women and campaigning over the cost of living crisis, and exploitation in sectors where women predominantly work,
- Disabled Women Take Action project, empowering disabled women to campaign for changes in the city,
- Campaigning for women's safety and freedom from harassment,
- Organising events including our annual International Women's Day celebration
