Collaborations
Our collaborations
Since its foundation in 1910, the WUCWO has witnessed and taken part in important historical events, adapting to the changes and challenges of each era while maintaining its core mission: to promote the presence, participation, and co-responsibility of Catholic women in society and in the Church.
Laudato Si’ Movement
The former Global Catholic Climate Movement, now the Laudato Si’ Movement, works within the Catholic Church to better care for our common home. Its founding document is Pope Francis’s encyclical on climate change and ecology, Laudato Si’, which is an urgent call to take action against the injustice of climate change and the ecological crisis, in order to protect the poor and future generations. WUCWO has joined the global fossil fuel divestment campaign of the GCCM, and participates with the GCCM in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and the Laudato Si’ Animators program.
Forum of Catholic-Inspired NGOs
The Forum is a meeting and exchange space for Catholic NGOs that typically work at the international level with status in international organizations. It is a social observatory that strengthens the Catholic voice and advocacy in international public debate. WUCWO is a co-facilitator of the Thematic Group on the Family within the International Forum.
COATnet – Christian Organisations Against Trafficking Network
COATnet is a global network of Christian organizations working to combat human trafficking and assist survivors of modern slavery. The network, coordinated by Caritas Internationalis, connects more than 45 Christian organizations from 39 countries and cooperates with other religious organizations and civil society groups worldwide. Together with Caritas Internationalis and Talitha Kum, WUCWO participates in the “Bakhita Project” with its local organizations in Malawi, Eswatini, and South Africa.
Committee for the World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking
Talitha Kum, the international network of consecrated life committed to combating human trafficking is responsible for coordinating the group of partner organizations that prepare the World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking. The organizations involved are: the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Caritas Internationalis (CI), the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations (WUCWO), and the Anti-Trafficking Working Group (ATWG) of the Justice and Peace Commission of UISG/USG. WUCWO is represented by its former President General, Maria Giovanna Ruggieri, as one of the co-founders of the Committee.