The Women’s Organization of the Centrist Democrat International (WCDI) was established within the framework of the IDC-CDI and acquired legal personality in 2025 with the adoption of its own statutes. It is composed of women from political parties and member organizations who share the values of equality, freedom, justice, and solidarity, inspired by the principles of integral humanism. The WCDI maintains representation across all IDC-CDI regional branches, convenes regular meetings, and is recognized as a highly active body committed to advancing equality and safeguarding the rights of women in all areas of society, in accordance with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
The WCDI is guided by core principles, including equal opportunities and rights, the full and effective participation of women in decision-making processes, and the recognition of women’s human rights as universal and inalienable. It further promotes equitable access to education, inclusion in economic and political life, comprehensive health and well-being, the protection of girls and adolescents, and the advancement of female young leadership. Through these priorities, the WCDI seeks to achieve structural change aimed at eradicating discrimination and violence, while promoting social justice and ensuring intergenerational equity.
In the late 70s, women in several European and Latin American parties regarded their active participation in national and international politics as essential to the development of their own countries and to political life in general. They decided to group together in an international women’s movement which gave rise to the World Women’s Union in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1978.
A meeting was subsequently held in Rome in 1979 to decide on the mission statement and operating principles delineated in the ROME CHARTER. The group’s current name is the Centrist Women’s Democrat International. During the 90s, important work was carried out not only in Latin America but also in the countries of eastern Europe, following the fall of the Berlin Wall, to aid in the emancipation of women since their status greatly limited their political activity.
The CWDI is constantly working on everything related to women’s issues and their activities, their environment and their needs, both in the social and political fields as well as in terms of economic development.
In recent years the CWDI has taken part in initiatives of the European People’s Party’s women’s wing and has succeeded in widening its scope of action into the African continent. Female European representatives made major contributions to the drafting of the “Family Rights” implemented by the Moroccan governments a few years ago.
More recently we have been working on an itinerant system of vocational and health training for women. The CWDI is constantly working on everything related to women’s issues and their activities, their environment and their needs, both in the social and political fields as well as in terms of economic development.
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