Women's National Commission
- Women's National Commission
Infobox UK public body
name=Women's National Commission
type=NDPB
crown_status=yes
legislation=None
established=1969
sponsor=Government Equalities Office
head=Baroness Gould
|The Women's National Commission (WNC) is a United Kingdom Advisory NDPB, it was set up in 1969 to advise government on women's views and to act as an umbrella body for UK-based women's groups in their dealings with government.
Until the 1990's, it was run by an executive, as voted for by its 'Partners'. These were women's groups that had applied for and gained formal membership, the number of groups allowed to become members was limited to 50. The government appointed a co-chair to manage the body, together with the elected chair.
After a review of the organisation in the late 1990's, it was relaunched as an NDPB. The government gave up its permanent co-chair position and removed the limit on the number of Partner organisations it could have affiliated. Partner's then ceased to have a formal role in running the body. The Minister for Women then became responsible for appointing a board of Commissioners and a Chair, who would represent all Partners and the wider women's movement.
The WNC is prominent within the UK women's sector, but is virtually unknown to the wider public or non-affiliated groups.
In July 2007, Harriet Harman the newly appointed Minister for Women, announced that it would have a new role in consulting with women, to discover what they felt she should be doing as Minister.
Current board members
The WNC has a publicly appointed board of Commissioners that oversees it's work
* Baroness Joyce Gould (Chair)
* Baroness Anita Gale
* Sabin Malik
* Bronagh Hinds
* Ranjana Bell
* Adele Baumgardt
* Brita Fernandez Schmidt
* Baroness Haleh Afshar
* Beatrix Campbell
* Mary-Ann Stephenson
* Helen Jackson
* Vivienne Hayes
* Ann Henderson
* Juliet Lyon
* Sarah Veale CBE [http://www.thewnc.org.uk Women's National Commission website]
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