Over the past five years, WI member-led campaigns have focused strongly on practical public health issues affecting women. Campaigns have promoted early diagnosis of conditions such as ovarian cancer, improved recognition of autism and ADHD in women, and better access to NHS dentistry. Most recently, members have prioritised CPR training and defibrillator access, aiming to address gender inequalities in cardiac arrest survival and build community lifesaving skills.
The WI resolutions under consideration (for 2026) reflected a broad range of social, health, and environmental concerns identified by members. The shortlist included calls for action on accessible public toilets, women’s homelessness, support for children in care, improved access to nature for health (“green health”), and raising awareness of vulval cancer through self-checking. The NFWI Board of Trustees has agreed to put forward the top two resolutions to the Annual Meeting in June. From the NFWI site:
The wording of the resolutions is as follows:
Accessible public toilet facilities to promote dignity, health, and social inclusion
This resolution is a call for accessible, clean, free public toilets which are fundamental to inclusion and wellbeing, especially for women, older people, disabled individuals, parents and carers. It invites WI branches to take meaningful action—through advocacy, partnership, and community engagement—to support local authorities and civil society in reversing the closure trend and ensuring dignity for all.
Action on women’s homelessness
The NFWI echoes the calls of homelessness charities and urges all levels of government to take action to reduce women’s homelessness, reduce the number of women at risk of homelessness, and improve the quality of temporary accommodation. We call on WI members to support homelessness organisations in their communities and campaign to ensure that all women have a place they can safely call homeAlongside this, there has been a sustained emphasis on environmental protection and community action, particularly through the Clean Rivers campaign. This has encouraged local monitoring, bathing water applications, and pressure on government to tackle pollution. Overall, recent resolutions reflect the WI’s approach of turning members’ concerns into coordinated national campaigns, combining awareness-raising with practical, local action to drive change