🟢 The UCLG Women’s Caucus

Equality has been a priority of the Municipal Movement since its origins. From the Worldwide Declaration of Women in Local Decision-Making (1998) to the establishment of the UCLG Standing Committee on Gender Equality (2013) and the recognition of the Municipal Movement led by UCLG as Feminist (2021), gender equality has evolved from a commitment to representation into a call for structural transformation. The Women’s Caucus of the Local Social Covenant embodies this evolution. 

Over the years, alliances between the Municipal Movement and grassroots women’s organizations and civil society have become a cornerstone of UCLG’s strategy for protecting and amplifying women’s rights and democracy. As UCLG prepares for its World Congress in Tangier in 2026, the Women’s Caucus strengthens alliances among local and regional governments, women’s grassroots and civil society organizations, and feminist movements worldwide. Through dialogue and solidarity, the Caucus makes women’s leadership a living practice of democracy and co-responsibility across generations, territories, and movements.

The core purpose of the Women’s Caucus is to embody and articulate collective women’s representation. Reflecting geographical, generational, and institutional diversity, it includes:

• UCLG members;

• Representatives of grassroots women’s organizations and civil society, as well as partners from international organizations and movements.

By 2026, the Women’s Caucus will have contributed to the definition of UCLG’s renewed political mandate, anchoring women’s leadership as a foundation for equality, care, and democracy within local and global governance.