Welcome to the National Women’s Justice Coalition

To achieve social justice and justice for women by driving systems change to reduce the stigmatisation and criminalisation of, and improve outcomes for, women in contact with the criminal justice system.

The NWJC seeks to be the ‘go-to’ group for expertise on policy and good practice for women affected by the criminal justice system. Our strategic objectives are to:

1. Secure sustainable funding for women’s centres and specialist women’s services for women in contact with the criminal justice system in every community.
2. Demonstrate the value of high quality, trauma-informed, gender-specific, culturally responsive specialist services in improving outcomes for women.
3. Model and advocate for inclusive, anti-racism approaches that address individual, organisational and structural inequalities.
4. Centre lived experience leadership and expertise to amplify the priorities and complex needs of women in contact with the criminal justice system.
5. Influence and inform national policy to reduce the number of women in prison and make better use of community sentences.

Through our activities, work streams and approach, the NWJC is committed to:

• Developing anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice and challenging racism and discrimination.
• Sharing best practice and information, collaboration, and using a strong collective voice through shared messaging.
• Bringing together the collective wisdom within the sector and harnessing this expertise to create positive change for women.
• Developing and testing a model of feminist leadership based on solidarity and ethical practice.
• Enabling lived experience leadership and ensuring that experts by experience are fully integrated into our work.