International Women’s Democracy Union
IWDU Patron: The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016 – 2019)
The International Women’s Democracy Union (IWDU) is pleased that the patronage of the women’s branch of IDU has been accepted by the Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2016 – 2019). The IWDU seeks to support women in politics and give them the training that they need to succeed to higher office. As the second female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister May’s support is serving as an example to other women seeking to pursue their own careers in politics while also highlighting the importance of our shared goal. We are excited to continue building the IWDU and look forward to working alongside Prime Minister May in the years ahead.
IWDU BOARD
Sofia Brambilla
Assita Kanko
Joelle Bou Abboud
Maria Ionova
Jadranka Joksimović
Paula Labra
Zaklina Pesevska
Gandolgor Sainkhuu
Sylvia Wood
Helen Kroger
Tina Mercerp
THE MARRAKECH DECLARATION
A Centre-Right Women’s Agenda for the 21st Century
The International Women’s Democracy Union (IWDU) — a global network of centre-right women’s organizations committed to democracy, freedom, and human dignity — brings together women leaders from across regions and political traditions. We are united by a belief in individual liberty, the rule of law, free enterprise, strong families, and the defense of democratic institutions. Women are not only the foundation of families and communities, but essential contributors to economic growth, democratic governance, scientific innovation, and national development. Their advancement, we believe, is best secured not through state coercion or imposed outcomes, but through opportunity, choice, merit, and the protection of fundamental rights.
Rooted in dignity and responsibility, responsive to global realities, respectful of cultural contexts, and focused on practical outcomes rather than ideology, this declaration sets out core principles for a modern conservative approach to women’s policy — globally relevant, shared across our movement, and offered at a moment of profound transformation shaped by demographic change, the rise of artificial intelligence, and contested ideas about the very meaning of womanhood.
Through freedom, opportunity, and responsibility, we advance a vision of women’s empowerment rooted not in ideology, but in human potential.