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‘Like a lot of parties the structure of the IWCA resembles a pyramid except, unlike all other parties, power resides at the bottom with the rank and file.’
All national policy is decided at the Annual General Meeting according to the principle of one-member-one-vote. All members are entitled to attend.
The AGM also elects national officers who form one part of the body that meets regularly to ensure that national IWCA policy is implemented – the National Co-ordinating Committee (NCC).
The other part of the Co-ordinating Committee is made up of regional and branch delegates.
Branches – the basic units of organisation, designed to engage in community politics – enjoy considerable autonomy at the local level. To deal with
wider issues they combine with other branches in a region, sending recallable delegates to a regional committee. The regional committees, in turn, send delegates
to the National Co-ordinating Committee. Branches which are geographically remote from any of the established regions are also entitled to send a delegate to the NCC.
At the National Co-ordinating Committee it is only the regional and branch delegates that are entitled to vote on decisions regarding the implementation of IWCA policy.
In this way, the national officers remain subordinate to delegates. Equally, however, the officers – who are appointed by the whole membership at the AGM – can’t be removed
by the delegates and have the responsibility of ensuring that the priorities set by the AGM are adhered to.
See diagram of IWCA structure
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