Women are under-represented in the nuclear energy sector, especially in leadership roles. The future of the nuclear industry requires a robust and diverse workforce to not only drive performance and innovation, but also to ensure public health and safety and protect the environment. The need for this robust and diverse workforce extends to the field of nuclear law. The Women in Nuclear Law Initiative (WiNLI) was launched in March 2023 under the framework of the partnership between Women in Nuclear (WiN) Global and the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) to address this issue.
WiNLI aims to promote and strengthen the involvement of women in nuclear law by attracting, retaining and promoting current and future talents in this interesting and unique field and to enhance the attractiveness of nuclear law as an exciting and dynamic practice area.
The main objective of WiNLI is to create a multidisciplinary group of nuclear law experts within the membership of WiN Global and to integrate nuclear lawyers into WiN Global.
The WiNLI leadership team, which consists of not more than 20 WiNLI members, is reponsible for determining the annual Programme of Work and overseeing the activities of WiNLI. The WiNLI leadership team aims to achieve a diversity of backgrounds and representation from across the 145 countries in almost 60 chapters of WiN Global and efforts will be made to ensure that junior talent in the nuclear law field will be represented. Members of the leadership team chair / co-chair WiNLI's five committtes. The members of the leadership team are:
Committees are formed within the general membership of WiNLI as focused sub-groups. WiNLI members may voluntarily join any committee that interests them. Each committee is led by at least one Chair from the leadership team. Committees aim to meet at least quarterly.
WiNLI membership is free and open to all WiN Global members who wish join, particularly women in the legal field.
If you are interested in joining WiNLI, please sign up here or contact WiNLI with any further questions.
The NEA Division of Nuclear Law (DNL) currently provides Secretariat services for WiNLI.
Kimberly Sexton Nick Head, NEA Division of Nuclear Law |
Robyn Jordan Paralegal, NEA Division of Nuclear Law |