Based in the Global South, they are a membership-driven organization that "works within the rights, justice and feminist frameworks.

[5][6] WGNRR was an active participant in the International Conference "Reinforcing Reproductive Rights", held in Madras, India, in 1993.

WGNRR's support of the ICPD's inclusion of right to access of safe abortion was still tempered by its concern over the language and the fear of the misuse of such a document by proponents of coerced population control.

"[7] In 1995, WGNRR undertook campaigns to address the feminisation of poverty and was an active participant in the development of the Programme of Action for the Women’s World Conference in Beijing.

[7] WGNRR has facilitated several international campaigns on a wide range of issues including maternal mortality and morbidity, poverty, forced sterilization and the sexual and reproductive rights of youth.