[3][4] Some scholars describe the WNC as the closest South Africa has come to having a strong women's movement.
Its affiliates tended to be women's organizations with long histories, but with weak organizational capacities and resources.
The coalition did not use a mass mobilization strategy to back up its demands, rather, it relied on access to political parties as its main lever of influence.
At the same time, the demands of the constitutional negotiations required the coalition to utilize the technical expertise of feminist academics and lawyers in ways that previous women's movements had not managed.
[5] The group remained active as late as 2002, and was involved with the concerns and priorities for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.