FAQs: Members & membership

The questions below are about membership and the members of the WI.

Please click on the question of interest to view the answer:

Q1: Why are men not allowed to join the WI?
Q2: I can’t believe that in this day and age the WI is allowed to have only female members? Have men ever demanded their right to join?
Q3: Why are there men working for the WI?
Q4: Why can’t women, persuaded to join the WI at exhibitions or shows, pay their joining fee there and then?
Q5: Why can’t members pay pro-rata, depending on the month they join the WI?
Q6: The WI is still largely white middle class, is anything being done to attract women of different ethnicities?
Q7: I’m a new WI member and find the administration rather unnecessary—why can’t we have meetings without ‘WI business’?
Q8: In April’s WI Life, Camilla Parker-Bowles was described as an ‘honorary member’ of Tetbury WI. Is there such a thing as an honorary member?
Q9: Why can’t members join the NFWI as opposed the WI?
Q10: Our WI Business at the monthly meeting seems to take forever! Do we have to read out a list of members sending their apologies?
Q11: Why can't I join the WI online?

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