不論在NGO或NPO方面,婦女組織之間的協調合作關係已經被運用於台灣社會,特別是運用在全國性的政策倡導層面,但是地方層級的婦女團體,其組織之間形成橫向的整合關係,則並不多見。本文以高雄市滿天星婦女團體聯盟作為個案,深入分析這個典型「由下而上(Bottom-Up)」進行整合的個案。主要分析重點在於NGOs之間的橫向聯繫與協調合作問題,包括滿天星婦女聯盟形成的條件與背景,聯盟的角色與功能,聯盟與其成員團體之間的關係,聯盟與公部門之間的關係,以及聯盟的未來等。本研究發現該聯盟在形成後確實發揮它的影響力,但是由於聯盟的資源限制與定位問題,導致該聯盟的發揮尚處不確定狀態。有關該聯盟未來的走向,仍有待更進一步的追蹤與研究。
The coordination of women's organizations, whether NGOs or NPOs, has been in operation for some time in Taiwan, notably among those in advocacy of certain policies at the national level. At the local level, however, women's organizations that establish horizontal integrative relations with one another are hard to come by. This paper targets the Panicle Women's Coalition in Kaohsiung as an exceptional case, investigating in some depth its bottom- up pattern of integration. It starts from the local women's NGOs, studying the informal coalition that spontaneously developed among them, the process of its emergence, and its interactive relations with the local government. In our research, we examine the horizontal linkages and integrative relations of these local women's NGOs, the background and conditions of the formation of the coalition, its role and functions of the coalition, its relations with the component organizations, its relations with the public sector, and the future of the coalition. It will be seen that the coalition did play an influential role in the earlier period for women's welfare. More recently, however, due to the limited nature of resources and its status as an NGO, the coalition has faced with certain uncertainties. Its role and status in the years ahead remain for further studies to investigate and ascertain.