A proposed student group at Boston College, promising a venue for open discussion of the issues previously opposed by the administration and its Jesuit teachings, is seeking to succeed on BC’s campus where other women’s groups have previously failed.

The Women’s Issues Council, proposed by the newly elected Undergraduate Government of Boston College, will be an umbrella group for women’s associations on campus and will explore women’s issues, including pro-life and pro-choice views, on campus.

Chris Denice, UGBC president for the next school year, said the council has a better chance of administrative acceptance than the overtly pro-choice Women’s Leadership Council that was previously proposed but flatly rejected by administration because of ideological conflict with the school.

“We want to be able to bring all of the women’s issues groups to the same table,” Denice said. “There are a lot of different women’s groups working on campus and not enough collaboration.”

The Council would provide programming on self-defense, women leadership, image issues, sexual assault and female empowerment on campus, Denice said.

Women’s Leadership Exchange founder Leslie Grossman said campus women’s groups are an important aspect when empowering women in the workplace.

“Through these groups women will learn how to support each other and form a network of relationships that they can continue to have after college and as they move into careers,” she said.

Grossman said women are expanding the role of female leaders in the business, financial and political fields.

“Women are becoming more successful in business and money is power,” she said. “Doing business together creates a network to help promote the success of women as leaders and to provide for the next generation of women leaders.”

Boston University women’s group Every Person Counts acting President Carrie Chiusano said pro-choice beliefs make a wide acceptance hard to achieve.

“It’s hard for any organization to be pro-choice because it then excludes the ideologies of so many people,” Chiusano, a College of Communication junior, said.

Every Person Counts handles issues like sexual assault, eating disorders, women’s leadership and sexual health and is seeking approval for a BU Women’s Center, Chiusano said. With a women’s center, the group could offer resources to better help the majority female population of Boston University, she said.

“Anywhere that we can get student attention behind women’s issues is important because it’s a step in the right direction,” she said.