[Brussels, 23 April 2024]
Dear Minister of Economy and Work Pierre-Yves Dermagne, Dear Minister of Social Affairs Frank Vandenbroucke,
Dear Minister of Justice Paul Van Tigchelt,
Dear State of Secretary for Gender Equality, Equal Opportunities and Diversity, Marie-Colline Leroy,
The European Women’s Lobby is the largest umbrella organisation of women’s associations in Europe with 32 national coordination organisations and 17 European-wide member organisations, representing a total of (...) Read more

[Brussels, April 2024] The 68th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) took place in New York from 11 to 22 March 2024. This year’s priority theme was ‘Accelerating the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls by addressing poverty and strengthening institutions and financing with a gender perspective”, a crucial topic as 10.3 per cent of women live in extreme poverty today and progress towards ending poverty needs to be 26 times faster to achieve (...) Read more