EWL in the media

  • EWL speaks up: prostitution is sexual exploitation

    This article was written by Joanna Gill and originally published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. under the title "How COVID-19 helped sex workers in Belgium make history"
    [Brussels, 31 May 2022] Glitter glistened on Maxime Maes’ cheeks as he stepped forward to deliver his speech, flashing a smile across the room, and shouted to the partying crowd, "We won!"
    The celebration - bringing together sex workers, government officials, social workers and campaigners - was the culmination of a (...) Read more

  • Sociedade civil elogia foco de Portugal na agenda da igualdade

    This article was originally published by Noticias ao Minuto
    As organizações da sociedade civil elogiam o foco da presidência portuguesa da União Europeia (UE) na agenda da igualdade, mas esperam avanços concretos nas diretivas das quotas nas administrações das empresas e da transparência salarial.
    Em entrevista à Lusa, Ana Sofia Fernandes, vice-presidente do Lobby Europeu das Mulheres, grupo de pressão junto das instituições europeias, recorda que esta Comissão Europeia, quando tomou posse, se (...) Read more

  • Trabalho não remunerado de prestação de cuidados não pode ser invisível

    This article was originally published by Noticias ao Minuto
    Especialistas da União Europeia consideraram hoje, num evento coorganizado por Portugal no âmbito das Nações Unidas, que a prestação de cuidados, ocupando a tempo inteiro milhões de mulheres, não pode continuar a ser invisível e não remunerado.
    "Para ter uma recuperação económica justa, temos de tornar visível o trabalho não remunerado de prestação de cuidados. Não podemos continuar a depender do trabalho gratuito das mulheres para dar potência a (...) Read more

  • Portugal alerta ONU para pandemia-sombra da violência contra mulheres

    This article was originally published by CMjornal.pt
    Secretária de Estado para a Cidadania e a Igualdade portuguesa afirmou que violência aumentou com as medidas de confinamento.
    A secretária de Estado para a Cidadania e a Igualdade portuguesa alertou esta quarta-feira, na Comissão das Nações Unidas sobre o Estatuto da Mulher (CSW), que a violência contra mulheres "emergiu como uma pandemia-sombra".
    "A violência contra mulheres e meninas emergiu como uma pandemia-sombra", disse esta (...) Read more

  • Especialistas defendem que prestação de cuidados não pode continuar invisível

    This article was originally published by JN.pt
    Especialistas da União Europeia consideraram, num evento coorganizado por Portugal no âmbito das Nações Unidas, que a prestação de cuidados não pode continuar a ser invisível e não remunerada.
    "Para ter uma recuperação económica justa, temos de tornar visível o trabalho não remunerado de prestação de cuidados. Não podemos continuar a depender do trabalho gratuito das mulheres para dar potência a esta parte invisível da economia", sublinhou Carlien Scheele, (...) Read more

  • Towards a Europe free from male violence against women and girls

    This article was originally published by nonprofit.
    The European Women’s Lobby has published a report that analyses the impact of the Istanbul convention ten years later and shows the persisting obstacles in eliminating violence against women.
    The European Women’s Lobby has launched the report ‘Towards a Europe free from male violence against women and girls’. Ten years later of the Istanbul Convention, the document takes into consideration the key achievements and, at the same time, shows (...) Read more

  • Listen to women when it comes to prostitution, lobby pleads

    This article was originally published by the Times of Malta.
    The Malta Women’s Lobby (MWL)on Tuesday hoped that women’s voices will not be ignored on the issue of prostitution and human trafficking.
    In a statement, it said that as an organisation representing women, it seriously questions the logic behind the push for full decriminalisation of prostitution by eight international organisations, none of which, it said, were directly involved in women’s rights.
    In a joint statement, the eight (...) Read more

  • Frances Fitzgerald interview: Breaking down barriers

    This article was originally published by The Parliament Magazine.
    A staunch defender of women’s rights, Frances Fitzgerald believes we are entering a new era of equality. She tells Lorna Hutchinson that despite recent setbacks, fresh momentum for change is building.
    In her decades-long career as a politician and vocal advocate for women’s rights, Irish EPP Group deputy Frances Fitzgerald has witnessed a shift in the fight for gender equality - from the inspiring Beijing Declaration 25 years (...) Read more

  • Entre el Convenio de Estambul y el retroceso de Europa

    This article was originally published by [hoydia.com->https://hoydia.com.ar/opinion/81242-entre-el-convenio-de-estambul-y-el-retroceso-de-europa.html
    Condenando la reciente decisión de Turquía, y la intención anunciada por Polonia de retirarse del Convenio de Estambul, el European Women’s Lobby (EWL)” llama la atención sobre el papel crucial del Tratado en la protección de mujeres y niñas de la violencia machista. En pocas palabras: el Convenio de Estambul salva las vidas de las mujeres
    Para (...) Read more

  • Creating a gender-equal recovery

    This article was originally published by Social Europe.
    The pandemic has added to the domestic care burden women face while putting predominantly female care workers under huge pressure.
    Impacts of crises are never gender-neutral, and the pandemic is no exception. Women are over-represented in the sectors hardest hit by the spread of the coronavirus, such as food service, retail and entertainment, and many have been forced to leave their paid jobs due to the increased pressure of unpaid (...) Read more

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EWL event "Progress towards a Europe free from all forms of male violence" to mark the 10th aniversary of the Istanbul Convention, 12 May 2021.

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