The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) is the largest umbrella organisations of women’s associations in the European Union (EU). The EWL Secretariat is based in Brussels, but EWL has member organisations in all 27 Member States of the EU and in 3 candidate countries.
The European Women’s Lobby aims at promoting women’s rights and equality between women and men in the European Union. EWL is active in different areas such as women’s economic and social position, women in decision-making, violence against women, women’s diversity, etc. EWL works mainly with the institutions of the European Union: the European Parliament, the European Commission and the EU Council of Ministers.
